April Updates

April is National Poetry Month. Check out the Thinglink below for app suggestions, this month's Tech Tip Calendar, upcoming PD dates, and other useful resources!

Pot O' Gold Playground

Based on the positive feedback from the last Digital Playground at Powdersville Elementary, the iTeachers and I decided to use the same format this month. Teachers were invited to join us for some Grasshopper Pie and Golden Oreos as they explored a variety of learning stations. In planning stations for the teachers, I tried to create tasks that focused on the standards that they will be teaching in each content area within the next few weeks.

As the teachers completed the task at each station, work was posted to SeeSaw. This has been a great way to showcase what the students can do within the app and how the app works. Click HERE to see our SeeSaw Class Blog!

It was a great afternoon at Pot O' Gold Playground #pvespride #a1digitalinnovation pic.twitter.com/ash77n0qnO

— Jessica D. Preisig (@PreisigJessica) March 17, 2016

#PVES teachers enjoy dessert and learning about technology in our Digital Playground professional development. #pvespride #edtech #ipadmini #digitalplayground #

A photo posted by Powdersville Elementary School (@pvespride) on Mar 17, 2016 at 2:40am PDT

Making a Pitstop

With Spring Break quickly approaching, I started this session by sharing a collection of travel apps. Sharing ways that technology can be useful in their personal lives beyond the classroom is one way to help my teachers become more comfortable and confident with using technology!

I also shared Typorama, which is an excellent tool for creating infopics. It is also very easy to use... which is always a plus!

Next, teachers were able to post their questions onto a Padlet wall to get us started. This was a great launchpad for Q&A, and it helped for everyone to be able to see the questions posted by others. I also created the wall below to summarize what was learned during each session.

Created with Padlet

I love the variety of questions asked, ideas shared, and resources found! Below is the Slides presentation used during the session.