cmcselementarylab - Daily Thoughts

2nd Quarter -- how did you get here so quickly

11/4/2015

Lots and lots of learning in 1st quarter -- I apologize for neglecting the blog --

but here we are -- ready for 2nd quarter -- and here is a snippet of what will be happening in November.

Kindergarten -- ipad App center rotation
First Grade -- Scratch Jr (a coding app)
Second Grade -- Comic Life (app) -- we will be creating All About Me Newsletters
Third Grade -- Powerpoint
Fourth Grade -- Zoombini's (app) -- wonderful app for logical thinking
Fifth Grade -- Blogging
Sixth Grade -- Powerpoint and Stop Motion

In December -- the entire lab will be participating in the HOUR OF CODE.
However, we extend it to the MONTH OF CODE.

Week ONE -- the Hour of Code website https://code.org/learn
Week TWO -- paired programming
Week THREE -- coding apps
WEEK FOUR -- Student's Choice

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Some of the highlights from 1st Quarter....
The Kindergarteners had ipad centers and are learning MUCH.
The 1st graders worked through several new math apps & drawing apps.
The 2nd graders made books "the Very Hungry 2nd Grader" using the Book Creator App.
The 3rd graders made a tutorial on How to play Zoombini's and we shared the video on YouTube.
Our 4th graders are blogging!!
Our 5th graders made their "What I Love About Calvary imovies" -- which will be shown at Open House.
Our 6th graders created some remarkable landscapes with the Bryce software.

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Each Friday, I check http://www.smartappsforkids.com/free-app-of-the-day/
for educational apps for the lab. They usually have at one or two apps which we can use in the lab.

Have a great day
Miss Wagner

Welcome to 2015-2016 School Year

8/25/2015

Welcome back to the computer lab.
I had a very eventful summer -- attending many conferences and edcamps -- all the time learning new ideas of how to help our students with technology. It is going to be a great year.

Last week, all 2nd - 6th grade students took the STAR READING test -- so this is officially our first week of learning in the computer lab.

We will be busy -- and here is a glimpse of some of the things we will be learning:

We have 28 dell laptops, 30 Gen 3 ipads, and 2 iMacs.....so we learn in a variety of ways.

I hope you will take time to wander by the computer lab -- or perhaps volunteer to be a computer lab helper!!
It will be a busy, fun, creative place!!

Also -- if you look to the right column, you will see a link to our SYMBALOO page (that is our HOME page on all browsers) for sites we visit frequently and a link to our pinterest page.

Looking forward to sharing more soon!
Miss Wagner

Picture Windows

4/15/2015

Lots and Lots of learning today and yesterday as we started using the Green Picture Window.
1st and 2nd created images with the Drawing Pad app and 5th grade are making picture windows from their STATE report states.
We all are having a great time.
Miss Wagner

Green Window

4/12/2015

As you know -- we are having GREAT fun with our green wall.......
and over Easter Break -- we have now added a "green window".
Big thanks to Mr. Chris W who painted and framed our window.
I cannot wait to see "the places we will go with this".

Here are 3 pictures --
The first is the green wall before it was frames.
The second is the completed window.
The third is using the green window to add in a background image.

Enjoy!
Miss Wagner

Skittles Week COntinues

3/19/2015

We are having a great time learning about graphs (both bar and pie) -- and working together in teams and groups of 3.

Here are some more pictures!

Skittles Week

3/17/2015

For the week of March 16 - 20th -- all computer classes will be creating BAR GRAPHS using skittles as our data.
So far, we have had 2nd grade and 4th grade participate.
We will be using the ipads (Drawing Pad app, keynote app) and laptops (Pixie, Excel) and the internet (http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/default.aspx)
I get so involved with the students, I forget to take pictures -- but here are a few so far.

Open House 2015

3/13/2015

It has been a long while since I posted -- but with Open House tonight, I decided it was a good time to begin again.
The room is ready for visitors --

we will have a ColAR area, a Family Foto Option, ipads and laptops are out, and our book trailer imovies will be playing in the background.

3 Areas of pictures.......
Do You Wanna Build a Robot
Dr Seuss Day
1st Grade Photo Walk

It is going to be great!

Some Bryce Pictures

11/20/2014

The 6th grade has been learning a great deal about Graphic Design using the BRYCE software.
Here are some examples of their work.

Week of Nov 17

11/20/2014

For the month of November -- 3rd, 4th, and 5th have been participating in HOUR OF CODE -- you can find all the links on our symbaloo page at http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/coding36

Week of November 17th
On Monday -- Miss Wagner had to participate in a training session so 4th Grade worked with the kodable app (in their classroom) and 2nd Grade (Miss T) had some fun with holiday apps on the ipads. Mrs. Campos' class came to computer and the students worked on the ipads.

On Tuesday & Thursday - 3rd Grade worked as teams with the SCRATCH website and learned a few more skills with coding.
1st Grade worked on mouse skills with ABCYA refrigerator magnets and also cupstack. (Links: http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/firstgrade189)
6th grade finished our BRYCE unit with the lantern scene from TANGLED.

Wednesday was coding coding coding -- Scratch with 4th grade and both 5th grade classrooms.

Friday will be THANKSGIVING apps for our Kindergarten!

This year has been flying by and I forget to post here on the blog.
I will do my best to post weekly progress starting after Thanksgiving!

Miss Wagner

Movie Pictures

10/28/2014

6th grade is working on the movie landscapes and today's theme was OCEAN!
Enjoy!