Using Educational
Technology in School &
at Home
Jackie Emr, Jill Simkanich, Kayla Clarke,
& Elizabeth Chung
Creating 21st Century Learning Spaces in MCPS
● Access to mobile computers & cloud-based learning
platform
○ Enhance creativity and collaboration
● Grades 3, 4, 5, & 6 use this technology in the classroom
already
● Curriculum 2.0 contains enriched learner-centered
teaching practices to transform classroom communities.
Creating 21st Century Learning Spaces in MCPS
● Google Apps for Education
○ Dynamic resources promote communication &
collaboration
● Student and staff accounts enable document sharing,
collaborative work, and assessment opportunities in this
cloud-based platform.
Hardware & Software
● Google Chrome platform allows students to log in and
access their files and applications from any internet
accessible device.
● These Chromebooks are used for many purposes from
word processing to online educational games and virtual
manipulatives to support classroom instruction.
Cybercivility & Safety
● MCPS students and staff have been assigned secured
Google accounts.
● Student activity is observed via a learning management
system called LAN School that allows teachers to send
information to students, offer real-time feedback, and
monitor progress on activities.
Cybercivility & Safety
● Students will be restricted to sending and receiving
messages only from other authorized MCPS account
holders.
● Only authorized MCPS staff will have access to communicate
with students.
● MCPS is working with Google to ensure all precautions and
configurations are enabled to protect the privacy and
confidentiality of all student and staff information, and to
restrict access to Google Apps for Education to students and
staff in a closed and secure environment that is not
accessible to anyone outside of MCPS.
Hardware and Software-LAN School
● Teachers have the ability to use LanSchool Teacher to
interact with and monitor students while they are using
Chromebooks.
LAN School
Google Classroom
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This program has the ability to have co-teachers and create draft
assignments that could be released at a later date.
Keeping with this trend, Google recently released additional improvements
to Classroom which include the ability to reuse a post from an existing or
previous class as well as the ability to pose questions students can
respond to much like a discussion board.
“Share to Classroom” extension that gives teachers the ability to “push” a
website to students’ devices so the page opens immediately on all their
devices.
Example of a Classroom Homepage
Hardware & Software
● MCPS has purchased Acer Chromebooks for every 3rd
4th, & 5th grade classroom.
● The PTA generously purchased a Chromebook cart
which 2nd grade is currently using.
Virtual Resources: Multi-Grade Level
● IXL - www.ixl.com
Virtual Resources: Multi-Grade Level
● Discovery Education - http://www.
discoveryeducation.com/students/
Virtual Resources: Multi-Grade Level
● Encyclopedia Britannica School - http:
//school.eb.com/levels/elementary
E Books (Destiny Homepage)
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Capstone Interactive
Follett Shelf in Destiny (login to Destiny)
Mackin
Rourke
Tumblebooks (no login)
One More Story (in school only)
TrueFlix
Virtual Resources: Multi-Grade Level
● ABC ya - http://www.abcya.com/
Virtual Resources: Multi-Grade Level
● International Children’s
Digital Library
● http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
Virtual Resources: Current Events
● Newsela - https://newsela.com/
Virtual Resources: Current Events
● Dogo News- http://www.dogonews.com/
Virtual Resources: Math
● Math Invaders - http://www.yubigames.
com/Math_Invaders/index.html
Virtual Resources: Preschool-Primary
● Starfall - http://www.starfall.com/
Virtual Resources: Arts
● Music Theory - http://www.musictheory.net/
Virtual Resources: Arts
● Getty - http://getty.edu/gettygames/
Virtual Resources at Travilah
Visit the Travilah Website for many more!