Teacher Spotlight – Ms. Edmonds
At mid-year and the end of the year I fill out a report to evaluate how my schools are progressing with technology and 21st century learning. In order to have some data to work with, I go back through my calendar and see what kinds of lessons I’ve taught in each classroom and I check the student folders to see what kinds of projects they have been working on with their teachers. The goal is to have a balance of both. Many teachers are doing a fantastic job, but one teacher that really shined in my mid-year report was Ms. Edmonds from Trevvett. She’s not only doing many cool projects with her students on her own, but she is having me come to her classroom to help them with new types of projects that she hasn’t tried yet. She’s been doing a lot of review for the SOLs and one of the projects she did on her own was make review vests (see photo). Each child made a paper bag vest with review facts on it from all different subjects then she took pictures of them with a digital camera. The students love looking at the photos of themselves, so it makes for a fantastic self-motivated review. One of the projects she asked me to come in and help with was making review movies. She assigned each student a SOL review topic, then we used PhotoBooth to film them. As the students watch their movies, they are having fun and reviewing at the same time! You can check out an abbreviated version by clicking here. Way to go, Ms. Edmonds!