Chromebook Collaboration to Spark Creative Questioning
Funded Jan 12, 2017The addition of 5 Samsung Chromebooks to our classroom has been very important. Groups can access their Google accounts on a regular basis. They collaborate when both note taking and planning the presentation of their completed work. It has also helped the students with our Green roof project to research topics such as transpiration, green roof technology, storm water run off, and other information related to our engineering challenge of designing a green roof. We attended the NYC Science Expo to present our projects and each student received a medal and a certificate of participation. They were so incredibly proud. We couldn't have done this without the Chromebooks.
Each child has said that working on the new Chromebooks has helped them search for information faster on the internet. It has given them access to websites that are important for instruction as well as enrichment, such as accessing on-line book & video resources for their research. For example, they can read science and social studies books on Myon, watch a video on Brain-pop, then shift to taking notes collaboratively in Google Classroom. I can post readings for them that they can access through Classroom, and they can use these posts to comment constructively on each others work .
Overall, the addition of this technology in our classroom has helped all the students throughout each day have access to important resources.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Grant