Misty Savario 1st Grade ITEC Teacher

My ISTE Standard of Focus

ISTE Teacher standard: Design-5 digital learning environment.

1st grade technology standard 1: A student must use digital tools and resources for problem solving and decision making- Standard 3: A student must apply digital tools and skills with creatively and innovation to express his/herself, construct knowledge, and develop product and processes.

RL.1.7 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Unse illustrations and details to describe its characters, setting, or events. RL.1.2a Reading Standards for Literature-Key Ideas and Details-Retell stories, including details.

I use Seesaw for our main digital learning environment. I taught the students to upload their own digital portfolio pics and students can comment on each other’s pics. Students can “Appsmash” and upload them to their feed view. I also have activities/lessons sent to them through Seesaw. Another app that I use weekly with my students is Epic. I make a collection of books and the students can use those collections to make their reports. Seesaw and Epic helps me to give my students an engaging digital platform. I use Flip with my students for our Guidebook lessons. I ask them a question about our weekly Guidebook story and the students have to respond and comment to other students. I use the tools on Class Dojo to manage my technology in a virtual environment.

Seesaw Example
Seesaw activity
Seesaw Activity
Seesaw Activity
Flipgrid Example
Flipgrid Example

Year 2 My ISTE Standard of Focus

Tinkercad Creation of a spider from the Spider Unit
Spider Creation on TInkercad from the Spider Unit
Students building their design on Tinkercad
2015 LACUE Elementary Teacher of the Year
Drew Grant Recipient-I was awarded this new ActivPanel
Virtual Reality Aurasma Project
My class skyping with a published children's author

All about me!

  • 2012-Started working for CPSB-Prien Lake Elementary
  • Mentor Teacher
  • 2012 and 2020-ITEC grant award winner
  • IMPACT leader for 1st grade
  • I blog at www.krazyaboutteaching.blogspot.com
  • Ambassador for: Seesaw, Remind, Class Dojo, Plickers, Certified BrainPop Educator, Donors Choose, and EPIC mentor teacher
  • Past teacher host on the: Teacher Blab Show
  • 2015-LACUE Elementary Teacher of the Year
  • 2016-PLE Teacher of the Year
  • Presented at TNT/Tech Con for 12 years
  • Presented at LACUE for 6 years.
  • Presented at LACUE 2017 and 2018 as a Star Teacher
  • Taught at CPSB Tech Camp for the past 7 years
  • Presented at the CPSB iPad and Promethean camp during the summer
  • Presenter at the LACUE webinar (posted below)
  • Drew Grant Recipient
  • Donors Choose Recipient
  • 2015-My first grade class is featured in "My Louisiana" on ibooks