Jamestown 1:1 Site visit Presentation

Here is the handout from the presentation at the site visit on November 22, 2013.

1-1PilotFallHandout.pdf

Halloween eBooks from 2nd Grade

2nd grade students in Ms. Blake's class have been working on creating stories in Book Writer for iPad using the photo, text, and voice record tools. They made their own drawings using DrawingPad (and some opted to draw pictures by hand and just take photos of their pictures using the Camera App) and imported them to each page. They then share their storied directly to Dropbox as eBooks. Students in the class can then download each other's stories to their bookshelf in iBooks to read and listen to the stories. Here is the link to Ms. Blake's blog post about the creation of Halloween stories on the iPad.
Below are a couple of samples of these scary stories written by our 2nd graders:




The iPad app workflow is as follows:

Retelling Familiar Stories

Our Multiage class loves to read and had so much fun retelling familiar stories using iMovie.  Students learned about retelling stories using a "retelling rope," which includes naming the setting, characters, problem, an event from beginning, middle, and end, and finally the solution.  They then each chose a familiar book and wrote a sentence about each part of the retelling rope.  After creating an illustration for each in Drawing Pad, the final step was to put it all together in iMovie. By using the voice recording feature, each student created a short video that retells their story using their own words and illustrations.  Enjoy the films of some of our favorite stories below!

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PigeonStayUpLate from Jamestown Elementary School on Vimeo.

4th graders create videos on the Virginia Regions

In fourth grade the students need to learn the location of Virginia's five geographic regions and each region's major features. Our 4th grade class used iMovies as a way to teach each other about Virginia's regions.  The students were broken up into groups and assigned one region to research.  They took notes on this region and became "tour guide experts."  Their task was to make a movie about their region so that the other students could fill out their note sheets on that region when they watched the movie.  So, we spent several days planning out the movies on paper, filming them, and then rotating through stations watching them and taking notes.  The students incorporated sounds and background music, videos, drawing pad images, and photos into the movies.  They were very engaged the entire time and really had to think about how to present the information clearly so that their peers could take good notes.


Example of movie created by a 4th grade pair:

libby and eva from Camilla Gagliolo on Vimeo.


thomas and ryan from Jamestown Elementary School on Vimeo.

This is the apps workflow for creating a movie in social studies:

Multiage Visits the U.S. Monuments

Multiage students have been traveling around the United States for the past few weeks learning about important symbols and monuments.  For their final project of the unit, each of the students chose to learn more about one of the following places: Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Mt. Rushmore, Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty, or Jefferson Memorial.  They then created a Keynote presentation on their iPads, each of which included a title page with an original illustration of their monument done in Drawing Pad, a fact page with information as well as a picture they drew of themselves visiting the monument over an actual photo of the destination, and a short video with one fun fact they learned on their visit. We had a lot of fun visiting new places throughout our great country, and hope you enjoy our projects too!

Kate Dye, Multiage (1st/2nd) Teacher
 The apps workflow for creating these presentations were as follows:

Google Earth and Second Grade

We've been learning about maps and our neighborhoods.  The students used their iPads and went on a virtual tour of their neighborhoods.  We also have been learning about the seven continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica as well as the five oceans (Yes, five-- there were only four when I was in school!): Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and Southern Ocean.  The students found famous landmarks on each of the continents and explored the border of Antarctica.  It was interesting for the students to do the Street Level view and "fly the person" to do a 3-D tour of the landmark.  The students were really excited to go inside of the White House and look around the rooms!

Here are some of the locations we visited:

* Our school and neighborhood

* White House

* Great Wall of China

* Eiffel Tower

* St. Louis Arch

* Stonehenge

Students also learned how to take screen shots of their routes in Google Earth and imported those photos to the fantastic app, BookWriter.  They created eBooks with the topic "Maps" and included photos, videos, voice recordings, and drawings of objects related to maps and globes.

It was great having students see the world come to life in 3-D, where they were able to tour landmarks and locations and visit the places mentioned in their flat social studies books.

Heather Blake

Second Grade Teacher
Apps workflow for this project

Exploring Story Elements Through Keynote Presentations

To wrap up our unit on narrative elements, fifth graders created Keynote presentations in small groups.  Students were able to choose a short story that they had previously read in class.  Groups created slides that analyzed each of the narrative elements in that story, including setting, characters, plot, conflict, resolution, and theme.  The presentations incorporated original artwork, photographs taken with the iPad, and online images.  Groups presented their work to the class to review what they had learned. 

Simple Machines Scavenger Hunt

Third graders just wrapped up a science unit on simple machines. After exploring and defining the types of simple machines, students went on a "Simple Machines Scavenger Hunt." Students used the "Camera" application on their i-Pads to photograph examples of wedges, pulleys, screws, wheels-and-axles, inclined planes, and levers on the playground. They will import their photos into Keynote to create slideshows with sentences explaining why each piece of playground equipment is that type of simple machine.

Fifth Grade Investigates Cells

Fifth graders used a a new cell app to review cell parts and cell structures this month.  The app shows 2D and 3D images of cell parts.  Students can click on the different parts of a cell to learn more about their function.  They can also view videos and independently explore the site based on their own interests.  Students enjoyed reviewing for their quiz, but using the app.  It reinforced what they had been learning in class, by providing vivid images and practice questions. 

Multiage University: Meet My M.U. Monster!

Welcome to Multiage University! In a cute play off this summer's kid favorite "Monster's University," each of our Multiage (first, second grade) students created a "Meet My Monster" poster introducing the other Jamestown students to an M.U. monster they created.  To help learn the writing process, the students took their monster from beginning to end including brainstorming, first draft, peer edit, revising, teacher edit, and final draft.  Their product was typed in pages, and the students created a portrait of their monster using Drawing Pad. Merging the two together in pages was the final step in bringing their monster to life.  Huge eyeballs and multiple arms galore.... meet our monsters!

Math and Music, Learn Fractions with Garageband

Each year, our fourth grade musicians are introduced to GarageBand.  This year, a collaborative project was created between fourth grade Music and Math.  Students were split into small groups.  After becoming familiar with different genres of music and tracks, students were responsible for composing a piece of music using loops in GarageBand.  Paying attention to layering and transitions, their piece had to include an introduction, middle and conclusion.  Once this was finished, students decided what fraction part of their entire composition was the beginning, the middle and conclusion.  They then recorded themselves sharing their compositions, explaining the fractions they used and their overall explanation of their project. Throughout this project, students were able to understand the general outline of composing a song, listen for and describe transitions as well as apply their new knowledge of fractions into their original composition.  We finally held a presentation day in which each fourth grade group shared their projects.  This was successful due to the collaboration of Miss Mueller, Ms. Lechleitner and the open-mindedness of fourth grade musicians and mathematicians to experiment with something new!

Multiage Weather Projects

To mark the end of our science unit on weather, Ms. Dye’s Multiage class completed group projects in which multiple apps and programs were used on the iPads and laptops. Each cooperative learning group of three to four students researched a different weather phenomenon including tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes, etc.  With the use of guided questions some kids researched with the iPads on weatherwizkids.com, while others used the laptops to watch videos on Brain Pop or read books on Scholastic’s True Flix.

After completing the research stage, the students worked together to creatively incorporate the information they had learned into a script for a weather newscast. Next, half of the group members worked on the laptops using the Flip Book feature in Animation-ish to create a “video footage” of their weather event to use in their newscast, while others used the iPads to create illustrations to project behind them with Drawing Pad. Some of the major advantages of incorporating both the use of the iPads and laptops simultaneously, were that it split the workload up in a way that every student had plenty of activity to keep them engaged, while also utilizing academic choice as students chose the task that most suited their talents and interests.

Finally, we filmed the students performing their scripts, projecting their illustrations and videos on the Smartboard in the background.  The last step was to put their videos into iMovie to create the final product.  We held a “movie premiere” in our classroom to watch the newscasts, capping off what was a fun and engaging project filled with technology integration.  

Water Pollution and Conservation PSA

After learning about the Water Cycle, students in my class talked about the environmental impact of water usage and pollution. Students researched causes and effects of water pollution and brainstormed ways to prevent water pollution and better conserve water. After researching the topic, students used the iPads to create concept maps in Popplet Lite. After brainstorming their projects, students downloaded images from the internet, took their own photographs using Photo Booth, and drew images using Drawing Pad. These images were then uploaded to iMovie on the iPad. Students created Public Service Announcements about this topic. They wrote scripts, created voiceovers, and selected music and sound effects to go with their movies. When completed, some videos will air on the school's closed circuit news show.

The apps workflow:

Ancient Civilization e-Books

3rd grade students in Ms. Manchester's class have been working on iPads and creating eBooks using Book Writer. During each lesson, as students learn more about architecture, art, geography, entertainment, and government in Ancient Greece, they add more information to their books. Students use Photo Booth to take digital photographs of images for each section. They also use Drawing Pad to create their own graphics for the books.

Creating and Publishing eBooks on the iPad

Creating interactive, multimedia eBooks on the iPad is easy and fun.  The creation of these books supports the writing and publishing process and can be done right in the classroom using a set of iPad apps for the workflow.

writing workflow (created in Inspiration Maps for iPad)

 Example from Ms. Blake's 2nd Grade Class:

The publishing flow and the apps that support the publishing process:

• Brainstorm you idea with Popple or Inspiration Maps for the iPad
• Create your illustrations with DrawingPad and save to the Photo Album for use in the book
• Create your book in Book Creator  for iPad or Book Writer for iPad, adding text fields, illustrations and movies
• Share your story to the iBooks on your iPad to be read like a book
• Share to Dropbox to share with the larger community and parents
• Create a QR code to share your online books