05/06/2013
4th Graders working on projects of their choice reviewing concepts they've learned this year. Lots of academic discourse going on! Music to a teacher's ears!
Our department is kind of like Google but without the yoga & foosball tables.
Cartwright School District 83 - Instructional Technology Department (Director of Instructional Technology-Chad Segersten) (Instructional Technology Specialists - Sara Crawford, Javier Lucero, Jen Waldron, & Vanessa Zurita)
05/06/2013
4th Graders working on projects of their choice reviewing concepts they've learned this year. Lots of academic discourse going on! Music to a teacher's ears!
03/05/2013
A nice little recap of EdCamp Phoenix West from Peggy George.
EdCamp Phoenix West 2013 EdCamp Phoenix West, a FREE educator-driven day of conversation, collaboration and learning.
03/04/2013
6 apps for telling stories. Let us know if you'll try one.
6 Interactive Storytelling Apps For Younger Students - Edudemic Getting younger students to tell stories can promote a variety of different language arts skills in a way that is a lot more fun than doing grammar drills. From learning the parts of speech and sentence and paragraph structure to vocabulary, there is a lot of hidden teaching material in storytellin...
12/21/2012
As you head into the winter break, get inspired by viewing some student products or screencasts on our YouTube channel. Happy holidays!
TechGeeks83 Cartwright Elementary School District 83 Instructional Technology Department. Affectionately known as Tech Geeks 83.
12/21/2012
Multi-level lessons for making better online researchers.
15 Lesson Plans For Making Students Better Online Researchers - Edudemic How do you make students better online researchers? By understanding how they can and should use Google, of course!
12/21/2012
A holiday gingerbread project by Ms. Launi's kindergarten class. Enjoy :)
Gingerbread Glyph Project A project by students in Ms. Launi's kindergarten class. Technology used: iPhoto, Mac, iPods/iPads, Pic Collage app.
EdCamp registration is open! Please spread the word by sharing this post. Thank you fellow educators and educator fans. www.edcampphoenix.org
12/14/2012
To our friends from the OELAS Conference: Here is the playlist of videos shown in our presentation. Enjoy.
OELAS "OELAS", a playlist created by techgeeks83
12/14/2012
Major opportunity through Google and Donors Choose. $99 Chromebooks. Spread the word and apply.
Chromebooks for classrooms: $99 for the holidays | Official Google Blog
12/10/2012
My Special Person from Mr. Solano's Class at Palm Lane. Resources used: iPod Touch and Sonic Pics app.
My Special Person by Rubi Video created by second grade English language learner, Rubi. (Resources: iPod Touch and Sonic Pics)
Making a fraction rap video @ Sands today. The students did a great job.
12/05/2012
Do you need a computer mouse alternative? There are great head control accessories for that.