Monday, February 8, 2016
Helping Harry
The third and fourth graders had fun with another design challenge today. A little creature named "Harry" visited our classroom and wanted to be placed where he could see the whole room. Each group was given a few materials and asked to create a perch for Harry to be able to see the whole classroom. I loved seeing them work through this together!
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Monday, December 14, 2015
Hour of Code Happenings
On Friday, December 11th we had a couple of exciting events in the Design Tech classroom.
Approximately 20 middle school students set up their games created in Scratch and Unity with a variety of handmade game controllers. Three classrooms of third and fourth grade students visited the classroom and sampled the games. It was a great way to show the younger students how to take coding to the next level. We also had about 20 guests from VITA-Learn Northwest visit. They were very excited to take back what they learned to their own schools.
Approximately 20 middle school students set up their games created in Scratch and Unity with a variety of handmade game controllers. Three classrooms of third and fourth grade students visited the classroom and sampled the games. It was a great way to show the younger students how to take coding to the next level. We also had about 20 guests from VITA-Learn Northwest visit. They were very excited to take back what they learned to their own schools.
For the afternoon, we had a live Google Hangout with Marguerite Dibble of Game Theory. She graduated from Champlain College in 2012 with a degree in Game Art and Animation. As CEO of Game Theory, a company she founded, she produces games, apps and engagement strategies focused on making learning fun. A dozen middle school girls from WCS joined the conversation and asked Marguerite some great questions!
Monday, November 30, 2015
Plan B=Low Tech
Happy Monday morning! I arrived to school to find we had no internet service this morning. With five new classes, my plan had been to get everyone in our Google Classroom and kick off our vinyl projects. I think they enjoyed Plan B...index card towers!
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Game Controller Progress
This group made great progress on their tabletop game controller today. Materials used: Recycled Styrofoam packaging, playdough, dish scrubbers, alligator clips, and a Makey Makey!
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Friday, November 6, 2015
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