Category Archives: photobooth
1st Grade Telling Time iMovies
First graders in Ms. Reese’s class at Laburnum Elementary have been learning how to tell time to the half hour (SOL1.8), and today they used Photo Booth iMovie to create their own videos about time. First we reviewed how to tell time using the model clocks. Then we discussed what students are doing at different […] Continue reading
4th Grade Virginia Studies Timeline
I’ve been working with a small group of fourth grade students from Ms. Daniel’s class at Laburnum Elementary on their Henrico21 project. Today we were able to finish it. It all started about a month ago when the students came up with the idea of making a “Roller Coaster through the Curriculum” to help other […] Continue reading
3rd Grade Library Project
Today I worked with small groups of third graders at Holladay Elementary to create videos for a contest. The theme was “The Library is the Heart of the School.” The students had to extend that analogy and think of creative ways to express it. I was really impressed with the ideas they came up with. […] Continue reading
Moon Phases, Oreos, and Animated GIFs
What do you get when you mix together the Phases of the Moon, Oreo Cookies, and Animated GIFs?? FUN! Today I was able to hang out with Mrs. Coor’s class at Echo Lake Elementary. Her class is learning about the Moon Phases. After teaching 3rd graders for 7 years, using Oreo Cookies to explain the phases of […] Continue reading
5th Grade Video Book Reviews
Fifth graders at Holladay Elementary have been writing reviews for books and posting them to their Edmodo page. The media specialist, Ms. Teague, and the 5th grade reading teacher, Ms. Harris, wanted to expand their audience. Their idea was to publish short student videos of the book reviews that could be linked to each book […] Continue reading
3rd Grade Rounding Raps
Third graders in Ms. Collins’ class at Laburnum Elementary have been learning about rounding, and today she wanted me to teach them how to use Garage Band to create rounding rap videos. Even though Garage Band doesn’t have video producing functions, it gives students a way to create music quickly. So we used Garage Band […] Continue reading
Mali Videos
The students in Ashley Marshall’s 3rd Grade class have been researching Mali and wanted to present what they had learned in a new way. They used their research material to write scripts for their group. Then they selected pictures from … Continue reading → Continue reading
Montrose, February 14, 2012
Today I met with some of Ms. Pushchak’s students to work on some issues with their projects. We talked about some of the issues they were having in iMovie. We also worked out some of the music issues and timing … Continue reading → Continue reading
