Beginning Minecraft Pocket Edition

I have begun integrating Minecraft Pocket Edition into my class. I am starting with 4th Graders. In my class of 24, six students each created a host world. We renamed each world according to their table colors. After the initial world was created, the remaining students joined their world. This took about 5-10 minutes of setup.

I asked students to create one house in their world by working collaboratively. The results were amazing. The above video was created by Mrs. Peters' purple table group in about 15 minutes.

Ice Bucket Challenge

We did the Ice Bucket Challenge on Friday afternoon. It was awesome. We challenged our neighboring schools, Cole Elementary and AZ Kelley Elementary. We also challenged our district's director of elementary instruction, Dr. Nathan Lang.

Maxwell Elementary Inservice 2014

I am so excited to have a new principal and so many talented new teachers at my school this year. We spent 4 days in Responsive Classroom training, followed by 3 days of inservice. Our inservice activities involved lots of team building, scheduling, walking our neighborhoods and a "Meet the Teacher" event. It was the most inspiring inservice, I've ever experienced.