Seventh Grade Mathematics

Ms. East, Ms. Ortega, Ms. Nunez and Mr. Ritchie are integrating technology this year into their seventh grade math curriculum.    With tools like Socrative to give online quizzes and games like SumDog that test student's math skills as they compete against each other, students are learning about rational numbers with netbooks.

Science Compounds

Mr. Rozsa's classes have been exploring compounds.  He took video of the students as the experimented with building their own compounds and created an Animoto with that video and posted it on his website.  You can see the students in action here:

Candy Compounds

Technology is up and running at RMS

Technology has played a big part in getting back into the school routine this school year.

•  Moodle is in use in sixth grade as World Cultures and Science are assessing student knowledge. 
•  7th grade math is using technology to reinforce math skills using Sumdog.   
• Science teachers are using Stemscopes and Explore Learning in sixth and seventh grade to teach concepts and run simulations.
• Math teachers are assessing Algebra readiness using TEA's MSTAR.

This is going to be a great year for technology at Ridgeview!

ELA Explores the 1960s

Ms. Copley's and Mrs. Mark's 8th grade ELA classes recently researched the 1960s as part of their book study, The Contender.  Students then displayed their research findings in glogsters, or virtual posters.  They used these posters to present their research findings to the class.

Leadership Class Uses Prezi

Mrs. Klaus' Leadership Classes were asked to present on several topic this spring including great Leaders and  tips to help students be more successful.  Several students choose to use Prezi to complete these assignments as a presentation tool.  Here are 2 examples of these presentations:

George Washington on Prezi

Time Management on Prezi

Math Students Collaborate

Students in Ms. Berner's Math classes collaborated on their assignments today with the help of a virtual whiteboard on http://www.dabbleboard.com/.  As Ms. Berner loaded a new question the students were able to write on the screen using their mouse to try to help solve the problem.   This was a great way to engage students to learn from each other and to talk about their math.

BYO Comes to Science

In Mrs. Gibson's 7th Grade Science classes the students were needing to use timers to complete the lab assignment.   In order to supply enough stop watches for the classroom, Mrs Gibson allowed students to use the clocks and apps on their cell phones with great results.  The students enjoyed being able to use their devices for academic purposes, and those who did not have a device had access to the classroom stopwatches.