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Diamond Ridge Elementary

Highlights from the 2019 Granite Battle of the Books District Competition

March 2019Josh Whiting

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Filed Under: Library Spotlights, News, Student Activities, Student SpotlightsTagged With: Alyssa Carraway, Debbie Singer, Diamond Ridge Elementary, Fox Hills Elementary, Granite Battle of the Books, Jim Bridger Elementary, Library Activities, Library Resources, Literacy Promotions, Nikki Gregerson, Reading Promotions, Reading Resources, Rolling Meadows Elementary, Student Activities, Trinda Burdett, West Kearns Elementary

#GSDEdTech and #GSDLibraries Social Media Round Up: February 2019

March 2019Josh Whiting

In this post we’re rounding up activities and moments from Granite classrooms that were shared with us this past month. We know this is only a fraction of the awesome things students and teachers are doing in classrooms every day. If you’d like to share with us and be included in future round-ups use the #gsdedtech or #gsdlibraries hashtags in your tweets or instagram posts, or mention us: @edtechgsd on twitter, @edtechgsd on instagram, and @librarymediagsd on twitter.

Social Media Round Up, February 2019

  1. Leadership in Blended and Digital Learning Site Visit, Diamond Ridge Elementary
  2. Classroom Snapshots
  3. Granite Teams at FIRST LEGO League State Competition
  4. Countdown to Granite’s Battle of the Books 2019 Elementary Competition

[Read more…] about #GSDEdTech and #GSDLibraries Social Media Round Up: February 2019

Filed Under: Library Spotlights, News, Student Activities, Student Spotlights, Teacher SpotlightsTagged With: #GSDEdTech Social Media Roundup, Diamond Ridge Elementary, First LEGO League, Granite Battle of the Books, Leadership in Blended and Digital Learning

Teacher Spotlight: Ashley Moore, Diamond Ridge Elementary

October 2017Josh Whiting

Diamond Ridge Elementary School - Exterior

Blended Learning at Diamond Ridge Elementary

Diamond Ridge has one Chromebook for every student in all grade levels this year. Their School Technology Specialist, Ashley Moore, works with teachers and students in the classroom to help them integrate the technology in fun and meaningful ways.

On this visit to Diamond Ridge, Ashley pushed into a fifth grade class with Mrs. George and a first grade class with Mrs. Harbaugh.

Cindy George, 5th Grade

Mrs. George’s 5th graders learned about using onomatopoeia in their writing and picked up some new tech skills along the way.

Students write poems with onomatopoeia words in Google Slides
Students write poems with onomatopoeia words in Google Slides

Her students drafted poems using Google Slides. After writing their poems, students used the Screencastify Chrome extension to video record themselves reading their poems.

Students record themselves reading their poems using the Screencastify Chrome Extension
Students record themselves reading their poems using the Screencastify Chrome Extension

They then posted their poems to a shared wall using Padlet, where all the poems could be enjoyed by the whole class.

Stephanie Harbaugh, 1st Grade

Mrs. Harbaugh’s 1st graders learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin and practiced using the Chromebook trackpad.

Trackpad practice with plant life cycles
Trackpad practice with plant life cycles

Ashley taught Mrs. Harbaugh how to use LanSchool with her students, so that getting websites and documents out to her little learners is easy.

Ashley Moore and Stephanie Harbaugh set up LanSchool, a classroom computer management tool
Ashley Moore and Stephanie Harbaugh set up LanSchool, a classroom computer management tool

Many thanks to Mrs. Moore, Mrs. George, Mrs. Harbaugh, and their students at Diamond Ridge Elementary for allowing us a peek into their blended learning classroom activities.

Spotlight Created by Teresa Bruin, Educational Technology Specialist and Team Leader.

Filed Under: Teacher SpotlightsTagged With: 5th Grade, Ashley Moore, Blended Learning, Chromebooks, Cindy George, Diamond Ridge Elementary, First Grade, Google Slides, Lanschool, Padlet, Screencastify, Stephanie Harbaugh, Teresa Bruin, Writing Tools

Library Spotlight: Beginning the Year Displays

September 2017Josh Whiting

Welcome Back display at Fox Hills Elementary Media Center

During the first week of school, Granite’s elementary media clerks gathered in small groups for professional development sessions held at five different elementary school libraries in the district. In this setting they were able to collaborate with other clerks who work in library spaces of the same or similar design, exploring the spaces to gain ideas for improving organization, flow, displays, and atmosphere. In this post we feature display ideas from these five libraries as they stood ready to welcome back students in the coming days.

Jim Bridger Elementary

Jim Bridger Elementary Media Center
View of the nonfiction section at Jim Bridger Elementary Media Center
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Filed Under: Library SpotlightsTagged With: Bridger Elementary, Crestview Elementary, Debbie Brady, Diamond Ridge Elementary, Fox Hills Elementary, Jennifer Porter, Jody Noakes, Laura Biesinger, Laura Schmidt, Leslie Benson, Library Displays, Library Promotions, Literacy Promotion, Maria Bucio, Marlene Roundy, Morningside Elementary, Valerie Pettinger

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