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Category Archives: Creativity
Summer Reading Comes Alive
Project learning linked to summer reading is a terrific way to hit the ground running when the new school year starts. As a summer reading assignment, 4th grade boys read their choice of a number of “Who Was” series biographies … Continue reading
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4th Grade Egyptian Tourism Podcasts
Mrs. Maiurano’s fourth grade classes used their iPads this month to make podcasts using the iMovie app. As part of a foreign country study, students conducted research to learn about, and then build, Egyptian landmarks. With partners, they planned … Continue reading
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6th Grade Cross Curricular Project Kicks off with Hands-on Field Trip
On Friday, May 9, sixth grade students enjoyed a day of activities centered around fishing. This field trip was designed to pique student interest and pave the path to a cross-curricular project focused on human impact on oceans, which will … Continue reading
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Tagged 6th grade science, collaboration, creativity, PBL
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RSS Class Explores Egypt via EdTech
RSS students explored Egyptian religion more in depth this past week, researching a god or goddess of their choice and using various EdTech options to create a product. Students used a research template created in Google Docs to gather background … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, edtech, flipsnack, goanimate, google apps, Humanities, RSS, SHTEM, student-centered
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First Graders Inspired by Augmented Reality
Things got lively in first grade this week as students got a first hand introduction to a technology known as augmented reality, which you have to see to believe. If you’ve ever shopped for LEGOs at the large Toys R … Continue reading
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Fresh Breath and a Fully Charged Phone!
Charlie J. has created a mobile phone charger out of an Altoids can. Why? Because he could! 🙂
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Fessenden Visits High Tech High in San Diego
Representatives from the Fessenden School were lucky enough to visit High Tech High in San Diego for their “Winter Residency Program.” HTH is a charter school that has immersed itself in Project Based Learning and has earned the credentials of one … Continue reading
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21st Century Fessenden 