Mrs. Neal's second grade students at Blackland Prairie connected with a class of second and third grade students at Larkspur Public School in Ontario, Canada using Google Hangouts. Mrs. Rollans and Mrs. Neal facilitated the hour long exchange. The second grade...
read more2nd Grade Gets Ready to Meet Our Canadian Friends
Mrs. Neal's second graders at Blackland Prairie are going to meet with a class of second graders from Canada. Mrs. Rollans introduced Culture Grams and Google Earth to learn more about Canada. The class came up with a list of questions they want to ask and have...
read moreKinder and 3rd Grade Collaborate To Graph Leaves
Mrs. Pelzel's kindergarten students and Ms. Eskridge's students at Blackland Prairie collaborated on creating a fall picture in Google Drawing and then graphing the number of leaves they had in Google Sheets. Mrs. Rollans loved watching as the third graders guided...
read more5th Grade Dives Deep Into Pumpkins
Who says certain days are not learning-centric? Mrs. Reynolds fifth grade students at Blackland Prairie studied pumpkins on October 31st and then created slide shows in Google Slides showcasing all they learned as well as advertising "Farmer Carl's Pumpkins." Farmer...
read moreSecond Grade Uses Google Slides To Create Dictionaries
Second grade students at Blackland Prairie studies forces in science. They used Google Slides to create a science dictionary showcasing their understanding of the vocabulary and concepts. The students created slides with a word, a self-generated definition, and a...
read moreTechnology Happenings in October
October was a great month for technology integration at Blackland Prairie! All of our computers were upgraded to Windows 10. Teachers were trained on a new program called BrightBytes that will help them make sense of out various sources of data so they can better...
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