David Lee EdTech

"The goal of this session is to improve communication, collaboration, and quality of feedback." -Art Schultz This blog post showcases the presentation I created and used for the "Google Documents For Your Classroom" training session at my school.  It also contains a cheat sheet of different Google document features, and an example of what a document would look like if some of the features were used. I want to thank the KIS EdTech Team for helping me create this presentation, as well as giving me valuable feedback. Presentation: Features Cheat Sheet: What you can create with these features:

BIE visited our school for a PBL workshop. We learned how to create a PBL unit that incorporated multiple subjects. The following information describes the unit we developed. General Info Name of Project: Chinese Paper-Cutting Subjects: Technology, Mandarin, Art Grade level: 2nd grade Driving Questions Overall DQ: How do we, as Chinese culture experts, convince 1st grade students to join the Chinese Paper-Cutting club? Technology DQ: How do we, as Chinese culture experts, use the similarities and differences of ancient Chinese paper-cutting to modern methods of paper-cutting. Project Idea Students will take on the role of Chinese culture experts, whose goal is to convince 1st grade students to join their Chinese Paper-Cutting club. They will be divided into groups based on their academic level or character traits. In Chinese class, students will need to research the history of the cultural tradition and the meaning behind the artistic expression. In technol...

BIE visited our school for a PBL workshop. We learned how to create a PBL unit that incorporated multiple subjects. The following information describes the unit we developed. General Info Name of Project: Chinese Paper-Cutting Subjects: Technology, Mandarin, Art Grade level: 2nd grade Driving Questions Overall DQ: How do we, as Chinese culture experts, convince 1st grade students to join the Chinese Paper-Cutting club? Technology DQ: How do we, as Chinese culture experts, use the similarities and differences of ancient Chinese paper-cutting to modern methods of paper-cutting. Project Idea Students will take on the role of Chinese culture experts, whose goal is to convince 1st grade students to join their Chinese Paper-Cutting club. They will be divided into groups based on their academic level or character traits. In Chinese class, students will need to research the history of the cultural tradition and the meaning behind the artistic expression. In technol...

I first encountered discussion boards during my college years. It is a great way for students to find different perspectives on a topic, build stronger communities, and be active in their learning. What I loved best about discussion boards was the ability to share your ideas without being face-to-face with your class. It was quite intimidating for me to share my ideas to my classroom because of the fear of being “wrong.” Discussion boards provide shy or quiet students an non-anxiety experience of sharing their ideas.  Ms. Rance, our kindergarten teacher, approached me to discuss what platform she could use to create a discussion board for her class. She wanted to create a discussion board that would allow her class to communicate with a class in America on different topics. The platform that I believe would be best for kindergarten students would be Google Documents. Here are some of the reasons: table of contents (Students can go straight to there section of the discussion ...