Friday, June 01, 2007
Students Share the Saugus Iron Works
Fifth graders became teachers to the fourth graders as they hosted the Saugus Iron Works showcase on Friday, June 1st in the Ferrway lobby. 
The event was designed to bring together four major initiatives;
The Ferryway HP Leadership team worked with administrators, teachers, and students to create an event that would highlight how wireless tablet computing is used to promote a 21st century learning environment. At the rocks and minerals station students showed fourth graders how to conduct a mineral test and navigate websites to find mineral pictures. The simple machines station featured models built from K'nex toys, computer simulations and student inventions. Students in Mr. Teixeira's fifth grade English Language Learner's (ELL) class used tablets and a projector to teach about the world's biomes through a series of animated PowerPoints. After spending about 45 minutes visiting different stations fourth graders used the tablets to complete an online survey developed by the YWCA High School girls on what they had learned. We would like to thank Ms. Prince and Ms. Wasson for coordinating the G4 survey.
The event was designed to bring together four major initiatives; - The Saugus Iron Works PBU implementation
- Pilot-testing of the Biome Breakthrough PBU
- YWCA High School multimedia program.
- HP Leadership Grant
The Ferryway HP Leadership team worked with administrators, teachers, and students to create an event that would highlight how wireless tablet computing is used to promote a 21st century learning environment. At the rocks and minerals station students showed fourth graders how to conduct a mineral test and navigate websites to find mineral pictures. The simple machines station featured models built from K'nex toys, computer simulations and student inventions. Students in Mr. Teixeira's fifth grade English Language Learner's (ELL) class used tablets and a projector to teach about the world's biomes through a series of animated PowerPoints. After spending about 45 minutes visiting different stations fourth graders used the tablets to complete an online survey developed by the YWCA High School girls on what they had learned. We would like to thank Ms. Prince and Ms. Wasson for coordinating the G4 survey.
Labels: Biome, HP Leadership Grant, SIW, tablet computers
