Dec 14 2008
Learn what’s going on at Deepwood Elementary by perusing the first edition of their online newspaper, Dino Tracks. The students have written breaking news stories and entertainment articles along with identifying links for students, staff, and parents. Don’t miss the opportunity to leave comments on the blog section.
Dec 14 2008
Callison Elementary teachers hosted visitors from several central Texas educators and distict administrators on Friday, Dec. 12. Teachers and students in grades 2-5 demonstrated the integration of technology in their interactive classrooms. Classroom lessons included algebraic expressions, word problems, volume, inherited traits, pronouns, editing, writing, adaptations, and many more. Check out the Austin News8 story and video to see what a great job the teachers and students are doing in their interactive classrooms.
Dec 07 2008
On the Blackland Technology Recognition blog read about how music teacher, Chuck Hazelwood uses the SmartBoard in his music classes. View a video of Mrs. Johnson’s 2nd grade class demonstrating their understanding of how physical characteristics and regions affected Native American activities and settlement patterns. Also, see the photos of Ms. Cox’s kindergarten class’s “patriotism hunt”.
Dec 07 2008
Congratulations to the 16 teams from RRISD schools who participated in the Central Texas First Lego League Qualifier Tournaments on Nov. 22 and Dec. 6. These teams and their coaches are: CD Fulkes (Coach Collins), Hopewell (Coaches Simmons, Roy, Looze, Bradford), Ridgeview (Coaches Mercer, Zuehlke), Walsh (Coaches Hendricks, White, Heard), Grisham (Coaches Petkovsek, O’Donnell), Cedar Valley (Coaches Sieber, Shipp, Ortega, Persad), Forest Creek (Coaches Gnapp, Burden) Great Oaks (Coach Grimes), Caraway (Coach Hall), Gattis (Coach Brillhart), and Bluebonnet (Coach de Becze).
Several teams qualified for upcoming finals which will take place on Jan 10 (location to be announced). Great Oaks placed 2nd in Robot Performance and 2nd in Research. Gattis placed 1st in Robot Design. The two Forest Creek teams won 1st and 3rd in Teamwork. Cedar Valley placed 2nd in Overall Points. Three teams earned honorable mention: Bluebonnet, Caraway, and Hopewell. Good luck to these teams as they prepare for the Central Texas Finals.
Students must demonstrate teamwork as they design and program a robot to accomplish missions and present a research project with solutions to “Climate Condition” problems. They work closely with teachers and industry engineer mentors in an exciting hands-on, trial and error, creative and engaging atmosphere while learning about science and technology. Learn more about the theme and competitions at Central Texas First Lego League and (U.S.) First Lego League.
