WElcome to the showcase
WElcome to the showcase
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Technology's myriad of uses are alive and well at Clay. Check out how teachers and students are using these resources to further their instruction and learning.
Technology's myriad of uses are alive and well at Clay. Check out how teachers and students are using these resources to further their instruction and learning.
Curating Work Through Digital Means
Curating Work Through Digital Means
To help teach the craft of writing and reading this year, eighth grade language arts teachers Allison Martin, Brandon Britcher and Eli Moffett worked together to curate their own workshop handbook. They created it digitally through Publisher. As they use it, they open the digital document and make changes for next year as they see fit. Each student has a copy to annotate, write in and make their own.
Allowing students to choose how they showcase mastery builds autonomy.
student choice
student choice
To show understanding of longitude and latitude, one of Ryan Snyder's social studies students asked if he could, instead of work on the assigned task, showcase his learning by coding a game. To play the game, the student had to type in the Pokemon ball's correct coordinates in order to win that round. When he hit a reset button, the Pokemon ball moved to new coordinates.
To show understanding of longitude and latitude, one of Ryan Snyder's social studies students asked if he could, instead of work on the assigned task, showcase his learning by coding a game. To play the game, the student had to type in the Pokemon ball's correct coordinates in order to win that round. When he hit a reset button, the Pokemon ball moved to new coordinates.
Video modeling made easy
Video modeling made easy
You don't need to edit video or house it on YouTube if you want to flip your classroom or use footage to help student review. Just point your camera, film, and post!
You don't need to edit video or house it on YouTube if you want to flip your classroom or use footage to help student review. Just point your camera, film, and post!
Susie Fulp filmed Sean McVey explaining the microscope. By placing it on their Canvas page (linked to the video in Google Drive), students can revisit it at any time. In order to add videos, there really is no need to worry about editing. Just film, save, and share from desired location.
Collecting data like it's a game
Collecting data like it's a game
Because it is a game! With the help of tools like Quizizz, your students game-play gives you insight you can use about their learning
Because it is a game! With the help of tools like Quizizz, your students game-play gives you insight you can use about their learning
Lizze Herman uses Quizziz during her math class frequently.
"To get a better picture of my students’ understanding of prime factorization and order of operations, I used Quizizz.com to let them complete a review in a fun way. This report shows me the accuracy of each student," she said.
The report on the right shows which questions and information the students/class have mastered, and it also shows which students are struggling in specific areas.
Quizizz is similar to that OTHER quizzing game, Kahoot, but it’s not time-based.
"That makes it great for math because they are more likely to take their time and work out the problem. They can also go at their own pace," Herman said.
You can make your own “quiz,” or you can search for one that someone else has already made.
"You get data immediately. As the kids are answering, it continually updates the class average," she said.
Once students are finished, a report is available to help you continue on in your teaching journey.
Check out the video above for more information about Quizizz
you don't need a box to breakout
you don't need a box to breakout
Using online tools, content knowledge, puzzles and Google Sites, students will enjoy the Digital Breakout -- and there are no locks to reset! Once the breakout is created, keep it saved for years to come.
Using online tools, content knowledge, puzzles and Google Sites, students will enjoy the Digital Breakout -- and there are no locks to reset! Once the breakout is created, keep it saved for years to come.
To kick-start the seventh grade social studies' annual trip to Mesopotamia, students were asked to find the answers to all kinds of different puzzles. Spread out across the media center, students huddled together to see if they could break out. Ryan Snyder decided to put together this breakout over the summer, and it took the students almost ONE HOUR to breakout!
Create one by yourself that uses only three questions or work with a team of teachers to create a longer one! *To learn more about Digital Breakouts, check out the slideshow on the right.
The links in the slideshow will take you materials! If you have any questions contact Evan Williams or Ryan Snyder. Sixth grade math has also used digital breakouts in their classroom.
let students explain through video
let students explain through video
Instead of making a poster to explain the health triangle, sixth grade wellness students were given the chance to write scripts and film a movie. Students were still able to bring their own devices and used them as cameras and had their scripts pulled up on their screens to help them film. Walking around the halls during the days they were working, and you would've seen 100% engagement, as well as students enjoying themselves and laughing while working.
student choice: presentations
student choice: presentations
Seventh grade honors language arts students were tasked with creating a gallery exhibit using suspense. After going to Conner Prairie for a field trip, students were able to play to their strengths by constructing their exhibits about "Frakenstein." Students brought in Snap Circuits, created miniature exhibits, sketched out their ideas and more. They presented to volunteers from Conner Prairie, where one of the exhibits will be displayed during October's "Headless Horseman" experience at Conner Prairie.
clay alum visits to talk about robotics, STEM
clay alum visits to talk about robotics, STEM
TechHounds, at the high school, get the chance to apply STEM-related knowledge while building a working robot.
Derek Fronek, former Clay student, showcased an old model of one of their bots they built for TechHounds.
They are in charge of building, coding, wiring, etc. all the different components of the robot -- and they make one EACH year for a national (and even world-wide) competition. Fronek has held the role as Robot Operations Manager since 2017.
He gave a presentation that informed out-going eighth graders about the opportunities the club gives with hands-on STEM activities involving major group collaboration. TechHounds is 100% student-run with roles for PR, IT, construction, robot operations and electrical programming.
"One of our emphasis with having a meeting with the TechHounds was to inspire students to enroll for the new eighth grade course Automation and Robotics through Project Lead the Way," Derek Dial, STEM teacher, said.
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