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3rd graders, this is a follow-up to the live lesson we did together. Your teachers will also review this again in class. You will have a folder in Shared with me called Persuasive 3D, Persuasive 3L, or Persuasive 3M. This depends on class, you will only see the folder for your class. To add your…
So often technology can be funky. Things work fine one day, and not so fine the next. And often there is no concrete explanation as to why things go wonky. This is especially true of Chromebooks, but is easily solvable. It is because of an impending update. Google will send out an update to the…
4th Graders, As we talked during our Zooms, you will be looking at the slides below and using them to craft a story that aligns with how you see and interpret the images. You can re-arrange the images as you see fit. Look at all the images first, think about the story they make,…
5th graders, We have practices how to make an Infographic, how to make a WeVideo, and how to do an Ignite Talk (Ignite part 2). Now you can decide how you want to do your final Constitution project. Here are the expectations for each of the project styles: U.S. Constitution Project – Overview of Requirements…
5th graders, In the last blog post you were working on creating a script for your Ignite. This post deals with creating the slides. Keep in mind, Ignite Talks are not a special software. Ignite Talks are a style of presenting information. Instead of using a slide show with bullet points you read off of,…
3rd Graders, Once you finish your Google Slides file about your Persuasive Writing, you can record yourself narrating it. To do that we will create a screencast. A screencast is simply recording the screen. There are 2 main ways to do this Quicktime (on a Mac) Screencastify (on a Chromebook, Mac, or PC using…
This year 5th graders will be doing Ignite-style talks throughout the year. The talks will be about various topics and curriculum experience, designed to inform and inspire their audience about what they have learned and experienced. In preparation for these Ignite talks, 5th graders will be reviewing a lot of Ignite talk examples, from professionals…
When creating a movie, video, PSA, or any visual project using a non-linear editor like WeVideo you need to keep a few standard rules in mind: Start with 2 seconds of black End with 2 seconds of black Images should be between 4-6 seconds, no longer Titles – you need to be able to…
5th graders, As we discussed during our live Zoom, infographics are ways of conveying information visually. Literally, information graphics. A few key points to remember as you create your infographics… Infographics contain… quality information/data are well organized a balance of text and images/graphics plenty of negative space a simple main idea or takeaway the reader…
5th graders, We have officially kicked off our blogging for the year. Here is a tutorial with everything you’ll need. To begin, use the tutorial to join your teacher’s class blog make sure you have the proper Categories created publish your first post based on your teacher’s assignment using Categories and Tags A few sections…