A/5 -- Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Roberts' Class --  Catch-Up Day

Students watched their classes "Who We Are" Voicethread.  Reviewed what finished Mad Money spending and earnings graphs look.  If needed, students completed their "Who We Are" voicethread or Mad Money graphs.  Students, who were finished with voicethread and graphs, viewed other 5th grade classes voicethreads, started creating their own voicethread (of their choice) or practiced keyboarding using Type to Learn.

•  Next Time:  Edmodo -- joining Edmodo and Edmodo groups.

Stangler's Class --   "NC County" Project

Students watched Randolph County example.  Students chose a partner to work with to complete this project.  Some students chose a county they wanted to research.  If they didn't have a county in mind, it was choosen at random.  Demo'ed finding info using specific websites (NC Home Locator, US Census, NC Pedia and Google Maps).  Students worked with their partner to collect information about their specific county from the specific websites.

•  Next Time:  NC County Project  Students will finish collecting information about their county and start their PowerPoint. 

Little's Class -- Initial Voicethread Project
Students watched their class' "Initial" Voicethread.  If needed, students recorded their name and something that most people didn't know about themselves in their class' "Initial" Voicethread.  Students, who were finished with their recording, created a picture in paint, chose a program from good choice folder (these include Code Cracker, Making Connections, or Uncle Fred's How to Draw") or  watched other 3rd grade classes voicethreads

•  Next Time:  Edmodo -- joining Edmodo and Edmodo groups.

Technology Club -- 1st Day, Creating Avatars Club members talked with each other to find out why they joined the tech club.  Club leader shared how to create an avatar using pickaface.net.  Each member tried to create and save their avatar to their home directory.  Most were successful.