Breakout Fever
BreakoutEDU is happening in classrooms across the district, Primary - High School! The administrators even checked it out this week! BreakoutEDU is the perfect way to have your students use critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration skills while reviewing content, learning something new or simply building community. To learn more about BreakoutEDU in Princeton, click here!
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Nicole Lehman's class conquered the Attack of the Locks (Star Wars themed) breakout during their acceleration class. Knowledge of roman numerals, musical notes, and reading a new language were put to the test! |
The winning admin team! They broke out of the Faculty Meeting breakout in record time, leaving the other team still looking for clues!
All the fourth graders are trying hard to save Captain Digital Citizen's passwords in this game. Mrs. A. Ruzek's group was the first to actually breakout! They did an amazing job of working together and using their knowledge of Digital Citizenship to breakout!
EdTech BINGO!
Teachers across the district are busy refreshing and learning new EdTech skills! We've had several BINGO winners already! Congrats to everyone who has already won BINGO! I'm excited about all the extra calls, emails and questions in the hall I've received as teachers are looking to stretch their skills to win! Remember you can win multiple times until you BLACKOUT your board!
Seesaw
Seesaw is an app and website dedicated to student driven portfolios. Our Primary and Intermediate schools currently have access to the Pro features through a free Seesaw for Schools trial in place for the rest of the school year. We will be continuing this subscription in the new school year. All teachers at PS and IS will have an account set up (if they don't already) and training will continue to use this dynamic tool. Seesaw allows students ownership and independence in creating and sharing their work with an audience. Parents are able to connect with their student's account to see what learning in being done at school. Teachers have one place to collect student work, track performance, communicate with parents and students and teach students vital 21st Century Skills in a safe place.Click here to see how Seesaw is being used in classrooms in our district!
Teachers at EC, MS and HS can click here to try out Seesaw Plus for one month! Seesaw is a great choice for all grades! If you use it, let me know!
What Makes a Genius?
This week I had the privilege of co-teaching a Genius Hour lesson with Samantha Heitke, our gifted and talented coordinator, in Janna Ruzek's Kindergarten class. We had a great discussion about how anyone can be genius when they have an idea and are willing to work hard to make their idea work! We put this to the test by taking out the Lego Learn to Learn kit and tried creating a wheelchair. The biggest hurdle in this challenge is that the Lego kit does not have any actual wheels! Students had to look at their pieces in a creative and innovative way to make their project work. Each student created their own version and did a fantastic job of trying new things and persevering until their design was created to their liking! After a gallery walk to see everyone's designs, we decided we we were all Geniuses because of a willingness to take an idea and work hard!
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