This week in the AT&T Classroom

Longcoy fourth graders have been using digital tools for computing with whole numbers. 
They have been using online resources at Online Math Learning and using the Educreations app to collaborative solve problems and communicate their findings with their iPads

Lippman second graders have been focusing on the creation of digital stories for enhancing students’ literacy skills (e.g., reading, writing, speaking & listening) and for targeting the “4Cs of 21st century skills” — critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication. Listed below are the apps and programs the children are using to create their stories:

ABCYa Paint is a free multimedia program that can be used to create pictures and stories using drawing/paint tools or by selecting from a variety of backgrounds, scenes, characters, & stickers.

iStopMotion can be used to create stop motion animations on an iPad or itouch. 

Kerpoof is a free multimedia program that allows students to create animation & digital stories by using drawing tools or selecting from a variety of backgrounds, scenes, characters, & stickers

Photostory is a free MS application that allows you to create a multimedia presentation using digital photos and adding text and audio. 

Puppet Pals is a free iPad app that allows you to create your own unique shows with animation and audio in real time.

Sock Puppet is a free app that can be used to create lip-synced videos to share on Facebook or YouTube.

 Toontastic is a free iPad app that allows children to draw, animate, and share cartoons. Once they are done creating, Toontastic will play back their animation and voice as a cartoon to be shared online via ToonTube, Toontastic’s Global Storytelling Network. 

2012-13 Cohort Begins in the AT&T Classroom

The 2012-13 school year is officially underway in the AT&T Classroom with teachers and students from Lippman School and Longcoy Elementary (Kent City Schools). From the Lippman School, teacher Sally Layman and her second graders are currently studying simple machines and the engineering design process using the LEGO WeDo Robotics system. The class is also investigating various tools and apps for digital story telling such as Kerpoof, KidPix 3D,  Photostory, Pic Collage, Toontastics, and iStopMotion.  Longcoy teacher Liz Shorr and her fourth graders are exploring the use of iPads as a learning tool to integrate language arts with math and social studies. Students use Educreations as an interactive whiteboard to show their work and used the StoryLine app to create a story problem to demonstrate their knowledge of place value.

RCET would also like to welcome the following students from the Honors College who are completing an Individual Honors Work Project in the AT&T Classroom this semester: Michelle Barrett, Carissa Deeds, Amy Fetterman, Julie Jacob, Erin Kline, Emily Merkel, Brittany Miller, and Pari Shah.

Fishcreek Elementary

Carol Welsh

Fishcreek Elementary
Economies – Wants and Needs



Carol Welsh’s first grade students used their time in the classroom to learn about economics, wants and needs.  They used their iPod touches to explode the campus and take pictures of things that students needed and things they wanted. They used these pictures to create power point slide shows. The first graders were also introduced to simple machines through the use of the Lego Wedo kits.

Franklin Elementary

Mrs. Frank and Mrs. Ward

Franklin Elementary
Science and Language Arts



Mrs. Frank and Mrs. Ward shared their time in the ATT Classroom. Their students did research on the phases of the moon and created clay animations of the phases on the moon. They used Kid blog to share what they have learned with each other and with their teachers.  To complete their Language Arts assignments they use MS Word and also web resources that enabled them to create comic strips and animated characters.

Willyard Elementary

Mrs. Kandis Cutlip

Willyard Elementary
Earth & Space Science and Language Arts



Mrs. Kandis Cutlip students used many of the tools in the classroom to do research on the earth and our solar system. Brain Pop on the iPod Touches was a very useful app for studying about planets. They also used the 3D system in the room to investigate the movement of the stars and planets. During their time in the classroom they read and discussed the novel Frindle. After reading the novel the students were divided into groups of 4. Each group made a Claymation video of one of the chapters from the story.

Tappan Elementary

Mrs. Angela Kohl

Tappan Elementary

Geometry and Fables

Mrs. Kohl students used many of the technology tools to study geometry and fables. They used GoShape and Kidspiration on the iPod Touches and the computers to create polygons and venn digraphs. Toontastic on the iPads was also very valuable to the students for creating their own fables. After studying Aesop’s fables, the students wrote their own fable stories and make it into a animated movies (Claymation).

Portage Path

Mrs. Feges

Portage Path
Math and Science

Mrs. Feges students used their time in the ATT Classroom to study Math and Science.

They used the Lego Wedo Kits to investigate how to build simple machines and robots with motors and sensors and how to program them to perform complicated movements.

The students recorded what they created with the iPod Touches and created presentation with Photostory.

Davey Elementary

Tracy Forman

Davey Elementary
Science – Forces in motion



The first graders of Tracy Forman’s class use their time in the AT&T Classroom to study forces in motion and living and non-living things. They used the Lego Wedo kits to create robots that perform movements with gears, levers and pulleys.  The research living and non-living things on the internet and create power point slide show to present to the class what they have discovered.

2012-13 AT&T Classroom Teacher Cohort

RCET would like to extend a warm welcome to the following teachers who are bringing their classes to the AT&T Classroom during the 2012-13 school year:

From Akron Public Schools:

Karen Grindall, Grade 5, Portage Path Community Learning Center

From Kent City Schools:

Kim Metz, Grade 1, Holden Elementary

Liz Shorr, Grade 4, Longcoy Elementary

Laura Roberts, Grade 1, Walls Elementary

From Ravenna City Schools:

Janice Schelat, Grade 3, West Main Elementary

Tiffany Cross, Grade 4, West Main Elementary

From Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools:

Rebecca Miller, Grade 4, Echo Hills Elementary

Kelly Mack, Grade 4, Fishcreek Elementary

Rebecca Miller - Echo Hills Elementary School

The students from Echo Hills studied  famous Ohioans and the weather during their six weeks in the  classroom. They used Glogster, Kerpoof,  Photo Story and Movie Maker to create posters, animations and movies about Ohioan and also used these tools to report on the weather in Stow Ohio.

Dr. Dortch - Walls Elementary School

Dr. Dortch and the 3rd Graders from Walls Elementary use their time in the classroom to study nutrition, digestion, and simple machines. Simple machines were explored through the use of Lego WeDo kits.

The AT&T Classroom Welcomes First Graders from Davey & Fishcreek Elementary Schools

Our final spring session is underway in the AT&T Classroom. From Davey Elementary (Kent City Schools) Tracy Foreman & her first graders are studying force & motion using the LEGO WeDo Robotics system. In the afternoon, Carole Welsh and her first graders are doing an economics unit focusing on wants vs. needs. They have been comparing and contrasting these concepts using KidPix 3D, SMART Notebook software, and online resources from  BrainPop. 

Week 4 with Tappan Elementary

At AT&T today we talked 3D shapes, watched movies on Toontastic, made a PowerPoint and reviewed. That was my report on AT&T. – Amira

Today at AT&T we did geometry shapes, and did some fables. We also did my Portalportal and caught up on things we didn’t have done. So, now you know what we did. Bye-Emilee

At AT&T we made movies that counted as a test. You had to explain about the polygons that you did. It was worth 20 points. Later that day, we went on a walking field trip around the campus taking pictures of geometry terms. There were many amazing sculptures. That is what we did at AT&T. - Mehli