Student-Led Transitions in a 1:1 School
Elizabeth Emerson
Hannah Lindsey
Susan Ludington
Peoples Academy Middle Level
5th Grade
Whole team teaching, T.A., and “Flexible Fridays” for portfolio work, Digital Citizenship and reflecting.
How Do We Use the iPads?
Examples of Apps
Schoology:
Learning Management System (LMS). Digital discussions, assignment distribution and collection, resources distribution
Google Drive:
Storing student work, collaborating, editing and creating documents and presentations
Notability:
PDF editor for editing worksheets, documents, graphic organizers, maps, images, etc.
Blogger:
As we move toward digital portfolios, students collect evidence of their learning and reflect using Blogger
Other Non-Subject Specific Apps
Transitions:
Elementary to middle level
Schedule changes
1:1=digital citizenship
students leading students
survey: what do students need? what questions did you have?
Planning
Products
Products
movie
Products
movie
Products
Aurasma
5th grade students created a
tour for the 4th graders, creating a scavenger hunt using the app Aurasma.
A similar scavenger hunt was used in a library tour using a QR scanner.
Implementation
Before the end of the school year, 4th grade students are introduced to:
Relationships
Partnerships &Presentations
Relationships
Lunch and Recess
Relationships
Sciencepalooza
inquiry
Noted Changes
Questions?
Image Sources: