Thursday Thoughts May 15
The end of a school year is a great time to remember that the success of every student depends on each person in the building. The African Proverb "It takes a village to raise a child," applies to school just as easily as it applies to home. In thinking about all of the teachers, specialists and support personnel that are needed to make a school successful, it is so important to acknowledge the different roles that we play. From the cafeteria staff who arrive at 6:00am or so each day to ensure that breakfast is served, to the office staff that manages the logistics of our day, we are all at Medlock for one reason and one reason only. That reason is to protect, nurture and teach EVERY child. No excuses, no regrets. Just like a sports team, we have to leave it all on the "court" or" field" everyday. Thank you for contributing to a winning team this year. We are a championship team and our children are ultimately the winners.
Staff Spotlight
This week I would like to shine the spotlight on Lauren Plummer and Debra Hartley. I had the pleasure of taking a field trip to an innovative school in Hall County on Tuesday and both Ms. Plummer's and Ms. Brooks' classes accompanied me. Only one of Ms. Brooks' students took the trip; however all of Lauren's students attended and I can tell you that they were respectful, well behaved and quite entertaining on the bus. Lauren has had a tough year with neither a daily planning period nor duty free lunch period. Yet she has never complained and has made every effort to increase her knowledge of Autism, work with the first grade level and strengthen her instructional practices on her own time. She and Debra have created a classroom environment where the expectations are high and the students have risen to those expectations. I am thankful for the work that Lauren and Debra are doing and appreciate their dedication to Medlock Bridge.
4C's: Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, Critical Thinking Skills
From www.classtechtips.com (Dec 11th post)
Push your students to explain their thinking and create their own digital portfolio items with these fantastic free apps!
- Tellagami for Story Telling
- Film Your Own Persuasive PSAs
- Student Created Podcasts
- SnapGuide for How-Tos
- Pic Collage to Make iPad Posters
- Social Studies Slogans: Make Your Own Memes
- Toontastic for Story Telling
- Famous Faces: Funny Movie Maker
- Record Your Work Using Doceri
- iPad Project: Resume Builder
- Haiku Deck for Small Presentations
- TinyTap to Create Games
- Scribble My Story
- Show and Explain Your Work
www.classtechtips.com- Daily blog with recommended apps for classroom use. You can access entries dating back several months. Great way to get ideas for reviewing apps for the classroom.
News & Notes
We welcome the return of Nisha on Monday. We bid Erin Roberts a heartfelt farewell and thank her for taking care of our little ones in Nisha's absence. We are excited that Erin will be right down the street at Northview where she has been offered a full time counseling position for next year. Erin, we wish you all the best!
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