A WORD FROM DR. TAYLOR

TECH TALK

Huntington Middle School | 206 Wellborn Road, Warner Robins, GA 31088 | phone 478.542.2240

HUNTINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

Huntington Middle School is excited about BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). Teachers are looking forward to incorporating a variety of technological devices to differentiated instruction to all children. Ipads, SMART Boards, and the Elmo are tools that HMS students are able to utilize in our school to engage students in the learning process and educate them in the 21st century. SynchronEyes, Kid’s College, and Edmodo are interactive websites and software programs that teachers use to enhance their lessons as well.Even in connections teachers are using software programs such as Audacity, Alfred’s’ Music theory program, and Finale to develop students’ knowledge about music. CTAE teachers use GAcollge411, Prezi, and Globster to teach introduce

SMART Board lessons are used to introduce probability, coordinate grid, and graphing in 6th & 7th grade honors math. Study games are created in the forms of Hollywood squares and jeopardy.

7th grade students are able to play educational math games on iPads after finishing their assignment which reinforces the lesson of the day.

8th grade math teachers use CPS Remotes for Do Nows and to administer quizzes. The generated reports give students instant feedback on how well they performed

LANGUAGE ARTS TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION

In the 6th grade, SMART Board and E-Follet Book Shelf are used to teach about textual and graphic features in non-fiction books.7th grade teachers use Edmodo before, during, and after a reading novel to have discussions among peers and the teacher.

The 8th grade Language Arts classes are using the SMART Board to go over their daily grammar practice. The Elmo is used to read novels when

MATH TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION

Huntington Middle School | 206 Wellborn Road, Warner Robins, GA 31088 | phone 478.542.2240

While studying forces of nature, 6th grade science teachers allow students to create tornadoes, earthquakes, and hurricanes through streaming the National Geographic website onto SMART Boards. Students use Edheads.org to predict and gauge the weather during the study of weather.

7th grade students learn the Food Web and Food Chain concepts, on the SMART Board. The science teachers create review games using Connect Four and Jeopardy.

In the 8th grade, Prezi presentations are used to present information over energy transformations, matter, and electricity. Videos are streamed onto the SMART Board from YouTube and United Streaming to enhance the lessons.

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION

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HMS IS A SCHOOL THAT SHINES!!

ipads available for lessons

Listen to music with itouch

“jukebox”

ebooks & audio books

Flip cameras record activities

SMART Board

Media texting group

Interactive polling

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In 6th grade social studies classes, students practice labeling the different countries using the SMART Board.  This gives the students a visual picture for memory.

7th grade students use Prezi to present cultural aspects such as religion, geography, and language about the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

8th grade teachers review Georgia history lessons using the SMART Board and koosh balls. In order to play, students throw the ball at the board and a question is

SOCIAL STUDIES TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION