February 26, 2015
Classroom Noise Meter | 3D Printing in the Classroom
At the beginning of the year my school district adopted a new program for classroom management. I’m not sure if we have ever had a district-wide program for that, but we do now. A new program means new training, and we had a few meetings about our new program. Here’s a link to a description […]
February 19, 2015
First Original Microscope | 3D Printing in the Classroom
I introduced the microscope project to my class some time ago and I was really excited about it. That project has languished due to other pressing projects. However, we have not given up and I am happy to report that we have printed our first original microscope. Of course, you rarely get it right on […]
February 12, 2015
It’s All About the Process | Arduino in the Classroom
Last week my class completed it’s first successful Arduino projects. I have another project that is brewing. It is still a few weeks away though, in the meantime I have asked my student to capture her process. The Educreation video below is what she came up with. I think it is fantastic. Unfortunately, this student is […]
February 5, 2015
First Arduino Project
Before school started this year I got my hands on a few Arduino kits. I have been eager to introduce them to my students but really haven’t had the time. This last week I was finally able to get it into the hands of one of my students. I picked up a copy of Sylvia’s […]
January 28, 2015
Digital Fluency in the Classroom
I hear the term digital fluency tossed around in education technology on a regular basis. Many people think it means kids know a lot of different programs on the computer. As I watched my students work today I was reminded about how it is much more than just knowing how different programs work. When a […]
January 10, 2015
3D Printing In Space and In the Classroom
This has been a really fun week with regard to education technology in my classroom. It was just one of those weeks where things have fallen together. It started with Wednesday’s writing prompt in which I asked the students which tools they would bring with them if they were going to be spending time on a space station. They […]
January 1, 2015
Future Engineers
HOW DID I MISS THIS!? I’ve mentioned before how I am excited to download and print the files that have been printed on the International Space Station. I was looking for the site where the files will eventually be available again when I came across Future Engineers. The website introduces a contest for students in K-12 […]
December 18, 2014
“Frozen Fractals All Around”| 3D Printing in the Classroom
We are in the last week of school before winter break and my students are ready for it. Let’s be honest, so am I. The week before any break is always an interesting time. This week we have taken a trip to the ballet to watch a couple of our students perform in The Nutcracker, […]
December 10, 2014
3D Printing the Voyager Probe
For the last few years I have been reading a book to my class called Greetings from Planet Earth by Barbara Kerley. It’s a good story about a boy who is really interested in space and struggles with losing his father in the Vietnam War. I probably like it even more because I have many connections […]