Tiny Tech

The official Twitter page for technology integration at Mechanicsville Elem, Laurel Meadow Elem, and PD experiences with teachers and administrators.

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Third grade students enjoyed their first kindness lesson today! They listened to the story Peanut Butter and Cupcake, reflected on kindness words, and created new pages in their Kindness Journals to document their kindness journey this year. @HanoverSchools #HEFkind

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Grade 1 students used @BookCreatorApp to create their own digital books to show where they live. They added selfies then searched for maps to add to their book. Next lesson they will record themselves reading to share with others! @HanoverSchools @KristenFHouston #mestech

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A new year of kindness classes kicked off this week! We had a great time setting up our kindness journals and reflecting on kindness in the world. A special thanks to @RobCardwellCBS6 with @CBS6 News for visiting our lessons, too! @HanoverSchools

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Kindergarten students practice making parts of a whole using @Seesaw. They created their own shape combinations then recorded their voice explaining how their shapes made a whole number together. @HanoverSchools #mathchat

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Third grade students enjoyed learning about Australia as author, Patrick Adams, read his book, Lisa Goes to Australia, to the class. He also shared a sneak peek at the world premiere of his song, Koalas and Kangaroos! Fun fact: Mr. Adams attended @hanoverschools years ago!

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Grade 3 students made a Kindness Connection with a Grade 1 class in Winnipeg, Canada! They used Zoom to engage their critical thinking skills playing the math game SPLAT and discovered it is much colder there: -26 degrees C! Their students even counted to 10 for us in French!

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Today Gr2 students in our online school shared their Matter projects with classmates and practiced digital citizenship by leaving kind, relevant comments in Google Slides. These projects integrated science, reading, and writing with digital mastery skills, too! @HanoverSchools

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Today our kindergarteners practiced using Zoom in the classroom. They were so excited to raise their hands digitally and “pin” their teacher’s screen to see her book! @HanoverSchools

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Grade 3 students explored diversity with the book Same, Same, but Different, then played Mystery Zoom with another classroom in the U.S. by asking and answering clues. We completed our lesson with a kindness challenge for the week ahead! @HanoverSchools #passionforkindness

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Grade 3 students learned how to take photos and videos to add to Schoology discussion board posts on their new Chromebooks today. We are so excited to have devices for every student in our district! @HanoverSchools

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Grade 3 students listened to Hair Love and Just So Thankful to reflect on the power of gratitude during our kindness lesson today. Students then created their own Google Slides presentation in Schoology to share their thankfulness for people, places, and things. @HanoverSchools

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Gr. 1 students created digital talking turkeys to share their gratitude. They wrote thankful words on feathers, then photographed their turkeys with the Chatterkid app. They added voice, text, and filters, then uploaded videos to Seesaw to share with families. @HanoverSchools

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We can find matching shapes! Kindergarten students locate circles and squares using the @Seesaw app on iPads. @HanoverSchools #EdTech

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Getting started with a new year means learning how to be safe online when using Chromebooks! @HanoverSchools #ITRTtech

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Exploring Bioluminescence! Today Grade 1 students used Play-Doh and clay to create unique animals with adaptations that light up to communicate, to catch prey, or as a defense. It was a great way for students to troubleshoot and show creativity, too! @HanoverSchools #hcpspln

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Celebrate #RandomActsofKindnessWeek with global collaboration! Grade 3 students recorded introductions in Flipgrid to connect w/Grade 4 students in Australia. We are excited to get to know about them, their country, and how to scatter kindness around the world! @HanoverSchools

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Grade 4 students celebrate #RandomActsOfKindnessWeek brainstorming who they could bless with kindness, then viewing Kindness Passion Projects from other fourth grade students at https://t.co/hBLA7TML89. Check back in May when they share their completed projects! @HanoverSchools

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Grade 2 students enjoyed using Garage Band on iPads to explore beats and rhythm using digital instruments. They collaborated with classmates to create an “ask and respond” song while discovering the differences in percussion instruments. @HanoverSchools #hcpspln

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This week Gr. 4 students learned how one act of kindness could impact the world while reading Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed. Then they were told they would be given $10 to fund their own kindness project to change the world with kindness, too! @HanoverSchools #hcpspln

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Coding is my jam! Today Grade 3 students learned about algorithms, loops, and if-then statements as they coded robots, used pair programming to create music through block coding and designed binary bracelets to show their initials in binary code. Fun times today! @HanoverSchools