Padlet Success

Yesterday we tried something new.  I introduced the students to Padlet.com.  We created a community graphic organizer to keep track of what we are learning about wildfires.  Each student has the opportunity to contribute to the Padlet using their own iPad.  Below is a screen shot of our work so far.  The kids engaged well and enjoyed the new use of the iPad.  They will then use this info to write a paragraph or two about what they have learned about wildfires from multiple sources - news article, National Geographic, and the internet.  Big time Common Core goal for our 5th graders.

                                             The kids love to have their name "up in lights".

Wrapping Up the Colonial Region Project

Using the links as mentioned in the last post was very successful.  Kept the students from going all over the internet and spending useless time on sites that were somewhat related but not helpful in them creating their research.  We finished our posters today.  Below are a couple of pictures of the final projects.  I tried to upload a video but without success this evening.  It's too late to keep trying.  Maybe next time......