Our computer lab is going to be sooooo cozy!!
Miss Wagner
Our computer lab was gifted this week with a glider and a beanbag!! Our computer lab is going to be sooooo cozy!! Miss Wagner
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I wanted to start our 6th grade off with a bang.....we will be creating video, we will be creating presentations, we will be creating spreadsheets, and we will be doing much more.....but I wanted to capture their creativity and let it fly from the get go. And so, we are using Bryce 5. A software I discovered in 2005 that I was able to purchase for a remarkably great price and has just been sitting in a cupboard until this year! We will begin by learning the tools and then creating landscapes that will then go into imovie when we create our "travel movies" Today we learned about Terrains, Mountains, Trees, & Time of Day. During the class and at the end of the class, we have "museum time" where we stop what we are working on and wander the room to see what others are doing as well. The image in this blog post really captured a lot of attention from everyone. Miss Wagner Today, we were going to work on Cloud Art -- similar to Wordle but on the ipad. However, for some reason Cloud Art had erased on all the ipads but 4....so the 4th Grade class worked in Wilder Quest. A fun, scavenger hunt app, that helps students learn about different biomes and the animals that live there. Not my original plan, but plan b worked for them. I had 1 hour between classes so I quickly synced all the iapds and made sure cloud art was on each and every one....so when our 2nd graders came in....I was ready. We worked together with adding information -- name, age, what they wish to be when they grow up, favorite color, etc. We then proceeded to fonts and color options. We had a bit of a glitch with saving to the camera roll but hopefully I can remedy that soon. Link to cloud art: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cloudart/id598345649?mt=8 Link to wilderquest: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wilderquest-nature-discovery/id512907623?mt=8 Miss Wagner We have started keyboarding for 2, 3, & 4th grade classes. We are using the keyboarding software Type to Learn 3. Starting next week, we will keyboard each session for 10 minutes and then journey into another program. If you would like your child to get some extra keyboarding practice at home....I suggest that you check out: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ Enjoy your day, Miss Wagner Starting on Monday, August 26, our 5th grade students will begin using iMovie. We will begin with creating a "all about Calvary Video". They will first learn about story-boarding and creating a picture plan. Here is the sample video I have created for them. (pictures were either found on our school website OR our facebook page OR Google Earth.) We had such fun today. Star Testing for 4th and 2nd. Then class expectations. The 2nd graders listened so well that we had time enough to bring out the ipads.....luckily I had just synced them all. We had about 10 minutes and worked with the app "MATH DOODLES"..... (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-doodles/id526959716?mt=8)...$2.99 but worth every penny. We were in the Fly Swatter program where we counted the hours on the clock between the swatter and the fly in order to swat the fly. You can easily see their engagement. Been working very hard the last few days in setting up the ipads and finding apps that are not just "fun" but having an educational value as well.
We will be "pinning" our apps here: http://pinterest.com/jwagnerccm/elementary-lab-ipad-apps/ -- so you can follow along .... and we will also be sharing examples of things created or learned by using that app very soon! Talk soon Miss Wagner |
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