Sample Student Work 2014-15
As we move into our first year of school-wide one-to-one laptop deployment, we will use this page to showcase student creating, communicating, and problem solving in our technology-rich learning environment.
Burley celebrates Pi Day...
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What can eat through solid rock?
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Ms. McKinley's Art Students Use Technology to Research, Translate and Discuss...While Creating Their Artwork
7th Grade art students researched a country and used Google Translate to learn the color words for the language spoken in their country.Their artwork reflects the culture of the country and the color words create the design! Students reflected on their work in a Blackboard Discussion Board.
Learn About Sound Waves and Ionic and Covalent Bonds from Students in Mr. Mullinex's 8th Grade Science Classes!
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Students in Ms. Jacoby's US History 1 Classes Use Poll Everywhere to Play an Interactive Game of "Who Said It?"
Here students were asked to vote about who said...
"I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came." Ms. Jacoby explains: "I made a game of it called "Gut or Group" and projected student responses in live time. When a students went to select answers, they had to decide if they wanted to go with their own gut choice or the opinion of the group. It was a great way to analyze these quotes and led to some wonderful discussions." |
Let Jayson in Ms. Gallagher's Algebra Class Use Graphs to Teach You About the Populations of Countries Around the World!
6th Graders in Mr. Shedd and Ms. Jacoby's Social Studies Class Compose Civil War Newspapers
Ms. Schoppa's French Students Explore Countries That Speak French!
Mr. Mercer's Algebra Students Delve into Exponents
Ever wondered what 0 to the 0 power equals? Play the Exponent Game to find out!
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Ms. Linville's Students Explore Narrative Structure...from A to Z!
Click on the title to view the Pezi full screen.
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Ms. Scofield's Students Blog about...
Next Generation Interactive Notes in Ms. Jones-Lewis's Math Classes
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Students are creating Google Presentations to summarize their understanding of math concepts like Order of Operations, Exponents, and Square Numbers. Through these interactive notes, which include definitions, examples and illustrations, they process and personalize the concepts. In addition, they are a great tool for review before assessments! Here is an example...
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Ms. Gallagher's Algebra and Geometry Students Show What They Know About Inequalities and Congruent Triangles
From Powerpoints to movies students demonstrate their understanding of math concepts. Here a students teach us about inequalities, syllogisms, and geometry.
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Ms. Schoppa's CTE Classes Explore Making
A big part of the "Maker Movement" is the concept of learning by doing. In Ms. Schoppa's Career and Technical Education classes for sixth graders, students learn some of the fundamentals of physics by designing contraptions and producing products. For example, in a class-wide competition, students created ping-pong carriers that would travel at the highest speed down a zip line. Working with a partner, they also designed and built balloon-powered vehicles. During and after the design process, students reflect on their learning. Click here to see student products and read their reflections.
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Mr. Fiddner's Math Classes Develop Their
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Ms. Schoppa's French 1 Classes Adopt an Escargo!
Students in Ms. Schoppa's French 1 classes found an interesting way to practice vocabulary relating to the family this fall! Each student adopted an escargot and then used their new vocabulary to introduce their newest "family member" to the world. Click here to see Chris' Google Presentation: La Famille de Clement le Petit.
Mr. Barber's Math Class Demonstrate Their Understanding of Numbers
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For this project, students were given a list of the different sets of numbers: integers, whole numbers, rational numbers, irrational numbers, etc. Students researched the number sets and decided on a working definition for each set, came up with examples for each set and then had to communicate in a concise manner how these sets of numbers fit together to make up most of the mathematical universe of numbers.
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