B/4 -- Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Hale's Class -- Magic Square
Students tried solving the magic square (all rows, columns and diagonals with the sum of 15)  Students learned create the magic square while using formulas in Excel.  Students saved magic square as magsq teacher initials.

• Next Time:   Choose a Brod Bagert poem to create a presentation.  Students create a picture(s) using paint or PowerPoint.  Pictures will be uploaded to create a Voicethread and students will perform the poem.

Hoffert's Class -- Poetry VoiceThread (Day 2)
Reviewed sending a message on Edmodo.  Reviewed how to

1. create a poem (using interactive poetry forms)
2. create PowerPoint poem and save as jpegs
3.  upload finished PowerPoint jpegs to VoiceThread as a poetry VoiceThread
4. share poetry Voicethread  

Students sent an Edmodo message explaining that their poetry VoiceThread was finished.

• Next Time:  Jazz Research??

Nixon's Class -- Keyboarding
Students accessed Dance Mat Typing folders in Edmodo.  Students launched Dancemat Typing website.  Students continued to develop keyboarding skills while using Dancemat Typing.

• Next Time:  Students will continue to practice keyboarding while using Dancemat Typing.