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Category Archives: Teaching
Fraction (Stop-motion) Action in First Grade
Rita Edelman’s first graders really got into fractions last week by making stop-motion animated movies demonstrating their understanding of fractions of a group. The movies were made on iPads using an app titled, MyCreate. For this project, boys worked with … 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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Music and Media Toy Factory
Toy Factory is a project where the boys create prototypes of toys that play music. They will eventually product test each toy with boys in their demographic. The toys range from potty training, to pocket dubstep machines, to snowboards that … Continue reading
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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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21st Century Skills in Action – in 5th Grade Science, Bird is the Word
Mr. Banister’s Science classes began their bird unit by learning what every solid ornithologist should; how to identify birds via their unique characteristics. The flipped classroom format meant that specifics memorization took place at home, leaving students valuable time in … Continue reading
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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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EdTech and PBL in 6th Grade Language Arts
Sixth graders were challenged to explore the problem “How can a picture tell a story?” Boys took photographs on their orientation trip to Crane Beach, and selected one from the group pool they felt embodied their experience that day. Boys … Continue reading
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Tagged edtech, Featured App, Humanities, issuu, pixlr, SHTEM, student-centered
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Fessy EdTech Round Up
Ninth grade English students played with GoAnimate, creating animated screenplays based on the concept of conflict and resolution. Upper School Spanish students designed graphic novels via Pixton. Upper School English students used Pixton to storyboard a scene from Oedipus Rex.
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21st Century Fessenden 