Andrew Bitterolf

About Me

Name: Andrew Bitterolf

Site: San Gabriel High School

Grade(s): 9th-12th

Technology ability: Proficient

Technology I Recommend

I would recommend having a class website. This is my first year trying to apply this technology to my classes, and so far, it's been very helpful. I find that the more resources I make available on our website, the more independent I allow my students to be. For all those questions that we hear so often (what's my grade? what did you do yesterday? can I get another copy?), I get to refer my students to the website and enable them to be stronger advocates for themselves, while also developing their executive functioning skills

A little about me:

Andrew is a second year teacher at San Gabriel High School. This year, he is teaching Edge English and the Resource class. He is also co-teaching with Ms. Chung in her English class and Ms. Sune in her World History class.

In addition to teaching those classes, Mr. Bitterolf is a Motivating Matador (MOMA) adviser, an adviser for the Mythbusters Science Club, a member of the Microsoft Money committee, a member of the Student Welfare committee, and the announcer at the home football games. If you don't see him in any of those settings, you might see him at another Matador event, as he is an avid fan of Matador athletics, academics, and performing arts.

At the end of his day, Mr. Bitterolf goes home to spend time with his wife, as well as his yet-to-be born son. (He's due at the end of Thanksgiving) :)

Lesson

LINC Presentation

Technology used: Google Slides, Google Sites, the internet

Subject: Literacy

Common Core Standard(s):

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1.c

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.2.d

Before reading the next cluster in our Edge English reading textbook, I had students explore the vocabulary. The project was made up of both target words that the text wanted us to understand as well as some words that I thought the students would benefit from reviewing.

We collaboratively built a Google Slide presentation. Each student was in charge of making four slides. The first slide had their scanned drawing of the target word. The next slide added the target word in a legible font. The third slide added a rhyming sentence. And the fourth slide adds an original sentence that the student wrote as well as a new scanned image that they drew that corresponds to their original sentence.

As we read through the cluster, we can easily review the meaning of these words together on the projector as a whole group.

Technology Insight & Tips

I've found that students' buy-in on this activity is very high.

Our last pretest before using this lesson yielded a average score of 17%. The post test yielded an average score of 74%.

Since this Google Slide is on each student's Google Drive, it is an academic artifact that they may keep well into the future without getting lost or wrinkled!

Our latest presentation can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zuhUv2gg7MfZwwJ_w5C2-idem1BgnKyYMGx9-K9r2D0/edit#slide=id.p