A New Take on an Old Idea

Plenty of teachers have either heard of or tried having a stuffed classroom pet that travels home with students and asking children to write about the animal's adventure away from school.  Some commonly used ideas that tie in with class read-alouds are: Flat Stanley, Tacky the Penguin, or The World According to Humphrey.  Mrs. Woody has put a 21st century spin on a journal going home with students and she is asking that kids blog about the animal's experience.  Her first grade students take a photo of themselves with the pet and then email the photo along with a message to the student-run blog.  What a fantastic way for students to see a real purpose for blogging!

MS Photo Booth in the Capture Studio - Gong Xi Fa Cai

On January 24 the MS Library/Ed Tech team put the “Capture” design studio to use during our monthly MS breakfast.  Check out our photos!

The Capture Studio

Our Capture Studio is equipped with green, white and black screens as well as some photography lights.  The studio is available for teachers and students alike.  It is a cinch to set up.  All you need to do is turn on the lights, pull down the preferred screen and start snapping photos or shooting videos with your phone, ipad, or camera.

The Capture Studio tools work well for teacher directed projects, or individual student projects that might require a more professional look.  Additionally, the green screen allows for inserting a “fake” background later as is done in the following video to make it look like it was shot in Paris.

Our Library staff is happy to give a quick intro to the Capture Studio - just stop by.  We are excited to see our students and faculty come up with innovative uses for the Capture Studio tools.  

The Digital Classroom 2013 Infographic

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Hour of Code in the Intermediate School

Every Grade 4 student participated in the Hour of Code. Congratulations Grade 4! It was fantastic to see how many students found coding to be a particular talent and an area that they would like to persue.

Day 5 of the Hour of Code in Intermediate School

We had 660 students participate in the Hour of Code this week. This included students in GATE and Math Enrichment! Well done Intermediate School!

G5 Have a Google Hangout with a Programmer in Korea

Ms Kim's grade 5 students had a Google Hangout with a computer programmer in Korea after their Hour of Code experience. He is a computer programmer at Celebrity Magazine, so the students enjoyed learning about his job, the different coding languages, and what makes coding so fun!

Day 4 of the Hour of Code in Intermediate School

Day 4 Hour of Code with Grade 3 students...it is great to have teachers getting involved too!