7th and 8th grade:
This was the last week for the Purple Computer Lab. Students continued to work on their commercials and some presented their projects. The commercials were creative. Actually I was quite surprise about the students imagination on creating a product/service that works. There were some that I questioned if the product could actually exist and may not qualify as a good product. Yet, the project met the requirements and was quite entertaining. In the sixth grade the students presented their Text Adventure. These were well done and many asked could they continue to work on them next year.
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Sixth Grade- Students are working on a fun project either in Google Slides or MSPowerPoint. Some are doing a "text adventure" and others are working on a creative slide presentation. Some of the topics are: A Spooky Adventure, and a Store Adventure.
Seventh and Eighth Grade students are working on their commercials using the software program Animoto. This project is to use features in MSPowerPoint, or Google Slides, then save the slides as a JPEG. Then upload these images to Animoto. Here are some of the products or services the students are selling. For example a mapping system, "Poshest" Lipstick, Diet Water, Facial Cream, Apples and Bananas (Anana) nutrition bar, Eccacala (Medicine that Cures Cat's Allergy) the "new" I-phone X and a specialty restaurant. We will be presenting these commercials in class either on Monday or next Friday. The students this week in Purple Room were given extra time to work on their PADLET project and the due date is May 21st in time for conferences. Many are finished, but several are requiring more time.
This week the 6th graders will be starting a new project, in Google Slides. It is going to be a TEXT adventure. The students can also choose to due a presentation on any approved topic of choice . This project is due May 18th. In 7th and 8th grade students are working on their new project a Commercial . This project is due May 18th. The students this week in Purple Room are working on their PADLET project.
6th grade students will continue to work on their projects and this is due at the end of class on Monday, April 27th. 7th grade students will continue to work on their projects which are due at the end of class on Friday. 8th Grade students may need more time but have STARTED this project and it will have time to work on this on Monday due to not having class on Friday. . Students are using Padlet to reflect on all of the different Computer Applications/Projects that we have covered so far this year. Using images and lots of text to write a positive comment about how they used these applications in class. This week the students are continuing to work on their ThingLink projects in 6th and 7th grade. (Due to the schedule this week, 8th grade students did not meet on Friday.)
7th grade students will START a new project using a software program called Padlet. This software program uses a virtual bulletin board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures, in a secure location. Students will use Padlet to reflect on all of the different Computer Applications/Projects that we have covered so far this year. Using images and lots of text to write a positive comment about how they used these applications in class. This week the students are continuing to work on their THINGLINK projects in correlation to the the novel they are studying in English.
The 6th and 7th Grade students are creating a THINGLINK for the novel, "The Witness" and 8th Grade students are creating one for "To Kill a Mockingbird". Students are researching an event that occurs in the novel and are creating a Google Slides presentation, finding unusual facts, and even music that pertains to the event. These projects are due at the end of class on Friday, April 13th for 8th Graders At the end of class on Monday for 7th Graders and at the end of class Friday April 20th for 6th Graders. This week the Purple Room students continued to work on their Thinglink projects. Many were continuing to work on the image in Google Drawing which will be uploading to Thinglink. Secondly, after choosing a relevant topic from the book, students will create a five slide Google Slides presentations. This part of the project requires research and citing their sources. Next students will upload an appropriate Youtube video about their topic, an appropriate sound and an usual fact and short discussion. We will present this projects during the third week in April.
The 6th and 7th grades students are creating their project on the novel, The Witness and The 8th grade students are creating their projects on "To Kill A Mockingbird". This week the 6th grade students practiced their typing skills and submited their 2nd typing skills results for a grade. Following the typing drill, students begin to work on their Thinglink project for English.
The 7th and 8th graders too worked on their Thinglink project. Most are finished the Google Slides (Tags) and will begin working on other parts of the project. All students in the Purple Room practiced buidling their typing skills and recorded their results in a Google Spreadsheets.
For the individual classwork, the 8th graders shared their Digital Breakouts. It really was a great opportunity to show their peers their digital breakouts. We will share a few more in the upcoming weeks. 7th Graders worked on their English THINGLINK projects. Using 14 topics that are related events that take place during the novel, "Witness". Students have chosen a topic and have began research to present in a Google slide presentation. 6th Graders, worked on their Spanish THINGLINK projects. This project involves choosing 10 of the upcoming week's Spanish vocabulary, using Google Drawing to create a background and add 10 images (including the Spanish word for that image) to a Google Drawing. Next using Thinglink software, students will upload the Google Drawing, add "tags" for their THINGLINK image, that link the Spanish word to the English word, using Google Translate. The students stated they would use this to study for their next Spanish vocabulary test. This week, we met for one day which was Friday. The students Spanish Vocabulary THINGLINK was due for all grade levels today. Some students in sixth grade may need more time. In 6th grade, the students evaluated each others websites by leaving a positive comment or one improvement comment (if any) with their classmates. Also students were instructed to BLOG one another on their websites. This was for a class participation grade. In the 7th grade, the students started a new "THINGLINK" project for their English class. Students are creating an interactive Poster for their upcoming novel, "The Witness." In 8th grade, the students too are creating a THINGLINK project for their English class as well for their upcoming novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird". |