Techspert by Baili

This school year has gone by so fast. But it has also been a very good

year. I'm in seventh grade so it's not like i just got here anymore. There are a couple of things that I have noticed or other students have noticed. There are a couple of things that have noticed or other students have noticed. There are some problems and solutions that I have thought of and found. I also went out in the other students from different grades to see what kind of technology they would want.

We went around the school to all the different grades to see what they

would want. The most common answers MacBooks or just new iPad in general. People were worried about the cost of these things but we just said if you had the opportunity would you pick. I personally think MacBooks or just a computer that you were able to draw on would be very useful. The reason is they picked days were so they can have different ways of learning and more fun ways of learning. I think we should take students ideas into consideration when ever we picknew things.

We recently had a big test over all the subjects. This stressed students

out  to and some were getting in very weird moods because of the test. The teachers still came up with ways to reward the students for all their hard work. We are having G.A.B parties and different incentives. But I also think it’s important to reward them for their hard work even if they didn’t do that good on the test. But you also need to teach the students how to handle big tests.

I’m so excited about this school year it is almost Christmas break. I’m so

ready to have a new start and new goals for next semester.

Winter is Coming by Ms. Travis

Book Fair number 2 is completed!  The profits were not there this time.  I feel it was too soon after the last one so next year we will only be doing 2....winter and spring!  After talking with our Scholastic Rep., the decision was made.  The fairs take time for me and the Techsperts.  I want to focus our attentions on other things as well as the book fairs.  Before the parent group took over, I only hosted 2 fairs.  The parent group wanted to make more money so they hosted 3.

I am reading articles for my PDP.  I am improving the space plus trying to make the space more critical thinking, problem solving and collaborative.  I will also complete a couple webinars on the subject as well.  I enjoy keeping updated on the ideas that help us improve our space.  Student engagement is a huge part of the ideas that I am researching.  I want items and materials in this space to be relevant and useful.  I want the space to be used and not just sitting here empty.  I love to have students in here using the guitars, vr items, and more.  It means that all the time and effort put into selecting things to enhance the curriculum is worth it.

I think everyone is looking forward to winter break.  We all need to refresh our batteries so we can finish off the year strong.  Everyone enjoy your break and we will see you in the new year!

Techsperts by Haley S.

Lately we have been super busy with multiple activities, such as decorating for the book fair and working on the winter wonderland scene. The book fair decor was a few weeks ago, it was a Disney Princess theme, so my group designed a really interesting Rapinzel tower. We decorate for the book fair to make the library more fun and enjoyable! The winter wonderland scene contains a few snowmen that seem to be enjoying a fun snowy activity, a few are throwing snowballs at each other, others are just hanging out, looking like they are having a blast, and some are sledding down a big snowy hill. All of this is located around the commons area/the cafeteria.

   We also help around the library. We give out the iPads to all the kids that leave the, in school overnight. We clean the back room that all the Techsperts do their projects in. We also make the bookshelves nice and today by making sure they are all in alphabetical order, or level with each other. We also put many books away that multiple kids check back in, we help a lot around the library. We love being a Techspert, it always keeps us on our toes, with the many activities we have to do for Ms. Travis. It is so enjoyable and makes me have fun in the morning.

Blog by Broc

The book fair just ended and the next book fair will be April 18, and it will be spring theme. I
believe that we should replace our old slow iPads with new faster bigger chromebooks. Writing
is easy for use to write essays in a short amount of time. When Mr. Broadbent gives us writing
essays in 2 weeks, it makes it small because the words are so much smaller and a actual
keyboard is way easier.

Have you seen all the new stuff in the Lc? We got new tables, new lights and new decorations.
The brand new table we got have outlet plugs and the have for seats on it and we bought 2. The
new lights we have light up the lc a lot. They have 3 different settings to make it dim or light. The
new decorations are all Christmas theme, and we are working on getting snowflakes up.

Blog by Mason

    Recently,  we’ve been extremely busy in the Learning Commons. We’ve been decorating the Learning Commons and the Commons with a winter theme. We recently just had an end to our Book Fair that lasted nearly 2 weeks. In the Learning Commons we have VR goggles and bloxels that are a learning option to take learning to another step. We also have recently purchased new tables that have a charging station for ipads.

    This year chromebooks have been a good resource for students who can’t use their ipads. I’d prefer we’d get chromebooks for each student to have instead of our slow, old ipads. They would make it easier for students so that they will be able to type on a keyboard. Chromebooks are the next step in technology and compared to ipads they’re similar in price. I believe we should get chromebooks, what do you think?

Dear Blog by Ryley

Dear Blog,

     This year as a techspert we mainly help people, we try and help any and all teachers who need anything, for example, we give the iPads out to the students, and we make sure they all get the right one. Also, we ask any teachers if they need any help with the subjects they are working on. We also help around the library, put books away and check books out. We also organize the bookshelves a lot to make sure they are neat and tidy. We also put together decorations for bookfair and anything going on in our school. We put together decorations to make our book fairs more satisfying and to attract more students towards the learning commons.

   The main project we’ve been working on lately is a winter wonderland scene in our commons areas. It has multiple snowmen and scenes of snowy activities. For our book fair we’ve been working on a Rapunzel Tower, that took us a week or two. We’re really busy in Techsperts, there is always something cool or fun to do! It is enjoyable and brings a lot of fun and activity to the day, to wake all of us up in the morning.

Techsperts by Caydence

Lately, we, Techsperts, have been really busy! The past few days as a Techsperts we girls have been working in a little winter scene with snowmen having a good time. The past week us girls have been working on the Rapunzel tower, decoration for the bookfair, we have been working on that for a long time. Us, Techsperts, are supposed to decorate the library for the bookfairs based off the theme Ms. Travis gives us. This past theme for the bookfair was Disney Princesses, it was really fun to decorate that. 

   We also help around in the library, sorting books, putting books away. Putting the books away give me a mindset of how the library works. We clean the back room a lot, the back room is where the Techsperts hangout and work on their projects. We have painted a couple of signs for a project Ms. Travis wants us to do. We also check out books and give out the iPads the kids use every school day. Being a Techsperts is fun! Very enjoyable and we never have a break, we always have new things to work on!