Technology

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= Students in 5th grade use technology for all subjects. At this grade level we expect that they will have a solid comfort level with the basics and are encouraged to use the laptops from the mobile lab whenever they need to gather information. One major goal in the last year of elementary school is independence - to be able to find answers on their own. I expect that students will use a variety of resources before saying, "I don't get it. I don't understand. or I don't know." It will be critical to their middle school success to have these skills in place. =

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= Exciting News!! As of January 2012: = =We are a 1:1 Pilot Classroom for Ithaca City School District=

What does that mean?

It means that the 26 students in our classroom all have an iPad2 to use for this school year. This is a pilot program which means we are a part of a test group for now. In our case it also means taking the iPad home to use for homework and extra practice. It is a privilege to be a part of this program and our students take their role in the pilot seriously.

Here is a link to an article about our class in the April 25, 2012 edition of the Ithaca Times:

@http://www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/article_5993dac2-8eea-11e1-94b6-0019bb2963f4.html

Some apps we enjoy:

Some websites that we visit regularly:

[|www.spellingcity.com] Students can search for this week's spelling list or just play random spelling games. The games need flash so students can only play them on a computer. Spelling tests, paragraph writing and sentence writing will all work on the iPad. To search they click on students and then **find a list**, they enter Kathy DeLucia in the advanced search box. It will show me as a teacher at Boynton. They select me and then choose the correct list. They should know what list it is.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology has webcams set up to observe RedTailed Hawk and Great Blue Heron Nests. This is amazing and also a part of our kids Discover the Trail Field Trips.

Great Blue WebCam:

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RedTailed Hawk WebCam:

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