David Lee EdTech

Mrs. Mitchell's (goo.gl/EtZmWM) 3rd graders took on the role of architects and designed their own dream house. They were required to create a floor plan, find the perimeter and area of each room, and find the total cost of their house. Students used Room Styler (roomstyler.com) to create their house and choose the materials they wanted for their rooms (wall trim and floor material). Students also created a Google Spreadsheet to organize their measurement and budget data. Music by Only1dob (Drowning To Succeed) https://soundcloud.com/only1dob

Dec. 9th-15th 2013 was  Computer Science Education Week . Dec. 9th was chosen as the start of this special week  to recognize the birthday of  Grace Hopper , a programming pioneer and a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (Google   showcased an awesome  Google Doodle of Grace Hopper to commemorate her birthday .).  To celebrate this week,  Code.org  organized the  Hour of Code , a chance for all students learn basic computer science for an hour to help them understand basic coding concepts. Every grade level at our school participated in this event,  even preschool!   The one class that impressed me the most was  Mrs. Welpman 's 3rd grade class who decided  to learn Javascript ! I was amazed to see the high student engagement during the activity, and how willing the students were in fixing the "bugs" in their code.   Learning Javascript with Khan Academy (The Hour of Code) Mrs. Welpman's class inspired me to try the...

Google Cultural Institute  is a partnership of museums, archives, and cultural institutions designed to make digital exhibitions available to the public. The institute added the  The Eiffel Tower exhibit  that features: Birth of the Eiffel Tower exhibit Eiffel Tower's Inauguration and First Visitors exhibit The Construction of the Eiffel Tower exhibit Street View of the Eiffel Tower Other Images