Tech Integration in GVSD

Gradual Release of Responsibility: A Parody Taken from Laura Numeroff’s successful story, When You Give a Mouse a Cookie , here is a parody to demonstrate the gradual release of responsibility from teacher to student. When you talk to a teacher in a grocery store, She will want an idea. When you give a teacher an idea, She will ask for a day to learn. When you give her a day to learn, She will create a lesson. When she creates a lesson, Her students will struggle. When her students struggle, They will learn how to create. When the students learn how to create, They will ask for more projects. When you give them more projects, They will want to share. When the students begin to share, They will want to ask questions. When the students ask questions, They will want to research. When the students begin to research, They will want to create. When the students create a second time, They have learned independence, collaboration and problem-so

This image can be found on this site. Dash can Take on any Task Did you know? That 90% of parents want their child to study computer science and only 40% of schools teacher computer programming? Computer Science takes up close to ⅔ of new jobs in STEM.   With the statistics provided by CDSEWeek.org we need to ask ourselves, “How are we preparing our students for what’s ahead of them?” “Are we leading them to be future-ready?” The answer is YES in GVSD. Our elementary teachers in GVSD are providing students opportunities for learning computer science by using Dash the robot. Are you familiar with   Dash and Dot , from Wonder Workshop ? If you haven’t explored robots for elementary students take a moment to explore Wonder Workshop . These robots have provided so many learning experiences to our elementary classrooms across the district.  Students are learning how to code in Math, ELA, Science and Social Studies. Teachers are using their content and standards

How do we make instruction more accessible to all our students? How do we make makers of them all?  Thank you, #FlipGrid!  Mrs. Munro's 3rd and 4th Grade students participated in a Mystery Bag Design Challenge today!  They were each given a bag with mystery supplies in it.  They chose a design challenge "card" and solved the problem using their mystery materials.  Here's how we did it: 1. Instead of making paper cards with written words, we created individual Flip Grid Videos with each of those cards instead. That way all students could listen, visualize and plan without any worry of skill or ability. 2. Each student chose one of those "cards" and made an incredible design. See pics below! 3. When they were done creating, they used Flip Grid to "respond" to one of the challenges. They took a video explaining and showing their designs. 4. Now they are able to listen to each classmates response on their own individual iPads. He