I have been an educator for 27 years and ITRT in Portsmouth, VA the last 19 of those 27.

Joined July 2009
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Ms. Seranas Grade 3 class progressed today from unplugged coding to Coding With the Grinch via Hour of Code @jennthomas75 @CradockES @ebracyPPS @JolleyLa @hourofcode @PortsVASchools
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Got work with Kindergarten classes this week on sentence recognition using the Sphero Indi robots. @jennthomas75 @CradockES @ebracyPPS @JolleyLa @PortsVASchools @Sphero #PPSshines #PPStrt
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I would like to thank Mrs. Young for allowing me to assist her and her kindergarten class with using Google Slides to create patterns. @jennthomas75 @CradockES @ebracyPPS @JolleyLa @PortsVASchools #PPSshines #PPStrt #Google
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The students of Cradock Elementary really enjoyed taping Mrs. Jolly-Foster to the gym wall today for attendance. Who's next? @jennthomas75 @PortsVASchools @CradockES @JolleyLa @ebracyPPS #PPSshines
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Another fun and engaging day using BreakoutEDU with grade 6 History USI.9b @breakoutEDU @jennthomas75 @CradockES @ebracyPPS @JolleyLa @MrsFergusonCrES @PortsVASchools #PPSshines #PPStrt
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I really enjoyed reviewing drawing conclusions, figurative language, and cause and effect with Mr. Harding's 5th grade class almost as much as they did. @breakoutEDU @jennthomas75 @CradockES @ebracyPPS @JolleyLa @PortsVASchools #PPSshines #PPStrt @GriffinRead4PPS
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I had a blast making millionaires with BreakoutEDU 1st graders really enjoyed counting coins to crack the code to get to their $1,000,000 prize. Some won 2 or 3 million. @breakoutEDU @jennthomas75 @CradockES @ebracyPPS @JolleyLa @PortsVASchools #PPSshines #PPStrt
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I was lucky to spend some time with all of Kindergarten this week using the Sphero indi robots to go over story elements at CrES. @Sphero @SpheroEdu @jennthomas75 @CradockES @ebracyPPS @GriffinRead4PPS @JolleyLa @PortsVASchools #PPSshines #PPStrt
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Last week I really enjoyed working with all of the 1st grade classes combining ABC Order and coding with iRobot roots. @iRobotEducation @jennthomas75 @CradockES @ebracyPPS @GriffinRead4PPS @JolleyLa @PortsVASchools #PPSshines #PPStrt
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Had a really nice time working with Mrs. Blount's 5th grade class figuring out the measurements of shapes in the hallway and then using Genial.ly and Google Slides to work on perimeter. @jennthomas75 @JolleyLa @PortsVASchools @ebracyPPS
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I stopped in to visit Mrs. Johnson's 1st grade class while they reviewed singular and plural using Nearpod. @jennthomas75 @PaulMWilsonJr @Figgster2 @BrightonVA @ebracyPPS @PortsVASchools @nearpod
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Here's Mrs. Gray's 1st grade class in action reviewing place value with the Sphero Robots. @jennthomas75 @JolleyLa @JamesHurstES1 @PortsVASchools @ebracyPPS @Sphero @SpheroEdu
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Mrs. Gray's 1st grade class really enjoyed reviewing place value with the Sphero Robots. @jennthomas75 @JolleyLa @JamesHurstES1 @PortsVASchools @ebracyPPS @Sphero @SpheroEdu
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It was a pleasure assisting Mrs. Ali's 3rd grade class using Nearpod for the first time. The class enjoyed seeing the Parthenon in Virtual Reality. @jennthomas75 @ebracyPPS @JolleyLa @PaulMWilsonJr @Figgster2 @PortsVASchools @nearpod
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The Brighton Bumblebees enjoyed the Tech Showcase yesterday at the faculty meeting. Everyone was able to use the Sphero robots, OSMO, Lakeshore Learning, Lucidpress, and Google Expeditions (VR & AR). @jennthomas75 @PaulMWilsonJr @Figgster2 @JolleyLa @ebracyPPS @PortsVASchools
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Jalisa Logan @MissJalisaLogan was a hit this weekend at #VSTE19 while presenting "Classroom Hacks to Reduce Stress and Improve Productivity for New Classroom Teachers" @jennthomas75 @ebracyPPS @CradockMS @drdamoncary
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Enjoyed working in small groups Mr. McPherson's 6th grade reading groups on a Story Plot Nearpod activity. @jennthomas75 @PaulMWilsonJr @Figgster2 @ebracyPPS @BrightonVA @PortsVASchools
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More of Mrs. Slades's 2nd grade class continuing Tuesday's intro activity where they created mazes & refined their coding skills using The Spheros and the Sphero EDU app on the iPads. @jennthomas75 @PaulMWilsonJr @terrica_newby @SladeLuvs2tch @ebracyPPS @VASecofEdu @Sphero
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Mrs. Slades's 2nd grade class continued Tuesday's intro activity to coding by creating mazes & refining their coding skills using The Sphero SPRK s and the Sphero EDU app on the iPads. @jennthomas75 @PaulMWilsonJr @terrica_newby @SladeLuvs2tch @ebracyPPS @VASecofEdu @Sphero
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Mrs. Johnson's kindergarten class had a lot of fun reviewing habitats and planets today with the VR Goggles and Google Expeditions. @jennthomas75 @PortsVASchools @BrightonVA @ebracyPPS #googleexpeditions #ppstrt
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More of Mrs. Johnson's class and the Google Expeditions. @jennthomas75 @JamesHurstES1 @BrightonVA @PortsVASchools @ebracyPPS #googleexpeditions #ppstrt
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