It’s going to be a busy couple of weeks as we get closer to the last day of school.
Tigercast celebrated a big week this week with a new web site, acceptance to the iTunes music store (we’re still free) and a trip to Springfield to participate in the TECH 2010 conference. We spent the afternoon in the rotunda of the capitol building with 100 other school presenting the projects we do in school to our state legislators. 3 representatives from Tigercast were present and they did a fantastic job and had a great time. We recorded a podcast live from the capitol building which can be found on our new Tigercast site.
Tigercast – http://d102.org/blogs/tigercast
First graders worked in EM Games this week. Next week, we’ll be starting a short project about seeds and the five stages of their growth. We’ll be illustrating pictures and recording an audio narration to go with them in a slide show.
Second graders began an exciting GPS/Geocaching unit this week. In computers, we learned how to use the GPS units on the small playground. I took 8 tupperware containers and put a different word in each one. Students had to use the GPS units to find 3 specific containers and report back to me with the correct words. It was a difficult lesson but the purpose was only to make them comfortable using the GPS units. Next week and the week after, they’ll be using the GPS units in PE to navigate a much larger course on the big playground and the playfield. Then they’ll come back to the computer lab to reflect on the unit through a web page designed by the PE teachers and myself.
Third grade is finishing up their Illinois brochures. Thosse who are finished are learning about the planets through a series of online videos and games.
Fourth grade continues to work on their writing either using MYAccess or getting started on their animal research projects.
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