Digital Learning Day around the clock: Part 2

2/17/2016

A day of Tech Infusion

Part 2: The Afternoon

Continuation of Part 1 Digital Learning Day 2016 http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/digital-learning-day-2016

All these photos were shot this afternoon on a typical day of tech infusion at Piedmont.

Each morning of Black History Month, Ms. Lyttle's Language Arts classes use their chromebooks to research a different figure in African American History. Students share what they find in their research and make a poster of the most fascinating facts together. This young woman posts Jackie Robinson's facts on the African American History Wall for all students to read and be inspired by.

Systems Engineers keep our 1:1 technology running smoothly. Here Mr. Marcus McCoy drops in to take care of some repair tickets.

12:00 noon:
Lunch and Learn in the Media Center

Working on her Spanish presentation at lunchtime. Collaborating, editing, and sharing is easy with Google Slides.

"Someone posted something against feminism and I was using my phone to argue against their posiiton" Friends research arguments with BYOT as more camera shy tablemates use an iPad to solve Rubik's cube!

This remarkable young woman is writing her own musical composition at recess with an online tool she discovered herself!

1:00 Industrial Revolution Presentations
Students Recreate a Factory Town For outside Judges

Two factory towns compete for the most effective factory- machinery, product, accounting, and marketing all come into play.

Steam Engines from 2 competing towns.

Goofing around with their telephone. Students study and replicate historical technologies.

Their lightbulb really works as does the mechanical elevator!

2:00 Tech Breaktime
Students use thier tech to play games listen to music between classes. This is not unimportant.
music helps the brain and gaming grows neurons.

my advisee choosing a song

He was really excited to see his brother inside this Biosphere game.

3:00 Connected Science
Student CollaboratE with schools in Chile and Canada to plan a "Mission To Mars"

Mr. Clark's Intro is posted on his smart board. "Time to Watch some Mythbusters!" Video technology helps students blow their minds, but not their fingers as they learn dangerous rocket science!

Kidblog from Mr. Clark's science classes. Blogs are posted and shared with classes in Chile and Canada.

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