May Kahoot, Thinglink, and The Force Be With You

1/5/2016

Forest Trail fifth-graders who saw the Star Wars movie over the holidays had a deeper understanding of the soundtrack than most other children.
This is because they have studied composer John Williams in depth as part of the American Composer Studies that Forest Trail music teachers Angela Woodbridge and Lindsay Creel have been doing with them.

The study of Composer John Williams captured their interest because he composed the music for many well known movies including Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, and Indiana Jones, in addition to the Star Wars collection.

As an engaging way to learn about John Williams, Mrs. Creel created a ThingLink with various links to information and interactive websites about him for students to explore. There was a Google doc for assessment on one of the links for them for them to fill out after exploring.

Mrs. Woodbridge created a Kahoot game for a fun way to review student learning about composer John Williams.

Not only did students enjoyed playing this game, but they matched their wits against me and visitors to the district for our ILeap Academy.

Needless to say, we were NOT smarter than a 5th grader!

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Hi, I'm Margie Brown, an Educational Technologist at Forest Trail Elementary School in Eanes ISD. I love working with students and teachers and discovering new digital tips and tricks everyday!

As the Educational Technologist on this campus, I am responsible for facilitating the integration of technology into the instructional program by supporting teachers, librarians, and Instructional Partners. Our district believes that this position is essential in establishing a digital age learning culture by supporting, training, coaching and mentoring staff. In addition, I am also involved in program planning and implementation of all district initiatives that pertain to technology integration.