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As far as I know, this doesn’t exist, but it should. I was just pondering this today. If anyone knows of such a thing, please give me a link! What I think would be excellent for upper elementary and beyond is a one-stop shop sort of research “hub.” Not Read More...
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I’ve spent a little less time this year discussing online safety and etiquette with the students in grades 3-6. Strangely enough the test scores for this lesson were better this year. Much better. An overwhelming majority made a 100%. Hmm…unless my test Read More...
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Please cast a vote to help Downtown Elementary get some much needed upgrades (in some cases, not upgrades…things we’ve never had, like interactive white boards and hand held devices). Help us try to become a digital age school! addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fsmithdowntowntech.edublogs.org%2F2010%2F07%2F14%2Fvote-for-us%2F'; Read More...
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I am going to present again at this year’s Teacher Tech Camp, this time co-presenting with Aaron Fowles . We are sort of rehashing our Midsouth Tech Conference pres with Edupunk stuff, enhanced a little more with NETS for Students and Teachers, since Read More...
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Lesson plan up ahead! So, another activity at the MCS Got Tech summer camp was stop-motion animation. I know, this seems like all I talk about these days, but it’s so much fun! The art teacher (from the Sea Horse collaboration project), Martha Berge, Read More...
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Lesson plan ahead! This year’s Got Tech? summer camp for Memphis City School kids was quite a lot of fun (and a lot of work!). I took a bit of a risk in my animation track and decided to veer away from “programming” related animation like Scratch or eToys, Read More...
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Warning: Complaints ahead. Alright, I usually talk about really great things in this blog, so let me start with the seemingly good news. We have just received a great wireless cart of 10 Macbooks. We got approved to order another (and we had money???o.O), Read More...
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Well, here it is! Our second grade class project. The kids were really excited when we were done. We used iStopMotion , my Macbook, a Canon ZR960, and iMovie. There is much that could be better, such as the voiceover not being normalized and the lighting Read More...
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We are coming down to the final stages of projects and our time is running out! Stress! But, the kids are really sinking their teeth into Powerpoint and iMovie, and I am feeling generally pleased with the projects completed so far. Here are two examples, Read More...
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This is a site that lets you create story books from pre-made themes or build from scratch. My favorite activity so far is the treasure map maker. Excellent writing practice and creative project. You can even upload photos or illustrations to truly create Read More...
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The art teacher and I made this video the other day to prepare ourselves for guiding the second grade class through their project. Although the backdrop has some elements we will use (student seascapes), it’s a rough draft. Also, the kids will not use Read More...
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Our first project is underway. The art teacher and I have got our set-up ready, and filmed about 8 seconds of a trial claymation film yesterday and it went swimmingly. Eh…pun. We will be guiding a class of second-graders through a stop motion animation Read More...
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Squeeeeeeee! I’ve tried out and purchased iStopMotion and I cannot be more excited. I’m still mired in “ThinkShow” research projects (I’m learning how NOT to do research projects in a computer lab), but I think the first grade CLUE teacher and I will Read More...
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For nearly two weeks, our playground has been covered with snow and ice, and kids have had to settle for indoor recess. Finally, the sun is out and the ice has melted. Recess lives again! It was so nice this morning to walk across the playground and see Read More...
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They’re getting old. We’re falling behind. Wouldn’t it be cool if we were able to hold virtual classes with our students if school was canceled? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fsmithdowntowntech.edublogs.org%2F2010%2F02%2F09%2Fsnow-days%2F'; addthis_title Read More...
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