Before and After the Spring Clean
I ‘ve been participating in Edublogs Teacher Blogging Challenge since January. This week’s challenge asked us to update and improve our “About Me” page and add one new page to our blog. Pages give...
View ArticleAvatar Explorations
Avatars . . . to be or not on my blog? Edublog’s Teacher Blogging Challenge was all about avatars in Challenge #4. My avatar has always been a photograph of myself. As part of the challenge I...
View ArticleOur Blogging Challenge
Edublogs student blogging challenge begins in March! We have been busy readying our NEW blogs for a global audience. We planned on using our 21Classes blogs (Techkids Blogging Community), but not...
View ArticleVideo Tour of MBS
We have been busy blogging! One of the tasks for week #1 of the Student Blogging Challenge, was to create a video of our school. My talented photographers, Autumn, Julia, Sam and Zachary, did a...
View ArticleZOOM . . . .
In this week’s Blogging Challenge Miss W. suggested we create a ZOOM post. We liked the idea and pulled out one of our favorite wordless books by Istvan Banyai called Zoom. In this book the reader is...
View ArticleTechnology at MBS
Ever wonder what technology looks like at MBS? If you’ve ever spent time in our building you know technology tools are around every corner. Check out this video and see what one day looks like at MBS!
View ArticleOur First iMovies
We made iMovies on our iPod Touches in small groups. We planned, shot footage, edited, trimmed, added themes and transitions right on our iPods! Math Facts: Making Blogs Better: Writer’s Workshop:...
View ArticleiPads! iPads! iPads!
We are one of the lucky classes to pilot MBS’s new iPad cart. Our class has access to 10 iPads throughout the day. At MBS, the other 10 iPads are shared with music and both art teachers, as well as Ms....
View ArticleBatteries and Bulbs- Lighting Up Our Year
This morning students arrived ready to go! We began the year making name tags with LED lights and small coin cell batteries.
View ArticleA View from the Other Side
We’ve participated in several Mystery Skypes this year. When we Skype with another class, we try to figure out where they are before they can figure our where we are. Classes alternate asking yes/no...
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