Category Archives: Tech in the Classroom

Students in the Elements of College-Level Literature and Composition class wrote serial stories over the two and a half weeks between fall term finals and winter break. These were tales told in the style of Mark Twain, who wrote stories … Continue reading →

For the past two weeks the grade 6/7 art class has been working on a digital landscape art project using the web app Sumo Paint and their Chromebooks. This is a great painting app that tries to mirror paint and paint brush effects … Continue reading →

The eighth graders recently read The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury in English class. After discussing motifs and themes in the novel, the students chose a chapter or section of the book to portray in the form of a comic … Continue reading →

A recent addition to the classroom resources provided by the technology department is a full set of Google Cardboard kits. These are cardboard viewers that you can slot a smartphone into and then hold up to your eyes to experience virtual reality. … Continue reading →

In English class the seventh graders are working on writing mini-autobiographies. These are inspired by the novel, The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros. To serve as a springboard for memories about their own lives, the students have created … Continue reading →

The seventh grade students read Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol and attended the performance at The Public Theater in Lewiston. They chose a character and completed a web to explore the personality and attributes of the character. Each student then … Continue reading →

For the final part of the Conceptual Physics project based around car design, students had to prep their 3D printed cars for the test ramp and were then given three chances to record their fastest speed down the ramp (recorded with … Continue reading →

This fall, French I has been taught orally. The students have not picked up a pencil in class since September. They are learning to speak French in an authentic way. Two years ago, Mr. Crofton helped the FLEX class to … Continue reading →

During the fall trimester, the French III students read an excerpt from Dumas’ classic, The Count of Monte Cristo. In the story, the hero, Edmond Dantès, is wrongfully imprisoned in the island fortress, Chateau d’If. With the help of a … Continue reading →

In the fall trimester, Humanities English students study Chinese poetry and literature to accompany the Chinese history they learn in Humanities History. In the class’ study of classic Chinese folk tales, the students read Timothy Richard’s translation of Wu Cheng’en’s … Continue reading →