This summer, the PTO generously purchased a Chrome Book cart for the fourth grade. What is a Chrome Book? Well, it is basically a laptop that has no hard drive, meaning it is only for connecting to the internet. But, since all PowerPoint type presentations and all typed papers are done on Google Drive now, they are perfect! This now means that 4th grade has a laptop cart and a Chrome Book cart. As a grade level, we decided to each have the Chrome Book cart for a day and then share the laptops whenever we needed them. Our day for Chrome Books is Friday. Does this mean we will use them all day? No, of course not. Does this mean that's the only day of the week we'll use them? Well, sort of, but we'll be using the laptop cart other days of the week.
This past Friday, we put them to good use! The students started our math lesson by playing online games that worked on rounding numbers.
Then, in the afternoon, students played online games identifying common and proper nouns.
For our science lesson, students read a few pages in our textbook with a partner or in a small group and used an online discussion board through Schoology to share interesting facts they learned about light.
(These games and the discussion board can all be revisited on Schoology.)
We are all very thankful to the PTO for this generous contribution that helps make learning more engaging and helps students develop 21st century skills!
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