Garrett Academy Rolls out Chromebooks! 

- Lacy Bryant

This week, students in Ms. Lyles' Biology class got their Google Classrooms and Chromebook profiles set up. Their Digital Citizenship lesson from the day before was about how people represent themselves online. Students took a look at actual photos of people and the photos that they selected to represent them as avatars. After the class had a discussion and reflection, students were directed to take a photo of themselves to use as their Chromebook avatars. No wonder there were a few minutes of hair fixing and retaking of photos! These kids were really interested in representing themselves in a positive and professional manner.

(Students in Ms. Lyles' class getting ready to snap pictures of themselves.)

Students in Ms. Anderson's class started using their Chromebooks for the first time today as well! Their first activity was designed to allow students to get used to using the touchpad on the Chromebook, to learn how to take screenshots of their work, learn how to upload screenshots to Google Classroom, AND practice some of their prior learning. Students in her class played an interactive review game where they had to evaluate slope intercept equations and use the solutions to smash roaches (yes, roaches) dead!

(Students in Ms. Anderson's class smashing math roaches!)

(This is a picture of Ms. Anderson's beautifully organized Chromebook Cart! She had these bright green little stickers that were the perfect size for labeling each compartment. Now, students can easily return their Chromebooks to the cart. When I talked to Ms. Lyles about her cart, she and I realized that to get it organized how she wants it, she will need to take a little trip to one of our favorite places on earth, HOBBY LOBBY, to pick up a paint pen.)