Author Archives: EdTechTurista

The Ken Ken Challenge

Mr. Nesbitt’s Math Applications classes take on the Ken Ken Challenge.

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FPE Reflection

The goals of my Capstone Project have not changed since my last reflection.  My biggest challenge has been keeping up the production and posting of new Middle School project videos.  With so much going on in each grade level, especially … Continue reading

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Personal Digital Story Project

My Film Principles in Education course is giving me practice in digital storytelling.  Here is the Personal Digital Story assignment I completed this week.

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Creative Commons: Image Search and Attribution

Copyright infringement is a tricky topic and not so simple to address.  Here’s the project I submitted for Digital Assets In Educational Media.

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Technology Integration Plan

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Art Scrimmage

Ileana Lavender’s Middle School Art students explain the processes they use to create colorful scrims. The project is a modification of  fabric screen designs frequently used in theatrical productions. Ideally, scrims are displayed hanging from the ceiling with the velum … Continue reading

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EDMT Capstone Update and Reflection

 Capstone Update: I’ve really enjoyed recording and making video posts to my Capstone blog this month.  As students and teachers become more comfortable with me recording their presentations, there is more openness in sharing experiences. So far I have made … Continue reading

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Spanish Poetry & Voki Recordings

Sra. Devash’s 6th grade Spanish students presented Voki projects this week.  Hear what they had to say about it and view a few samples of their work.

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Weather Projects

Roselyn Ferguson and Jon Sikora combined their 7th grade science classes to form teams to study specific weather systems. Each team had to create a lesson plan and teach the content to the class. Lesson plan requirements included: an introduction … Continue reading

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ePals in France

French teacher, Ms. Sarai Gutierrez-Rodriguez facilitates a Skype connection between her French I students in Fort Lauderdale and a class of ESL I students in France. Students have been ePals and making posts on Kidblog all year.  This was their … Continue reading

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