Thursday, February 28, 2019
It's Almost Time! The 2019 OHE March Madness Tournament of Books Is Upon Us!
This is our 6th Annual Tournament of Books! Stay tuned for more details as students begin filling out their brackets! Who will predict the winner?
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
3rd Graders Honor Distinguished Black American's With A Class Created eBook!
This week, all of our 3rd Grade classes decided they wanted to honor Black History Month with some research and followup by creating an eBook. They invited me in to help - YIPPPEE! I was happy to help as I have created eBooks with classes in the past. Check out this blog post of a class ebook from last year, 3rd Graders Share Their Story of a Snowy Day.
Students discussed and researched using a few websites that I preselected. 3rd Grade teachers wanted students to have the option to choose for themselves from an expansive list. Once they were done with their research, I shared with the students a Google Slideshow, with each student getting one slide. In the past, when I teach students to share a document, I am careful to go over the pitfalls of sharing a document between so may people. By taking the time to discuss the dos and don'ts of this digital experience, it smooths out many issues that might arise.(like accidentally deleting each other's work) Students created a text box with the name, birth/death dates and contribution of their distinguished Black American. We spent some time talking about standard accepted formats for typing dates, the format if the person was still living, how to choose the most critical fact/accomplishment for their person since space was limited. We made sure to cover the need to write the text and not just copy it. Students added text, and a background image. We discussed how to choose an image that didn't get stretched out of shape, maneuver text boxes, and change font color based on the background in the image so that the text would show.
Once the students completed their work, I downloaded the slideshow into pdf formatted document and uploaded it to http://anyflip.com . It was super quick and easy and made a beautiful sharable eBook! This format is perfect for students to share their learning with each other and the world!
Monday, February 25, 2019
5th Grade Video Game Creation With The Bloxels EDU App!
Recently, with our frigid cold temps and day after day of indoor recess, I began a 5th grade Create Your Own Video Game Club with Bloxels. This club was to gather in students who were interested in creating their own video game. Once created, they shared their video game with each other, having fun and giving feedback. We huddled together in the OHE media work room and helped each other discover how to create. Students LOVED IT!!!
Bloxels is sold with game boards and blocks (we have 5 of these) so students can physically create characters and backgrounds manually, but truthfully, my students found that creating them digitally was faster, so they opted not to use the game boards.
After watching a few of the Bloxels "intro" videos, our sessions were fueled largely by the student's intuition and trial and error. Their background with video games did help them figure out what to do. They learned it quickly and confidently. The best part was that they were creating and designing their own game!
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