Fridays are special at GOES. Students participate in Leadership Clubs of their choosing. One of those clubs is co-led by third-grade teacher, Mrs. Aclin, and parent volunteer, Matt Price. In this club, students learn coding skills and apply them at bitsbox.com. ...
read moreGOES – Putting Tech to Use in Kinder
Kinder students work on sounds and letters using a Mimio Teach at Great Oaks. In this activity, students use the interactive whiteboard's stylus to drag and drop letters and create words. Technology helps keep the learning fun and engaging!
read moreGOES – Flipgrid in First Grade
Great Oaks first-grade students recorded their stories using Flipgrid last week. Flipgrid allows students to view their own and other's work. Depending on teacher controlled settings, they can view and/or comment on their own and each other's work. Great validation...
read moreGOES – Kindergarten’s First Login!
Kindergarten students at Great Oaks Elementary made their first visit to the computer lab this week. Logging into desktops was a new experience for many, and they practiced Control, Alt, Delete fingering for unlocking devices in order to input usernames and passwords....
read moreGOES – First-Grade Animal Research
First graders at Great Oaks Elementary are conducting research on animals. Using shared Google Slides templates via Google Classroom and touch-screen Chromebooks, students access information and photos from district library databases and create evidence of their...
read moreGOES – Coding in First Grade with Dash and Dot
First-grade students use the Samsung tablets to program robots Dash and Dot to move, light up, and make sounds.
read more