Student Desktops in every classroom!

Ms. Kajimura's second grade students are enjoying having extra desktops in the classroom. With our campus refresh, each teacher received a new desktop. The existing teacher and office staff PC's were distributed to the classrooms to serve as workstations.

Forget Redbox, We have READbox!!

We are always trying new ways to reach our patrons. Since the library is closed for two weeks due to testing and book fair, I decided to try online checkouts. I made a simple form on Google Docs and posted it on my library web page. I call it READ BOX CHECKOUT. I sent instructions and pictures to the teachers before spring break explaining the procedure.

The students just need to fill out the form with their name, teacher's name, the title of the book and if it is fiction, nonfiction or an everybody book. 

We get the orders and fill it to be ready for the student to pick up the next day. It is great. The children are enjoying it. They have to check eLibrary for the correct title. If the book is missing or checked out, I email the teacher letting her know and put the book on hold for the student. Then I choose a book or two that might be similar to the book they order. I check out those books and make it a "suggestion". 

We have a display with "READ BOX" on it. The books are ready for pick up. Checked out and labeled.

We are getting books in the students hands and it is a great use of technology!

Kinder and Activotes!

Ms. Sherry Harris Kindergarten class used Promethean Activotes to interact with an enVision math lesson. The students used the activotes to answer questions to a quiz and was able to get immediate feedback to review any skills needed.

2nd Graders 'Rockin' with Animoto!

Ms. Espericueta's second grade class has spent the last two days in the Instructional Tech Lab. They have been working on poetry and now they are creating videos of their poetry using Animoto! 

Great Job, second graders!!

Junior Lego League!

Callison had three teams enter and display at the Frost Jr. Lego League competition this last weekend.  It was awesome to see the kids telling the judges about their solutions.  Proud parents and coaches all had a great day.

Objects in the Sky!

First Grade Teachers Ms. Cheyney and Ms. Weaver brought their class to the Instructional Tech Lab. The first graders used an online research resource 'Pebble Go' to learn new things about weather, atmosphere, solar system, etc.

Tech Heroes have guest speaker at meeting!

Callison Tech Heroes had a guest speaker during their monthly meeting. Ms. Jackie Wilson, Principal Engineer for Dell, Inc.spoke to the tech heroes about her job working on cloud security with Dell. The students had very good questions to ask Ms. Wilson about her job and what type of skills or education is needed for her field.

Callison students involved in LEGO

On Saturday, December 8th, Callison students participated in FIRST LEGO League Qualifier Competition.

Second Graders use Voki

Ms. Yeary's second graders came to the Instructional Tech Lab to research biographies using PebbleGo. Once they completed the research, they created avatars using Voki to share the five most important things they learned.

5th Grade Powerpoint Presentations

Mr. Reyes' fifth grade students created Powerpoint presentations to show how they respond to non-fiction text. They presented their final projects to their classmates.

First Graders use Photostory to create commercial!

Ms. Campo uses Photostory to help her first grade students create a commercial to promote the sell of a cookbook created by Callison's First Grade students. These cookbooks were created and being sold to help raise funds for our Dell backpack program.

Callison students participate in Mock Election!

On November 6th, students in Grades 3rd through 5th had an opportunity to cast their votes electronically in our first ever Presidential Mock Election. We also had 2 Referendum questions we voted on that impacted our campus community. The cougars were eager to participate in this democratic process to show how they practice good citizenship. Our "Tech Heroes" served as Poll workers on election day!

Creating Paper Slideshows using your document camera!

Ms. Kajimura's 2nd grade class decided to give paper slide shows a try.  They were studying land and water forms.  They did research and created the slide shows.  They trained on how to use the document camera, then they recorded the information.  The children did a great job and can't wait to use this for other projects.

Here are the student’s finished products:

Land and Water forms Lesson for 2nd grade

We did a geography lesson in the library for the entire 2nd grade on land and water forms. We looked at our globe and talked about the different land and water formations. The students were able to demonstrate, using rocks and water and the document camera, many of the formations. Then the students identified the formations from actual pictures on a power point slide show. Second graders are thinking like geographers!