Three years ago our high school newspaper went online. We successfully combined writing journalism with photojournalism and broadcast journalism. Student Editors maintain their own blogs on the site and there is a weekly newscast. We have found that online format has allowed for timely publishing and more creativity.
This project will showcase how technology can be successfully integrated into literacy and math each day in a 3rd grade classroom. The use of Google Docs and internet resources will be showcased. All activities are aligned to the Common Core.
Students in the horticultural program have been using the digital field guide Leafsnap, complete with visual recognition software, to help identify leaves, flowers, and trees on school grounds and the nature reserve that surrounds the school campus. Students become producers of digital content by adding to the biodiversity database that is part of this free mobile app developed by researchers at Columbia University, University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian. Students will demonstrate how to use Leafsnap and share pictures from their walks.
Third and Fourth grade learners from across our school district will participate in a Summer Virtual Book Club. Participants will actively engage in a discussion of a digital book (accessed from home computers or e-reading devices) using a moderated blog format. The learners will be guided by two book club facilitators who will pose questions at scheduled times throughout the summer. Participants will be able to add to the conversation by submitting text, photos, artwork and videos. At the end of the project, students will get a chance to meet and further discuss the book in a real-time format!
Link to see products:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCwkj4Vb34A and http://www.schooltube.com/video/56b629e0880c470abec5/Breakfast%20Wrap.
Students worked collaboratively to write music and song lyrics for a PSA. They created a script and shot the video using a DSLR camera. Their videos are engaging, fun and winning awards. What makes this project successful is the fluid classroom approach. Students can work in the music room using instruments and Logic to create and record songs or work in the TV Studio editing bays depending on their needs for that day. There is not a lot of instruction. There is a lot of freedom and support. We have created a safe environment for both success and failure and this allows for a truly collaborative and creative experience.
Integrate Community Access Television into the School community. In addition to the filming of sports and theater, discover a worthwhile civic activity centered around the presidential elections this fall. Using the power of the internet and the resources of community television, see how students from AP Government class combined with video club to connect with the electoral process. Mock Elections and exit polls being conducted using cellphones. This showcase will show past examples and live demonstrations of the equipment used as well as how Google docs and Skype were used to gather information for LIVE broadcast and webstream.
Two Pingree students will demonstrate an ipad app they wrote for the Pingree School as part of their Independent Study in Advanced Programming. They will explain how they tailored the app to the needs of the community and how they obtained approval from the administration to proceed with the project. They will also show how they authored the program in Xcode and how they navigated the Apple Apps store to make it available. Finally they will demonstrate how the app works on the iPad and discuss plans for future versions.
A verbal high school student with quadriplegia will demonstrate her assistive technology to show how she accesses her modified curriculum in and out of the regular education classroom setting. For the history project, the student will research a foreign country, interview someone from that country, and create a powerpoint presentation to present to her inclusion classmates. This project, along with her assistive technology, will be presented at the Student Showcase.
Three years ago our high school newspaper went online. We successfully combined writing journalism with photojournalism and broadcast journalism. Student Editors maintain their own blogs on the site and there is a weekly newscast. We have found that online format has allowed for timely publishing and more creativity.
This project will showcase how technology can be successfully integrated into literacy and math each day in a 3rd grade classroom. The use of Google Docs and internet resources will be showcased. All activities are aligned to the Common Core.
Students in the horticultural program have been using the digital field guide Leafsnap, complete with visual recognition software, to help identify leaves, flowers, and trees on school grounds and the nature reserve that surrounds the school campus. Students become producers of digital content by adding to the biodiversity database that is part of this free mobile app developed by researchers at Columbia University, University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian. Students will demonstrate how to use Leafsnap and share pictures from their walks.
Third and Fourth grade learners from across our school district will participate in a Summer Virtual Book Club. Participants will actively engage in a discussion of a digital book (accessed from home computers or e-reading devices) using a moderated blog format. The learners will be guided by two book club facilitators who will pose questions at scheduled times throughout the summer. Participants will be able to add to the conversation by submitting text, photos, artwork and videos. At the end of the project, students will get a chance to meet and further discuss the book in a real-time format!
Integrate Community Access Television into the School community. In addition to the filming of sports and theater, discover a worthwhile civic activity centered around the presidential elections this fall. Using the power of the internet and the resources of community television, see how students from AP Government class combined with video club to connect with the electoral process. Mock Elections and exit polls being conducted using cellphones. This showcase will show past examples and live demonstrations of the equipment used as well as how Google docs and Skype were used to gather information for LIVE broadcast and webstream.
Two Pingree students will demonstrate an ipad app they wrote for the Pingree School as part of their Independent Study in Advanced Programming. They will explain how they tailored the app to the needs of the community and how they obtained approval from the administration to proceed with the project. They will also show how they authored the program in Xcode and how they navigated the Apple Apps store to make it available. Finally they will demonstrate how the app works on the iPad and discuss plans for future versions.
