PLEASE VOTE: Meijer Great Choices Student Film Festival
Our middle school multimedia class students created two videos to enter in the Meijer Great Choices Student Film Festival. We would appreciate everyone to vote daily for our two videos! Videos that get...
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Sphero Challenges
Over the past few weeks, the students have been working on developing, solving, filming, editing, and documenting Sphero Challenges. We are sharing our challenges, hoping that other will accept them...
View ArticleThe Shooting Gallery 2015
Recently, our multimedia students had the opportunity to do “The Shooting Gallery” project as a quick way to be introduced to the various cinematic shots that can be used when storyboarding and...
View ArticleSphero + Doink Green Screen + Digital Storytelling
Last week while the eighth graders were in Chicago, I challenged the seventh graders to see if they could build a video that gives a “tour” of a location using our Spheros and the Doink Green Screen...
View ArticleSix Words, Six Unique Shots
Last November, I was at a conference where the talented educator and Apple Distinguished Educator Don Goble shared some student examples of his video assignment where students build a video...
View ArticleSphero Challenge Buddies
Here is a link to a new Sphero challenge for you from our buddies at Messmore School! Sphero Disco Challenge Please be sure to leave them a comment after you try the challenge!
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Meijer Great Choices Film Contest Winners!!
Thank you to everyone who voted for our student videos in the Meijer Great Choices Film Contest. We received the official announcement that the Color Blind video took first place and Courage to...
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Book Shelfies Multitouch Book on iTunes!
Our Book Shelfies multitouch book was published on iTunes today. I am so excited that it is available for free download on 51 iTunes stores around the world! I am very proud of the students’ creative...
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Psalm Video Editing
Over the past few days, the sixth graders have been working on planning and creating music videos based on verses from the Psalms. They began by searching online for copyright friendly images. Now...
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Journal Sketchnotes
This week the sixth graders used iPads to create a digital journal sketchnotes using words and pictures to document a day or significant event in their life. Students had a choice to use the Flipink...
View ArticleCyber Citizenship PSAs created with Adobe Voice 10/15
We recently completed a unit on cyber citizenship. As part of the unit, students created public service announcements using the Adobe Voice app. Here are their finished commercials: Students, if we...
View ArticlePsalm Videos – November 2015
The sixth grade students have created another beautiful collection of videos based on verses from the Psalms. Each video used and cited copyright friendly images and music as a part of this assignment....
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Journal Sketchnotes – 2nd Quarter
Recently, the sixth graders learned about sketchnotes in class and worked on using iPads to create digital sketchnotes of a day or an event. Below is a gallery showing some of the sketchnotes that they...
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Selfie Portraits using the SketchbookX (Express) App
Here are some examples of the students’ selfie portraits: Here is the tutorial on how to make a selfie portrait. Watch the tutorial and pause it as you watch to follow the steps to...
View ArticleMinecraft Tutorials
Over the past 2 weeks the sixth graders have been building Minecraft tutorials that can be used by the 3rd graders when they do their animal habitat project in Minecraft. The tutorials were built using...
View ArticleMeijer Great Choices Video Contest Info
Here is the link to the contest page, which has more information on the topics: http://www.meijergreatchoices.com/k-8/ Here are the videos from last year:
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Congratulations Meijer Great Choices Video Winners!
Thank you to everyone who faithfully voted for our student videos a few months ago. “Be Yourself” took second place in the Promoting Character category. “You are Special” took third place in the...
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Help Our 3D Stanleys Travel the World!
No more Flat Stanleys! For many years, thousands of students have sent paper “Flat Stanleys” on visits around the world as a part of global collaboration projects. But now, with a 3D printer, student...
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Life Logo KeyChains Using Morphi, Pic Collage Kids, and the Dremel 3D40...
Today you are going to make a digital poster to show your key chain and explain your Life Logo using the free Pic Collage Kids app. Above is an example of what a Life Logo digital poster might look...
View ArticlePsalm Nature Videos November 2016
Another wonderful batch of Psalm Videos created by the sixth graders using iMovie for our copyright unit. Here are some of them. (I will be adding additional videos when students make correctiions.)
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