On with September:

The first graders are serious about being a good friend and knowing how others are feeling.  Here are videos with some first grade actors and actresses (you will notice we used the green screen and some of our actresses had green on and blended in with the background!):
All videos are unlisted, meaning you need a link to view them.

4th grade created another Wordle, but this one was about themselves and their teachers had them create a "Wordle person" .  They came out wonderfully.  Here are a couple of them:

2nd graders have been busy with the Bluster app on the iPads, working alone with ryhming words and now working in groups.

Third graders had their Voice QRcodes out for Open House and teachers and parents read them!

Both 4th and 5th graders are working on opening their Google Accounts and getting them up and running.  We will be learning how to create a Google doc next.

5th graders also created questions and answers using QRcodes for the summer reading book, The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone.

Welcome back to school everyone.! It is going to be a great 2013-2014 school year.

1st graders iMovie and voiceovers!  What a wonderful group of students and teachers.

The 4th graders have already been busy starting Wordles about the summer reading book, The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone.

and some QR code using www.qrvoice.net to create QR codes about ourselves in the 3rd grade! Thanks to Mrs. Giuggio for finding the cool website!

Try some of them out!

First graders watched Ernest Bourgnine read the book "The Rainbow Fish" using Apple TV technology, then drew their own rainbow fish using the Doodle Buddy app on the iPad.  Here a several of the pictures.

Library/Technology Projects

July Happenings

July Happenings!
I took a summer course at Longmeadow High School on digital film making.  The teacher was Philip Steiger.  We learned more about editing iMovie and how to use the video camera to effectively capture interesting and intriguing video.  Mrs. Giuggio was there too!  Here are my videos.

May Activities: All About Grace Lin! Grace Lin is coming to visit our school. Last summer the entire school read her book; Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.  All month the students have been researching information and taking notes on Grace Lin using two websites, www.gracelin.com and http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/lin/.   After their research each grade created the following projects. 5th graders created a QR code sensation that is displayed all around the library.  Using MS-Word to create the final product and the website, http://www.qrstuff.com, they wrote a question about Grace Lin and the answer in the QR code. They then downloaded the QR code into the document, wrote the bibliography and their name to finish.  All the grades have used the Scan app on the iPads to find out the answers to these fun questions!  Here are some examples:

Here are some of the younger students enjoying the activity:

 

The 5th graders have also been busy creating a Science Website on their new Google Accounts.  Using my Google Website "How to create a Website", they are creating their first website on their accounts.   (Click on the link if you want the instructions they are following).  It is exciting and they have been adding information on Electricity, Proton, Neutrons and Electrons.  Here is an example:

 Electricity Website 

The 5th graders have also been participating in the production of CSS, otherwise known as Center School Sightings!  They are using reporting skills, video skills, and green screen and iMovie knowledge to create a superb TV production on exciting things happening at Center School. Thanks to the creators of this project, Sue Dufraine and Laura Giuggio, it has been a success and a lot of hard work and fun.  Click on the link to enjoy:
 

 

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4th graders were busy making Wordles, Tagxedos or Diamante Poems using their information from Grace Lin.  They are on the window of the lab! Please enjoy.  Here are some examples:

3rd graders created crossword puzzles or wordsearch puzzle using their Grace Lin research information.  Already many students have tried their hand at solving them.  They are located at the circulation desk, right where the basket of shelfmarkers and dragons are!  Please come and try some of them.  Here are some examples:

Also from their project at the beginning of the year, I created a PowerPoint about Grace Lin from each student:

3rd grade 

2nd graders used their research to practice their MS-Word letter writing skills.  After watching a video, listening to a short biography, and listening to Ling and Ting, they crafted a letter to Grace Lin.  Their instruction was to pretend they were talking with her and to ask questions and tell her about themselves.  They could then add a piece of clipart.  The students did a great job.  The letters are on the windows of the lab. Here are some examples:

1st graders also watched a video, listened to a short biography, and listened to Ling and Ting, but they used their new MS-Word skills to write one sentence about Grace Lin.  It needed a capital letter to start the letter, be a complete sentence with correct punctuation at the end.  When they were done, they illustrated their page and it became part of the "biography" of Grace Lin for their class. These "chapters" are located on the library windows by the teachers work room.  Please read and enjoy.  Here are some examples: