Learning Technology | Cactus Ranch Elementary School

CRES 2nd Grade Uses Ozobots to Teach Force and Motion!

November 14, 2018 | Campus, Learning Technology

Ms. Collins' 2nd grade class uses Ozobots to learn about force and motion! #cactusranchelementary #rrisd1family #rrisdtech

First House Day of the Year

October 10, 2018 | Campus, Learning Technology

Last Thursday was our first House Day of the year! Students spent the afternoon making KCRE Commercials with iPads to showcase their house songs and cheers. They also had a chance to vote for the Speaker of the House and play games to get to know each other! It was...

CRES Harris’s 3rd Grade Transformation Room Lesson

September 24, 2018 | Campus, Learning Technology

Ms. Harris's 3rd grade class opts for a Toy Story themed Transformation Room Language Arts lesson today, complete with plenty of technology! Learning about sequencing has never been so fun! #cactusranchelementary #rrisd1family #rrisdtch

CRES MakerSpace Begins Today

September 4, 2018 | Campus, Learning Technology

Each student at CRE will have an opportunity to explore their own interests, learn to use tools and materials (both physical and virtual), and develop creative projects in our CRE MakerSpace. Today we kick off our first MakerSpace. Each class comes twice per month!...

Thank you, PTA! MakerSpace items have arrived!

May 11, 2018 | Campus, Learning Technology

Thank you so very much to the amazing PTA! The library has received new furniture and items for our MakerSpace! We are so excited for the new learning opportunities we will be able to provide to all students!

CRE Second Grade Global Engineering Project

May 2, 2018 | Campus, Learning Technology

The Second Grade team at Cactus Ranch Elementary is participating in a global engineering course with students from around the world! In this course, together with their global partner, students learn fables, stories and myths from different cultures - and then...