Author Archives: Carmen Richardson

Yay! I Get to Teach Students Today!!

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

Today you are going to explore some of my MOST FAVORITE websites!!  Are you excited?  I am!!  Read books, play games, explore, and learn with the sites below.  If you have time you may leave me a comment telling me … Continue reading →

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First Grade Teachers Jump Right in with iPad 1:1

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

Karen Littrell and Kaleo Kaleohano are amazing first grade teachers at our kula! One of the projects that they have designed that integrates technology involves the study of each of the districts of our island.  One of the core goals … Continue reading →

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ISTE 2013 – The Best One Yet!

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

In June I traveled with a group of my amazing co-workers to the ISTE Conference in San Antonio Texas.  It was inspiring, fun, and exhausting!  (San Antonio is HOT!  But, at least now I can say I’ve been to Texas.) … Continue reading →

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Digital Citizenship Refresher!

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

This past Monday our fabulous teachers had a Digital Citizenship refresher to prepare themselves for the year ahead. First they brainstormed ideas about Digital Citizenship encompasses using a web tool called padlet.com: Then a small group of teachers worked together … Continue reading →

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Skype, Skype, Skype!

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

We are very fortunate at our school to be able to Skype so often with people from all over the world.  This year has been so busy that I have not blogged about our Skyping adventures as often as I … Continue reading →

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Our Read Aloud Skype Session

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

Mrs. Derr’s Kindergarten class had a wonderful experience a few weeks ago in technology class, and it was all thanks to the awesome people at Skype in the Classroom. Dr. Jennifer Aaker read Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand to … Continue reading →

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First Grade Experts!

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

Both Kumu Littrell and Kumu Kaleo’s classes got to be experts for some fellow first graders from Pennsylvania last week. The first graders in Pennsylvania have been studying Hawai’i and they had many questions for us to answer to help … Continue reading →

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Third Graders and Wales!

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

What do you think of when hear the word Wales? Do you think of the animal? Well, before we started learning from our third grade friends there that’s what we thought of too! But, we soon learned that Wales is … Continue reading →

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Spring Concert 2013!

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

What a wonderful time we had last week celebrating the talent of our students! Here are just a few pictures from that night. I was so proud of the dancers. They worked very hard.

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“The Mitten Project” Kinder Videos!

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

Our lovely little kindergarteners are part of an awesome project! We are collaborating with classes from Baltimore and Canada to create our own versions of the story “The Mitten” by Jan Brett. Mrs. Derr and Mrs. Nihipalis’ classes are done … Continue reading →

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