Author: Mrs. Peery
Making the Lab Interactive
An exciting change happened to the computer lab over spring break. Using a wii remote I brought from home, an infrared light pen I purchased off the internet, and free software I downloaded from Johnn... Read More
See Our Doodles 4 Google!
Sixty-Seven!!! That is the number of doodles I received for the Doodle for Google contest that ended today. Each school that registered with Google was allowed to submit up to six doodles. The judges ... Read More
Fourth Grade Summarization Strategy Winners
Finally, here are the videos of the 4th grade teams that won for the best summarization strategy presentation. All of the classes did an outstanding job of presenting their strategies, and it was very... Read More
Calling All Creative Kids
I have registered White Oak Intermediate School to participate in Google’s contest to design a logo with the theme, “If I could do anything, I would…” The contest rules allow e... Read More
Third Grade Wax Museum
Through the hard work and direction of third grade teacher Stephanie Hunter, thirty-one third graders have completed and presented to the community their research on famous people by posing “in ... Read More
Artistic Problem Solving
While going through my Google Reader tonight, I came across this site that caught my attention. After watching the video embedded below, I decided to download the demo and have my 4th grader give it a... Read More
Here We Go, Animoto!
I just signed up for a new educational Animoto account. When I was at the TCEA Convention in Austin a few weeks ago, I saw a presenter demonstrate a book review by a student using Animoto. The fourth ... Read More
Edmodo Rocks!
I came across this wonderful tutorial demonstrating how to use the social networking site for educators called Edmodo. I have been using Edmodo with the fifth graders for a few weeks now. The stud... Read More