Wojis’ Wonders

This morning Mrs. Wojis’ class joined me at my Nassau County Superintendents Meeting. I asked the students if they could make individual presentations to other Superintendents about how they use technology in the classroom. They enthusiastically agreed and I could not be more proud. Once again our students amazed me. Each student became an expert on a tool they use in class. Mrs. Wojis coordinated the tools with Mr. Gaven. Mr. Interrante also came to preview our new science probes. Here is a list of what each student presented:
• Bridget & Kaitlyn: Show me, Follet shelf and Destiny Quest
• Guy: Sparkvue and numbers
• Ethan: Sparkvue and Strip design
• Christina: Strip design
• Ryan: Edmodo
• Laura: Edmodo and xtramath
• Sam: 270 to win, presidents and aliens
• Daniella & Victoria eSpark
• Molly and Vasco: Stack the States & Stack the Countries
• Robert and Kevin: Pages and iBooks
• Dylan: That quiz and Common core sheets
• Jasmine: Khan Academy
• Stephen: Khan and xtra math
• Elmer and Kieran: Keynote
• Christopher: LearnZillion, tween tribune
• Justin: LearnZillion
• Alessandra: Stop Motion
• Rebecca and Dinangeli: iMovie
Early feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Many Superintendents were amazed at the quality and quantity of technology tools our students use in. Representatives from Apple, eSpark and CORE were on hand as well. They were equally impressed. One Superintendent wrote:
Thank you for sharing your student iPad program with the group today. I thought it was the best presentation we have had to date. Better than hearing an administrator or teacher share their thoughts on a particular program – you had the kids do it. Of course, the kids presented more succinctly than any educator could! Great job. Please let the principal, teachers, techs, and most importantly, the children know their presentation was well received. I cannot wait to share with my staff what I learned from your middle school youngsters.