ART CANOE

Using Haiku (an online classroom management system), I providing more ways for students to collaborate and reflect their knowledge. I embedded a Padlet into my 7th grade Haiku by copying pasting the HTML code. Questions related to our Van Gogh unit were posted. Students then respond on the Padlet. This allows our discussions to happen in and outside the classroom.

I am very excited about the new school year. I will be using Haiku, an online  assignment/course system, to create one place for student course content.  All middle school students will be able to watch videos, read handouts, turn in digital assignments via one location. Last year, students used email, my blog, and Google drive/docs for these same purposes. This new site will create a more fluid learning environment. Delivering content this way is often referred to as flipping your classroom. I'm excited to be flipping. I will share more about this change in the weeks to come!

As my school joins the maker and stem movement, more and more of collegial conversations focus on student projects as problem solving. The need for students to understand and to manipulate materials is imperative. One such project incorporates all of these ideas. It is the origami paper brain model by Martin Pyka. Examples below are from my 6th gr. class. http://www.martinpyka.de/paperbrain/

Cloud City by 4th gr.

Cloud City by 4th gr.