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Okay all you SXSW fans, be sure to catch the following SXSWedu session. I am very flattered to be one of the educators on this panel. The Needle in the AppStack Finding the Best Teacher-Recommended...
View ArticleNew Technology + Inspired Teacher = iMovies for your Enjoyment
It turns out that you can teach an old dog new tricks. Case and point: a certain UTES teacher who typed her college papers on an old manual Underwood typewriter (machine used before computers), used...
View Article5th Grade Lil’ Longhorn Techies – WOW!
Thanks to the our Dell Technology grant, and a host of technology experts who have shared their expertise, our fifth graders are officially Techies. Projects that our Little Longhorn students are...
View ArticleSocial Studies Professional Development Next Week
It’s summertime and, as all teachers know, it’s PD time as well. I am excited and honored to get to return to Tyler ISD and share more ways that social studies can be integrated into language arts. I...
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Littlest Longhorns Log in!
Our littlest Longhorns are becoming experts in technology! Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st grade are all learning many things on our Dell laptops. They started by learning how to unlock their...
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Digital Storytelling
Students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade have been taking their written stories that they created in Language Arts and converting them into Digital Stories in STEM. For this project we have been using...
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Pre-K goes on an iPad scavenger hunt!
Pre-K was on the hunt for various items around the classroom and they used the iPads to document their findings! Their hunt included things like finding something that begins with the letter P;...
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Dell Digital Showcase Shows Longhorn Pride
On May 16, 2013 our Little Longhorns showed off many of their projects that were completed this year thanks to the Powering the Possible grant from Dell. Employees from Dell, teachers, students,...
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3rd grade as Robot Engineers!
3rd graders have been busy over the past few weeks becoming expert Lego WeDo Robotics Engineers! They have embraced this project so completely that they have suggested coming back next year into STEM...
View Article2nd graders create advertising campaigns!
One of the wonderful things about teaching in an innovative school like UTES is that collaboration among teachers can lead to super amazing projects for the students. One example of this occurred...
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