PEPSICO K-12 Technology Mentor Program » Lakewood Elementary School

Solar System Wiki is out of this World!

Dottie Black — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:38:38 +0000

I have had several teachers use wiki’s as a collaborative tool over the past three years. This year one of my PepsiCo mentees used a wiki to collaborate between classes. They did a great job and the extra competition really motivated the students to do their best work.

Take a look at Ms. Chesnut’s students’ wiki about the Solar System

Save the Lakewood Y did just that!

Dottie Black — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:01:21 +0000

Back in September, I met with one of my new teachers,Libby Montagne from Lakewood Elementary. She told me she was working with a group of her students to help save the Lakewood YMCA. The YMCA board was trying to sell the building and Durham would lose a fantastic community resource. I suggested that her students use a WIKI to document what they were doing.

Last week it was announced that the building will be shared by a new Durham Public Schools Montessori middle school and the YMCA. A win-win-win situation for the YMCA,Durham Public Schools and the Lakewood community.

Congratulations to Ms. Montagne and her students for helping be a part of the process.

Ms. Franklin’s 2nd Graders Learn About Sound

Dottie Black — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:38:27 +0000

Ms. Franklin talks about her sound project

Activeboards Rock

Dottie Black — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:55:00 +0000

I met with Robin Franklin, the technology mentor from Lakewood elementary school last week. She has a new activeboard in her classroom. She talked about the way this wonderful tool has challenged her teaching techniques. She told me how she had used it to show her students how to search for books from the Durham Public Library.

As she was teaching the lesson, she wasn’t sure how to do something so she picked up her personal communication device (cell phone) and called a librarian. As the librarian explained the process to her over the phone, she was relaying that to the class and showing them how to do it with the Activeboard. When they were finished, the kids applauded and she held the phone up so the librarian could hear them.

The students learned about databases, they learned how to search and reserve books. They also learned who to talk to when they need help at the library. Ms. Franklin’s next project for her students is to find out where the bookmobile stops and then have them write letters to request stops in their neighborhoods.