The Bush MS Campus ITS, Matthew Scott collaborated with the librarian, Christie Hirst, to host a professional development to introduce our staff and teachers to Canva for teacher choice credit in Eduphoria. We created four lessons - two were completed during the professional development time, and then two assignments were completed and submitted afterward for credit.
Bush Assistant Principal, Chrstina Sanchez, Campus ITS, Matthew Scott, and the librarian, Christie Hirst, collaborated to lead our campus technology CITE team to receive, prepare, and distribute our District-provided Chromebooks to give our students 1:1 access to technology. We sought feedback and planned learning opportunities for teachers and students to effectively utilize the 1:1 Chromebook model.
The librarian, Christie Hirst, collaborated with the 6th grade ELAR teachers, April Kuper and Brooke Williams to create a lesson introducing students to the variety of genres available in the Bush Library. Together, we differentiated our instruction with diverse texts of a wide range of reading levels and interests.
Christie Hirst collaborated with the 8th grade Science teachers to create a lesson to teach students about various forms of ocean pollution to help prepare them for the STAAR test. The librarian researched digital library resources and shared differentiated articles that students read individually and shared within small groups.
Matthew Scott, the Bush MS Campus ITS, and Christie Hirst, the librarian, collaborated with the ELAR department to help teachers facilitate literature circles with their students. Mrs. Hirst shared lists of book titles from the library with sufficient copies for teachers to use with multiple students in literature circles. Each student was able to self-select a book from a variety of genres with an array of interests and reading levels. Matthew and Christie worked together to present the ELAR
teachers options for Creative Responses to Literature including reading log bookmarks, Book Snaps, Book Hooks and other digital options from a choice board.
The students were engaged with this project as they worked individually on this assignment and then shared their results with the class. They enjoyed the use of technology and the opportunity to show their creativity in a simple but effective way.