Students in Ms. Dyson’s Earth Science classroom researched information about earthquakes, volcanos, and tsunamis. In part one of the project, students were taught internet safety and copyright law while gathering information from traditional and digital sources. In part two of the project, students were asked to create informational movies or news broadcasts like those seen on the evening news or on learning channels such as Discovery. As part of the process, students created a storyboard to organize their work, wrote and recorded their scripts, and organized their pictures in a video presentation. To accomplish the creative portion of this project students used Garage Band.
Ms. Raine’s science students teach each other about the cell cycle using digital artwork and presentation software. Students used Appleworks draw tools to create original artwork portraying the cell cycle and they used powerpoint to create presentations a then movies to illustrate and teach the process.
The Sixth Grade teachers at L. Douglas Wilder used Animoto to inspire their students to stay out of trouble and sign up for a very exciting field trip to Natural Bridge on June 16th. This video is a great communication tool to motivate the kids to sign up for what appears to be a fun, enjoyable, learning experience!
AudioPal.com is a great site for students to make audio recordings that can be easily embedded into a website, blog, or social network. This site has many advantages and allows for students to record audio clips via cell phone, computer keyboard, computer microphone, or they can upload already existing audio clips from their hard drive. The sample below was recorded by a student pretending to be Thomas Jefferson. The assignment was to make believe you are an important person in American History. Your objective was to leave a voicemail to one of your contemporaries stating relevant facts and posing questions that relate to the Virginia Standards of Learning. This created an enthusiastic, and modern take on the Revolutionary Era. To listen to the sample below, just click on the play button.
Mrs. Martines 7th grade math class used Make Beliefs, a web2.0 tool, to create a comic strip using math word problems. The students selected a word problem, used a storyboard to create conversation cloud to given important information and then solved the problems. The students really enjoyed showing their humor using this creative tool to solve word problems.
The students in Mr. Cross’ 8th grade English class spent some time studying abridgements. (Specifically- The Princess Bride) After finishing their study, they were given the task of taking one of the Grimm, Perault, or Anderson fairy tales and abridging it. In groups, they wrote, directed, filmed, edited, and starred in their own “abridged” versions of the fairy tales. Students used iMovie to create their movies. Here is an example from a group that abridged “Little Red Riding Hood”
6th Grade students in Ms. Cannon’s Social Studies classes utilized Google Earth to create a virtual tour of the Continents, Oceans and the US Regions, and Waterways for SOL USI.2a, b, and c. Click on the link below to download and example of the their adventure.
(Please note that in order to view this project you must have Google Earth Installed on your computer. This is free software and can be downloaded from Google.)
The WUWW staff had a blast hashing out some very creative photos and video to use for the new What’s Up Wilder Wolverines Morning Announcement Intro. They worked collaboratively on taking snapshots and shooting video of each other. Once everything was edited and compiled they uploaded their work to animoto.com for the final product.
Ms. Landis works with her 8th grade creative writing class to create an online newspaper. Students decided the layout of the paper as well as the content that was included. The students conducted interviews, created original editorials, along with other staples that you would see in your local newspaper. The class in continuing to improve the online paper and wants to include blogging so that students can respond to editorials and create a discussion on important topics relevant to our students.
Ms. Alcazar used literature circles in her 6th grade reading classroom to allow students to openly discuss topics within the assigned book Surviving the Applewhites. After students read and discussed the book in class they were given the task of creating a digital project. Students were allowed to choose the media in which they would present the project but were asked to include the following criteria: book title and author, main character(s), conflict (and what type of conflict it is), important vocabulary words from the book, a one paragraph summary of the plot, using the words exposition, climax and resolution, a one paragraph review of the book – what was good or bad and why. The 1st picture is from an iMovie and the 2nd is from a keynote presentation.
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