Storyboards!

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Janeen

Storyboards are widely used in classrooms because we know that pictures combined with text offer a rich synthesis of information. We are finishing off the school year with storyboardthat!!

Week 30

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Janeen

I hope you will enjoy this short video featuring 4th and 5th graders at work.

Here’s a rundown of the week:

MM: Tynker Coding(5), Keyboarding(4)
TJ: Binary Numbers(4), Tynker Coding(5)
SFS: Computational Thinking(4), Web Design(6)
JP: Explore Day(4), Google Draw(6)

Week 28 Update

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Janeen

Turns out that I went off plan Wednesday morning. Could have been spring fever, or that I was running a fever, but I thought it was time for some creative electronics, so I got out the littleBits Challenge Cards, and something magical happened.

Week 28!!

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Janeen

Whose counting, right?

Just wanted to let you know that the plan for the week includes Spring Acrostics and coding exercises. Not all students have finalized their Shapes iMovies, but this post’s video features three of them. Our 4th graders are very proud of their creations

March Madness

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Janeen

Happy to report that the students are really pushing their creativity to the limit by this time of year. One class has been focusing on binary numbers, and I showed them a little binary number card trick, which you can see in this week’s video. 6th graders are still working on G-suite apps. Some 5th graders worked on creating animations with SketchBook Pro, and still others made bookmarks. 4th graders continue in the passionate pursuit of becoming quick keyboardists and Pages experts. We are also continuing in our series of lessons on digital citizenship.