Excited to be at #ISTELive23 !

3rd graders using #Keynote to create museum placards for their virtual civilizations museum, which they are building in CoSpaces Edu. We can’t wait to share with families this week! #AppleEDU

4th graders began exploring UI/UX and accessibility as part of their app design process. We tested real apps & evaluated their design, inclusivity & the overall experience of using the app. Next step: the design phase of our own prototypes! #AppPrototype #EveryoneCanCode #design

JK students are exploring forces & motion through robotics with Sphero Education. We had so much fun figuring out how to make the Sphero move & observing how it responds to our drawings! #earlyyears #robotics #PYP

This warrants a return to Twitter! Such a joy to catch up with these two, always inspired and energized after talking with Megan McKellar & Craig Cantlie!

What a way to start my day - a Zoom reunion w/ Lauren Angarola and Megan McKellar! Thanks to Lauren for giving us a virtual tour/sharing her thoughts of Toddle - all positive. These two former Innovation Activators continue to inspire me with their thinking. #PictureThis ! 😁

Spanish & Mandarin students are analyzing the effectiveness of different language apps & exploring how they might change the way humans learn new languages. Next step is to practice writing App Store reviews in Spanish or Mandarin!

Our Compost Crew created a video using #AppleEDU #Clips to inform families about what to do with food waste on International Night. We are wondering how much food waste we’ll collect 🤔 #inquiry #PYPx

These students are in the #explore & #research phase of their personal inquiry journey. Two of them are testing out Tynker & Bloxels to design their own video game while the other is looking into 3D printed fishing bait Tinkercad #inquiry #PYP

Grade 4 & 5 students engaged in a spectrum sort, organizing photos of different items from oldest to newest. Then we compared, debated & discussed how things like communication, phones, mail, shopping & computers have been disrupted by technology & innovation. #inquiry #PYP

Boxing/bagging our third round of donations for City Harvest! We’ve collected 1,011 pounds of food so far this year ❤️ #StudentCouncil

G4 students are embarking on their first personal #inquiry journey! I love this display in @paigefilla’s room documenting their process & progress along the way. Modeled after Trevor MacKenzie’s sketch note! #PYP

We are beginning our #AppDesign journey with some exploration into the apps we use & the problems they solve. We also discussed some of the challenges we face & how an app could solve them. Next step: narrowing in on a challenge we want to #inquire into more deeply!

Final spectrum sort from the other class…one realization we had was that some things (like a train) are a need for some people, who live far from their workplaces. #pyp #inquiry

Sorting out our observations of technology from our field trip. We used a spectrum sort, deciding what we considered needs, like fire alarms & what were wants, like OMNY tap & go to enter the subways. Some debate whether elevators & automatic doors were needs or wants 🤔 #pyp

Our #Mandarin students even got to practice their language skills with one of the Art on the Ave Artists-in-Residence who spoke Chinese! #CityAsSchool

Grade 4/5 walked around the neighborhood & Fulton Center to explore how #technology & #innovation transform our daily lives, in big & small ways. We also stopped by the Art on the Ave Artist-in-Residence studio. Ss documented the experience on #iPhone & will reflect tomorrow

Always so inspired listening to Kath Murdoch! Listened to her #ToddleTIES talk & can’t wait to discuss how we can incorporate more opportunities for personal #inquiry with my colleagues. Walking away with a lot to think about & so many ideas!

We used Makey Makey to create our own “Is It Conductive?” testing station and used a Scratch Team game to help us identify which objects are conductive & which are not. We discovered Play-Doh, oranges, nails, paper clips & humans are conductive! #PYP

It was an exciting day in #StudentCouncil ! We worked on the yearbook, helped get the compost buckets ready, emailed families about our next #DoorstepDonations collection for City Harvest and designed our #FieldDay shirts in #Keynote