5th Grade - February 2/2014 - The Science of the Winter Olympics

The Olympic Winter Games are currently happening. They started on February 7th and go until the closing ceremony on February 23rd.

Below are a few videos about how some Olympians compete in their sports...

(for more videos check out the website NBC Learn)

Choose one of the videos to watch. After you watch it, post a comment about what you learned. Is it a sport you might want to try? Does seeing the video make it easier to understand how the athletes compete? Has your idea of the Olympics and the athletes changed since watching the video?

These are a few questions to get you thinking. Pick a video, watch it, and post a comment on your thoughts related to what you saw, heard, and learned...

Downhill Science (Alpine skiing):

Air Lift (Ski Jump):

The science of Snowboarding:

Figure Out Figure Skating:

Watch one of the videos here, or feel free to go to the Science of the Olympic Winter Games website to check out some of the others. Make sure to post your thoughts about the video you watched when you are done.

Your questions:

• Is it a sport you might want to try? 

• Does seeing the video make it easier to understand how the athletes do the sport? 

• Has your idea of the Olympics and the athletes changed since watching the video?

• Any additional thoughts you would like to share?

Please respond in full and complete sentences, paragraph form. Double check your work before posting your comment. Once you post your comment, Mr. Casal will be notified and he will grade and approve your post. Your comment will not appear on the blog until Mr. Casal has read and approved it.

Have a great week off, watch the Olympics, and have fun!

Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL). Please respond in full and complete sentences. Double check your work before posting your comment.

4th Grade - February 2/2014 - New Winter Olympic events

The Olympic Winter Games are currently happening. They started on February 7th and go until the closing ceremony on February 23rd.

Below is a video describing the new events at these Olympic Games. These are events that have never before been Olympic events.


Watch the video and answer the questions below...

Your questions:

• What did you think about the video?

• Which of the new events looks most interesting to you? Why?

• Have you watched any of the Winter Olympics this year?

• Have you seen any of these new events? 

• Do you currently do any winter sports? Ice skating, skiing, hockey, etc?

Please respond in full and complete sentences, paragraph form. Double check your work before posting your comment. Once you post your comment, Mr. Casal will be notified and he will grade and approve your post. Your comment will not appear on the blog until Mr. Casal has read and approved it.

Have a great week off, watch the Olympics, and have fun!

Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL). Please respond in full and complete sentences. Double check your work before posting your comment.

3rd Grade - February 2/2014 - Which Olympic sport is for you?

The Olympic Winter Games are currently happening. They started on February 7th and go until the closing ceremony on February 23rd.

Below is a video of celebrities and athletes (not Winter Olympic athletes) answering the question: "In which Winter Olympic Sport would you want to compete?" 

Watch the video and answer the questions below:

Your questions:

• Have you watched any of the Winter Olympics this year?

• What Winter Olympic sport would you, as a 3rd grader, like to compete in?

• Do you currently do any winter sports? Ice skating, skiing, hockey, etc?

Please respond in full and complete sentences, paragraph form. Double check your work before posting your comment. Once you post your comment, Mr. Casal will be notified and he will grade and approve your post. Your comment will not appear on the blog until Mr. Casal has read and approved it.

Have a great week off, watch the Olympics, and have fun!

Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL). Please respond in full and complete sentences. Double check your work before posting your comment.

We tweet @P10Brooklyn. A lot

Tweeting @PS10Brooklyn has become a core component of many classrooms. It has been great to see teachers, students, and parents alike embrace the power of Twitter as a communication, collaboration, and connection tool.

For example, @MsKertesz in the 4th grade has used Twitter to connect with a class in Liverpool, England. They do weekly Skype sessions and our 4th graders have developed a great working partnership with their English counterparts. Without Twitter these two classes, separated by an ocean, would never have connected.

Twitter has also gotten PS10 recognition outside of New York City...



One of the largest educational technology conferences, FETC, is an annual event drawing thousands of educators from all over the world to Orlando, Florida, to share and learn together. PS 10 was invited to present our use of social media, Twitter in particular, to the attendees at the conference. Here is the slideshow from that presentation:

This is the webpage created to support PS10's appearance at FETC

What do we tweet?

@PS10Brooklyn tweets out news and information related to school, but also retweets a lot of the great work teachers are tweeting from their classrooms.

At it's core, Twitter @PS10Brooklyn allows the community as a whole a real-time glimpse into the classroom learning environments. It also allows us to share the great work and successes of our students in a global, meaningful, and authentic way.

Social media is here to stay. Twitter is growing platform. Here @PS10Brooklyn we want to be at the forefront of technology and teach our students proper digital etiquette. The best way to do this is to model appropriate and positive use of digital tools. Tweeting with PS 10 is the best way to model the powerful good social media, and Twitter, can bring to the instructional environment.

Check out all the teachers who tweet:

https://twitter.com/PS10Brooklyn/lists/staff

Not on Twitter? No worries! Follow our hashtags here:

tagboard.com/ps10bk - general school tweets
tagboard.com/ps10sw - student work specific tweets
tagboard.com/ps10st - student written tweets



Feel free to email, or tweet @PS10Tech with any questions.

Thanks!

Class 5-404 blogs...

Class 5-404 blogs...

These blogs were originally created in the computer lab under the direction of Mr. Casal using their PS 10 Google Apps for Education accounts. Since their initial creation the students have taken 100% control of the direction and content that appears on their blogs (while meeting the guidelines of the PS 10 acceptable use policy)

These blogs were started in 2012 when the students were in the 4th grade. It was the first foray of any class into the world of student-driven blogging. Prior to this students comment on teacher-written posts. This was an opportunity to give students control of their digital publishing.
(roughly 10 students are new to the class this year, so their blogs are not as robust and populate yet)

Some posts are on specific topics with specific guidelines set forth by Mr. Casal. Some posts are entirely independent free writes, completely inspired by the students alone. The layout and design of the blogs is similarly guided, some layout elements are required, but for the most part the students are free to design as they see fit.

When they leave PS 10 if they would like to keep their blogs they will be able to change ownership to a personal Google account.

These blogs are intended to be student directed & controlled creative outlets to showcase their talents...




Ajax: http://newyorkknicksajax.blogspot.com/
Amelia: http://splapaint.blogspot.com/
Brisa: http://brisafkane.blogspot.com/
Caleb: http://calebkoolstuff.blogspot.com/
Carter: http://carterkportfolio.blogspot.com/
CC: http://crazyccwarriors.blogspot.com/
Elsa: http://bornothology.blogspot.com/
George: http://george-minecraft.blogspot.com/
Hershel: http://dibikg.blogspot.com/
Ian: http://iansgportfolio.blogspot.com/
Justice: http://justicecportfolio.blogspot.com/
Kai: http://kaisportfolio.blogspot.com/
Leandro: http://lg123soccer.blogspot.com/
Lauren: http://msmythology.blogspot.com/
Maddie: http://more-maddie.blogspot.com/
Marvin: http://marvinhportfolio.blogspot.com/
Max: http://veyronmine.blogspot.com/
Nora: http://norakhportfolio.blogspot.com/
Michelangelo: http://mikedoodlesies.blogspot.com/
Nyklos: http://wilsonbasketball.blogspot.com/
Owen C: http://oacthinks.blogspot.com/
Owen T: http://taberthoughts.blogspot.com/
Rajesh: http://rajeshsreptiles.blogspot.com/
Taylor: http://taylorjsportfolio.blogspot.com/
Tim: http://nbatimothy.blogspot.com/
Tristyn: http://insanityblogyea.blogspot.com/
Unni: http://greekmyth-unni.blogspot.com/
Waheeb: http://waheebpportfolio.blogspot.com/



And just becuase I think it's great to see:
http://tomerronen.blogspot.com/
Tomer is a former student and was a member of the class when we started the blogs. His family moved out of state but he has maintained his blog. It's great to see him keeping up even though he's no longer at PS 10!