Sixth graders did a wonderful project with topics of their choosing. They researched, utilized storyboards, and wrote scripts to their documentaries then edited them in iMovie. It was a lot fo fun and students learned how to work together, plan, organize, and many other soft skills that come from PBL.
Please check out their projects at our new Digital Archive Page by clicking here. The Password will have to be obtained either through the office or your student.
0 Comments
Seventh Graders have finished the 2 quarter long marketing unit. This is the first group of students to have done this project. As pioneers, there were setbacks and successes. Overall the project was a success. We hope to continue this task with next year's 7th grade class.
Students chose a Bethany Owned Business (B.O.B.) and worked up an entire Marketing package for their client. Their resultant work will be kept in a webpage that features B.O.B.'s. This B.O.B. showcase encourages Bethany Families to patronize Bethany Business and gives the students a true hands on experience in the real world. It is shopping about as local as you can get. Please be sure to check out the B.O.B. Showcase by clicking here, and make sure you shop local! This is a summer camp opportunity run by one of our Bethany Parents. Click here for more information.
5th grade: 5ht graders are currently doing Storybird. This is in preparation for working in iBooks Author. They will be creating their own books on a topic that coincides with their curriculum tbd. 6th grade: Keynote time! Sixth graders are learning the ins and outs of advanced Keynote (apple's version of PPT). They will eventually build keynotes that coincide with their science topics....cells. 7th and 8th grade: These guys are starting iMovie. Seventh grade will be doing Asia (China and Japan) themed documentaries, while 8th grade will be doing an iMovie about individual states. These guys will be full fledged documentary producers!
The 7th grade began a health project in lab. They are using Pages templates to build postcards from various locations along the digestive system. They chose a food to represent them, then portray the food as traveling through the digestive system. Starting with the mouth. They are challenged to give facts in the text of the post card that describes the location. Greetings from the mouth! Some students even chose specific celebrity digestive systems to visit. Some were Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and a hip hop artist with a full grill (diamonds on their teeth). Some funny and creative narratives are coming out of this assignment. After successfully building and publishing a children's book in Storybird and storyjumper, 8th grade moved on to iBooks Author. They are constructing a catalog complete with items described in Spanish. Look for them to complete these iBooks and post them to their sites. These photos are from my catalog. Yes, unapologetic Penguins fan. Or should I say Pinguinos?
Fifth graders have been given a huge task. They have been asked to create the slides for the awards show November 3. They have been working very hard and I am amazed at their talent. I have been astonished at some of the slides, complete with actions and animations. No peek here though. You will need to come to the awards show to see them. The 6th grade worked in Tinkercad to design and create 3d models of their inventions for zoo animals. This was a science project that had students inventing creative and useful ways to feed the animals in the zoo habitats. The initial designs were done in class and drawn out by hand. Then students took the drawings to sketch.io to make a digital rendering. After that, they built and labeled their designs in 3d CAD in Tinkercad. The whole project went well. The 6th grade is good at the design process, planning and implementing a project. Good job 6th grade! Check out their designs on your student's website. They will give you the password.
The first project our 8th graders have undertaken was a fun one. They used Storybird.com to create art inspired Children's books for use with their Kindergarten Reading Buddies. Eighth Graders went to the site and selected artwork from accomplished illustrators. They then used the artwork as basis for a story. In a few weeks 8th graders will meet with their Kindergarten Counterparts and read their books on iPads. The next Project will be in StoryJumper.com. Storyjumper will allow allow 8th graders to actually upload any artwork or original work to their books. These books will have historical or educational value. Storybird was a good start but limited their creativity some. Storyjumper will allow them more freedom.
Seventh Graders will begin this process as well. They have been building their weekly sites to date so that they can begin to compile their digital portfolio.
|
LaValleUsing Project Based learning with Technology since 2010 Archives
March 2019
Categories |