Beginning of the Year Technology Projects

Rapport building activity, get to know your students.

The first week of school is nearly upon us and many elementary teachers are busy dusting off their "All About Me" projects. Why not try something a little different using these easy-to-use iPad apps...

This was made in Kidspiration.

The teacher would create a similar template with the appropriate web sites linked on it. The student would use a symbol in the library or create a symbol in symbol maker to represent themselves. Students click on the web sites and find the answer they are looking for and write the answer in the yellow box.
Kidspiration 3 Template

Back to School Conversation Dice are a fun way to get kids talking to each other on the first days of school! The dice pattern is in color and black and white. Have students roll the dice and respond using their favorite technology tool.

With innovation and technology vital to our profession, let's use both of those elements to engage and connect with our students' families this year.

Try these fun back-to-school icebreakers with your new students and be amazed at how quickly you learn who they are and what they like.

We are kicking off the ThingLink Summer Challenge #TLChallenge with a fun activity designed to help educators get started using ThingLink EDU. Explore the use of rich media tags to tell your professional story and introduce yourself as you Design Your Digital Self.

Introduce yourself to the class through numbers using Thinglink and Popplet. See this blog post for more information.

Here's a super fun project that allows students to creatively use technology as a tool to get to know their classmates. In this project, I will show you two of my favorite things...photo editing an...

Introduce yourself to the class by creating a timeline of your life from when you were born to present day.

I was on Pinterest the other night just looking through classroom pins and, of course, many teachers were pinning ideas for the beginning of the school year. But what became apparent to me was that none of the ideas that I saw used any technology, but each idea could so easily be transformed into a technology-rich lesson.

This will be my 25th year of teaching.  Add this to the years I attended school as a student and you will get 42 'first days.' 42 days of team-building activities and ice-breakers. During those 42 ...

Back to school activities can often become stale as you do the same getting to know you lessons, year after year. I teach multiple grade levels, so my roll this year is full of children whom I've already taught. I did the Fakebook Facebook pages last year and needed a new iLesson to hook my...

Teacher Directions: Print off the QR Codes Cut the QR Codes into 4 pieces Each student receives a word ¼ of a code Students will find their group based on the category Students put their QR Code paper together Scan If correct, the category word will appear If incorrect, nothing...

Share information about yourself with the class using Notebook Software

Seesaw Go! is a fun way to engage students, create classroom community, learn about Seesaw, and get your students up and moving!

In Seesaw Go! students will work in teams of two to four to collect...

I am passionate about integrating tech into the classroom and feel that should start day one. Here are my goals for the first day... - Show parents/kids that tech will be a big part of our learning - Allow kids to be part of the tech process.

This was made in Kidspiration.

Students can either use this template and replace the circles with symbols and words or they can create their own template. Students select several symbols that represent the following:
- When I was little
- My family
- School Days
- My favorite memories
- Future plans
Students can also write a sentence about each picture as a caption.

5 Easy Back to School Technology Projects

At the recent ADE Institute I participated in a really engaging team building activity where we created trading cards to showcase the skills, knowledge and expertise of one of our team members. We used the Trading Cards app by Read Write Think which is a surprisingly versatile app.

5 Easy Back to School Technology Projects

We're so excited to start this school year with you! Whether you're in need of new ideas, extra classroom funds, or a quick jolt of motivation, our HSTRY team is here to help.