What an incredible experience this was! Three colleagues and I traveled to Australia and New Zealand to share what we have learned about how to integrate the iPad and 21st Century teaching practices into our classrooms.  We met dedicated students and educators who made the experience that much more meaningful. Teaching kids how to learn, rather than teaching kids how to be taught, gives them skills that will advantage them far beyond the classroom!!

Meet and Greet question. Mrs. Medina read two quotes and talked a little bit about them. Mrs. Medina talked about Mr. Novembers’s book and the student roles. Mrs. Medina talked  about the Student Scribe job and the student blog spot called Edublogs. Mrs. Medina talked about the tutorial designer role. Nikki demonstrated a math tutorial  that she wrote on Doceri about the Arithmetic  series. Nikki explains why digital learning is easier. Mrs. Medina showed the I and Me tutorial on Educreations and talk about collaborating  with iPads. Mrs. Medina talked about the Global Communicator job and the Global Communicator on the blog. Mrs. Medina talked about the Global Communicator job and Pen Pal letters. Mrs. Medina talked about graphic Designing. Mrs. Medina talked about the Student Collaborator job And the collaborative book report. Nikki read aloud the poem that  three other students and her wrote about the beach. Mrs. Medina talked about the Founding Fathers report. Mrs. Medina talked about the Student Researcher job. Mrs. Medina talked about the eight parts of speech and the Newsletter class. Mrs. Medina talked about vocabulary words and spelling tests. Everybody worked on the poem summer.