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2008 Gertrude Walker Elementary Technology Rich Classroom- Garden City. Mary Hamlin & Kristy Zeller Fourth Grade Mentor: Casey Wise. makebeliefscomix.com. Building Demographics. Enrollment: 47 4 th grade students Minority: 82% compared to 26% statewide Free/Reduced lunch: 73%
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2008 Gertrude Walker Elementary Technology Rich Classroom- Garden City Mary Hamlin & Kristy Zeller Fourth Grade Mentor: Casey Wise
Building Demographics • Enrollment: 47 4th grade students • Minority: 82% compared to 26% statewide • Free/Reduced lunch: 73% • ELL: 42% compared to 8% statewide • Open classroom concept (no walls)
A Day in the Life of a TRC Classroom • Daily Schedule
Mary Hamlin Student projects from this year! • Student made Jeopardy game to practice for assessments • GPS Activity Students learned how to make and find waypoints • Photostory - PowerPoint Science Fair Video
Kristy Zeller • Digital Research on Natural, Capital & Human Resources • Students used the digital camera to take pictures of each resource type and then created a PowerPoint presentation as their assessment. • Audacity – Example 1Example 2 -Students recorded their own reading to help with fluency
What the TRC Grant Has Done for Us and Our Students • Less behavior problems • Excitement to come to our classroom • On task learners • Higher test scores • Students and teachers are more technology literate