Technology+Projects

Students recently read various articles about Barack Obama and Inauguration Day. They created Photo Story projects sharing the information that they learned. Below are some samples of their projects.

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Students are currently writing poetry using various forms taught in class. They will be putting these poems into a published book that they will get to keep at the end of the school year. They are also using these poems to create their own website using the Imagination Suite Program, WebBlender. It will be their very own Poetry Corner. Below are some student samples. To view the students' work, just click on the arrow and it will play in movie format on your screen.

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This week we were continuing to work on writing persuasive letters. Our topic this time was "The government has decided to move Christmas from a December holiday to a July holiday." Students had to decide if they agreed with this or not and then state 3 reasons to back up their opinion. After writing their letters, they created a slide show in the Inspiration software entitled, "Pixie" in which they drew illustrations and recorded their voice. Below is a sampling of their work.

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During Thanksgiving week, students pretended to be a turkey and had to write a persuasive letter convincing people not to hurt them and eat them for dinner on Thanksgiving. Along with their writing, students used the Inspiration program, Pixie, to create illustrations to go with their writing. They then recorded their voice reading their letter in the same program. Here is a sampling of our projects. They are so CUTE!

Ally

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Two weeks of school have been completed and we have completed our first big technology project. Students were able to create Photo Story Presentations for our Back to School Night this past week. For this project, students learned how to insert photographs, create captions, create a title slide, make transitions, change font and color, and finally add music. Students worked very hard on this project since the first week of school. (We had some complications with movie maker - we started making movies of the first day - but technical difficulties prevented us from completing those projects). :(

Thanks to everyone who came to Back to School Night - you were able to view your child's work. Since the photographs include students very every grade level I will not be able to upload them to this website because I do not have parental permission from every student in the building to do that. If you would like a copy of your child's presentation, please send in a flash drive and I will save it to that for you to take home.

Finally, look for a permission slip to come home soon regarding parent permission for putting your child's photographs, voices, and work on the website.

Students have learned to use Inspiration 8. It is a webbing (graphic organizer) program on the computer. Students gathered their ideas and webbed them in this program. They then choose a final topic and organized their thoughts on the web before beginning to write. This is another exciting program which is new to the students and very motivating. Students have been able to print their work.(Check out the screenshot below to see how the program looks on the screen for the students).

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Currently, all my Social Studies students have been working in groups researching a particular region of Maryland. They have completed a graphic organizer. Now, the students are creating pictures using the one of the new Imagination Suite programs called "Pixie". This is brand new to our building and our class is the first class to use it! In this program, students are creating drawings to represent their research. After completing the drawings, students will add their own voice to narrate the pictures. Finally, students will be able to see and hear their final project on the "big screen" in our classroom. Once I have parental permission, I will add the students' projects to this website. Just wait and see what they have created!