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Earth Day Is coming- to incorporate some coding and Earth Day into your classroom instruction click here https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/logo-teachers?utm_source=google&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ED1 You can try an Earth Day activity with coding, or create a coding activity to create a new Google Logo. Have fun!!
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Congratulations Malinda Delpriore DHH teacher at Warwick Middle School - here is a piece of her essay. "I discovered that the Ozobot brings digital programming to the physical world. The Ozobot provides feedback to students through its movement. This is fantastic for my students who are unable to hear feedback provided by coding websites. Similar to coding websites and OSMO, my students would use the Ozobot during independent activity time to promote language development, creativity, analytical and logical thinking as well as constructive problem-solving skills." Congratulations. Can't wait to see how you use it in your classroom.
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Topics: Winner
I am sharing a new resource tool called Flocabulary with you. I have joined Ken Zimmerman and several Lancaster Lebanon IU13 districts in a pilot that started yesterday to use all the features of Flocabulary FREE until the end of the school year. Currently this year we have 25 licenses that some of our teachers and SWs are using. If we have more staff that like this tool we can expand our licenses for a reduced cost. This can be used with student accounts or the teacher can just use it as a whole group activity. Please do not hesitate to ask me about it or how to use it. However, I am sending some resources here below.
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Topics: Instructional Tech Tools
Need some fun spring activities for your class. If you have Lesson Pix account there are some Egg-celent Ideas for Spring through a thematic approach to promote language and learning. Lesson Pix is a tool that the IU13 purchased to replace BoardMaker. This tool not only helps you make pictures for different activities it now provides pre-made materials for themes. Check out this one for Spring. For OTs, PTs, and SLPs check out these premade activities you can just tweak to make yours.
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Topics: spring, Instructional Tech Tools
Check out the right hand side to win an OZOBOT for your program, classes, student. All ECSES staff members can participate. Good Luck.
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Coming April in MLP I will have my summer technology sessions posted. Please read carefully as they are specific to professionals and/or paraprofessionals. If sessions get filled I will run duplicate sessions at One Cumberland. Those dates to be determined based on sessions filling up at Burle. 2018 Summer Technology Sessions offered by Lori Blantz
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Congratulations to Faith Burchfield (Speech Therapist) and Tabatha Hedrick (PCA in AS classroom) for being the lucky winners of last months give-away. They each won a Mini Sphero to use with their student(s) that they serve at the IU13. Thanks for all the essays this month. This was our biggest month of submitted essays. Keep them coming. You only have two weeks to try to win this month's spotlight item - Ozobot!
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This month I am sharing out about two easy and fun apps that I have been sharing with staff I work directly with at the IU13. The first one is called Sock Puppets (free version) or Sock Puppets + ($3.99). These apps allow you to expand student's imaginations by having them use puppets to retell a story, present a social skills topic, or role play. You can incorporate writing with this tool and after they write out their script or story they can use the puppet app to retell it. Uses of Sock Puppets. Here is a example of how to use it in Elementary School. Check out this fun video. Here is one on how some students wrote a book review for their ELA class. Check out this video. Here is a HOW TO VIDEO on teaching you how to use Sock Puppets. The difference between the free and paid version is more options of puppets, scenery, and props. The second app is called Puppet Pals (free) or Puppet Pals 2 ($5.99). This app uses real characters or photos of people. You can also take pictures and upload for scenery. Here is a video on using Puppet Pals 2 to enhance Literacy Instruction
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Topics: Assistive Technology
Might just have to say I found the neatest activity to do with students!!! How many of you have been to an Escape Room- maybe the one in Lancaster, maybe in Lititz, maybe some other location??? Well, take the fun from being with friends and trying to escape out of the room and add some students and some fun subject matter and you get BreakoutEDU. Here is a video for 2 minutes to explain. This is just like the Escape Room concept, but for education.
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