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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

More Padlet fun with 3M

Students of 3M,

After yesterday's introduction to Padlet (and your Padlet homework) you now have a fair amount of experience with it.

Since Padlet is a digital version of a pencil and paper t-chart or chart paper with stickies, you will compare and contrast the pros and cons of both the digital and non-digital ways to gather ideas.

For today:

  • what are the pros and cons of using Padlet to gather ideas? 
  • what are the pros and cons of using pencil and paper to gather ideas?


Organize your thoughts on the Padlet below:



Happy Padleting...

Monday, March 14, 2016

Padlet wtih 3M

Here is the Padlet for today's introduction:


Fill in what you "Know" about Padlet and what you "Want" to know.

After we play around with it a bit we'll add what we've "Learned"

Have fun!

Thursday, January 7, 2016

3rd Grade Information Books 2016 - Mrs. Mangan

This post is a work in progress as students finish & tweak their animated books

The following items are animated books created using Google Slides with Ms. Mangan's class:

The third graders created Information Books as a part of our non-fiction reading and writing units.  They started with an "expert" topic, one they already knew a lot about. This topic required little to no research, simply background knowledge.  After the students chose a topic they began developing chapter ideas, elaborating on those ideas and accompanying them with non-fiction text features. The kids worked on several drafts making edits and revisions. Each chapter was placed in a logical order, for some students paragraphs were developed and for all students the writing was organized with topic sentences and supporting details. 


Next came the publishing portion of the project. With support from Mr. Casal, the students used Google Presentation to create slides to display their information. This was a wonderful learning experience. Everything from typing text to inserting photographs to creating transitions was taught and then put to practice.  In the end the third graders created a comprehensive non-fiction information book that can be enjoyed for years to come and across the globe because of its final form, Google Presentation. - @LindsayCMangan


The books...