iPACT
The goal of the iPACT project is to provide effective and sustained professional development activities for school administrators in order for them to help improve student skills and knowledge through the integration of technology and the use of research-based engaged learning instructional strategies.    
  • To increase the overall student CRT average score for the schools participating in the project.
  • Teachers in participating schools will increase their utilization of technology-based engaged learning activities to enhance instruction in the classroom.
  • Students will be more engaged in school instructional activities. 

Here's the links and resources that were presented to this cohort of principals during the initial training in the summer of 2009.
Three Falls Elementary - What's Your Rock? iPACT Grant Activity PDF Print E-mail

Today we will be making a group presentation with Google Presentations that will rock! Students will observe, identify, photograph and research their rock sample, then build one slide in a presentation built by the entire class of for all of the rock samples. Please follow the links below to view and edit the presentation for your class:
 
Promethean Board Activity at Fillmore Elemenatary PDF Print E-mail

The participants of this grant have accomplished some great things with our help. This iPACT activity was different, however, in that SEDC had pretty much nothing to do with the activity!

Mrs. Gates and her Kindergarden class showed us that even the youngest of kids in school can use and be engaged when technology is used in instruction. The activity centered around grouping like objects to create a graph to compare the numbers. It was delightful to sit back and watch the activity unfold. She did a great job - you can see clips of the activity for yourself below!
 
Writing Across the Curriculum at Diamond Valley Elementary PDF Print E-mail

Head to www.sedck12.org!

Here's where you go to edit and make changes to your grade project:

Preview of 1st Grade's Project



Preview of 2nd Grade's Project



Preview of 3rd Grade's Project


Preview of 4th Grade's Project
 
iPACT Activity @ South Elementary - 5th Grade Geometric Shapes PDF Print E-mail
At South Elementary in Iron County, we worked with 5th Graders from Mr. Sahagun's class. The iPACT Activity focused on math standard 3 objective 1: Describe relationships between two- and three-dimensional shapes and analyze attributes and properties of geometric shapes. To facilitate this, we used Google SketchUp, a free 3D modeling program, to work with and manipulate 3D shapes and to identify the 2D shapes which makes them up.

The students started with this SketchUp template file and these shapes:
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Here's what the students came up with (click on the first image, and use < and > to cycle through the rest):
 
East Elementary - Story Problems PDF Print E-mail
Students from East Elementary in Washington County created their own story problems in their math class. We then helped them put all of their work together in one place and let them enhance each of their problems with some images, drawings, or video that they found.

Take a look at what they have created below!

Mrs. Empey's Class Presentation



Mr. Albrecht's Class Presentation


Mr. Eardley's Class Presentation


Mr. Whitmer's Class Presentation
 


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