MACUL 2015 Booklet - Classroomhelp.com
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MACUL 2015 Booklet - Classroomhelp.com
MACUL Student Technology Showcase March 19, 2015 MACUL Student Technology Showcase 2015 On behalf of MACUL let us welcome you to the 2015 Student Technology Showcase sponsored by Logo Education. This booklet contains the project descriptions for this year’s showcase. We would like to thank the teachers and students for participating in the showcase and sharing their projects with MACUL attendees. If you would like to participate in next years showcase send an email to Chris Burnett at nct2001@yahoo.com. She will put you on our email list for the fall showcase in Lansing and the spring showcase in Grand Rapids on March 2016. Christine Burnett Jim Wenzloff Showcase Coordinators Sponsored by: Logo for Education and MACUL MACUL Student Technology Showcase March 19, 2015 Clarenceville Middle School Clarenceville School District Teacher: Sarai Stetson Exploring math through Minecraft You are invited to join us in our Minecraft classroom as we explore 7th grade math concepts! Come learn how Minecraft can be used to develop and explore dimensional models of math concepts. We will use both words downloaded from the world library, and student created worlds and challenges! Clarenceville Middle School Clarenceville School District Teacher: Erica Sowders Lego Movie Maker and Animoto Middle School students can do amazing things with technology including directing their own movies! Stop by to see our 7th grade students using Lego Movie Maker and Animoto to create short movies for different subject areas such as math and science. If you’ve ever dreamed of directing your own movies, this is the showcase for you to see! Conant Elementary School Bloomfield Hills Schools Teacher: Marnie Diem Making Minecraft Meaningful Third graders love Minecraft, right? So what better way to bring authentic, engaging learning experiences to their favorite tool? Meet a class of Thinkers who have are discovering Michigan's history through Minecraft learning experiences. Actually, it's not just history they're learning, reading, writing, and math have made their way into our Michigan Minecraft, too! Deerfield Elementary Novi Commity School District Teacher: JoAnne North Asian Fusion Korea? China? India? Japan? What do these four Asian cultures have in common? Through the lens of Project-Based Learning JoAnne North took her third grade class on a journey to discover how art unifies four distinct Asian worlds. To help build the 21st Century skills, students used technology as a means to research, discover and present their understanding of Asian Fusion. Sponsored by: Logo for Education and MACUL MACUL Student Technology Showcase March 19, 2015 Detroit Country Day School (Lower Campus) Detroit Country Day School Teacher: Charlayne Watkins Students: Mackenzie Conway, John Draper, Reanna Kumar and MichaelWang Utilizing technology to redefine learning with 3-D LEGO Model Students will present their work of utilizing the use of technology with a real world problem. The problem was how to redefine learning. Second Graders will discuss their display about how computers are utilized in a Museum setting. The 3-D Lego model was comprised of research from the Internet and other materials. They will include a simple machine from the LEGO kits, talk about how they collaborated on this project and how they made the 3-D model move with the use of technology. Students will also display other LEGO models and program them to move as well. Doherty Elementary School West Bloomfield School District Teacher: Julie Abeska Students: Elliot Foreman, Justin Freeman, Natalie Weissman and Kaito Kojima Using Legos to Build Math Skills in a Virtual World After studying and practicing measurement and graphing skills, students select Legos with specific attributes. Second graders draw on math vocabulary to sort and classify Legos drawing on knowledge about area, perimeter, dimensions, array, shape, and depth. The Legos are classified, sorted, and recorded on graph paper. Second graders then use the Legos to build a model of the structure that will later be built virtually. Using the LEGO BUILD for Chrome program, students recreate their structure in the digital world. Doherty Elementary School West Bloomfield School District Teacher: Cindy Carson Kindergarten Creations Kindergarten students will demonstrate how simple it is to integrate Samsung Tablets to create and share their artwork and narrations with voice recordings. Students have enhanced their speaking skills, fine tuned their illustrations, and utilized their creative thinking processes within this multimedia experience. Sponsored by: Logo for Education and MACUL MACUL Student Technology Showcase March 19, 2015 East Hills MiddleSchool Bloomfield Hills Schools Teacher: Sean Strasberger Sing Along School Sing Along School is a collection of interactive music videos including original songs, parodies, and covers that seek to teach children of all ages academic concepts. The videos put students in the spotlight as YouTube stars as the become masters of content using their strength in music and dramatics to help them tackle subjects they struggle in such as math. Erie Elementary Chippewa Valley Schools Teacher: Vicki Myers "Oh, the Places You Can Go...with Technology!!" 4th grade technology leaders will share their knowledge and projects. Hardy Elementary South Lyon Community Schools Teacher: Stefanie Cairns Making Games through Coding Students in the second grade have been using multiple websites to practice coding. From beginners to experts, both boys and girls, there's something for everyone in the classroom. Students have applied their lessons to create games for their classmates. Come see how you can incorporate it into your classroom and get students interested in computer science at a young age! Sponsored by: Logo for Education and MACUL MACUL Student Technology Showcase March 19, 2015 LaMora Park Elementary Battle Creek Public Schools Teacher: Jeff Van Dis Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, and a Common Good Project with Various Technologies At LaMora Park Elementary students integrated various technologies to learn about Dr. Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, and the core democratic value of common good in their Technology class. An Honors Team also took on extra projects to integrate more technologies in their learning where they created iMovies and iTrailers on the IPad by taking pictures and video of students. Luther C. Klager Elementary Manchester Community Schools Teacher: Joanna Van Raden Student Passion Projects/Examples of Blended Learning Projects Students are hoping to showcase their fully blended classroom and explain how they use technology in all subjects in a i:1 iPad Classroom. This will be done by demonstrating both individual and collaborative projects that they have created throughout the year. Highlights will include use of green screen, Book Creator App, Flipped Lessons, IMovie and more. They are excited to explain our classroom and show videos of themselves explaining and showcasing how they learn in this totally blended approach. Mason Elementary Grand Blanc Community Schools Teacher: Christina Ostrander Empowering Learning Wherever Your Students Are with Genius Hours and BYOD We are a BYOD classroom that has our hands in everything from Google Docs to blogging, coding, website design, and much more. We use google slides to present information in our content areas, we use Tynker and madewithcode.com to create projects and to experiement with coding. Inspired by Google's Genius Hours, the students do 3-4 projects a year based on a unique interest or passion. We blog using kidblog and weebly to share our findings and projects. We also use Renaissance Learning's Accelerated Reader 360 reading platform. This product allows students to read nonfiction articles and then perform various tasks related to that article on their device. We also use Renaissance Learning’s Accelerated math. Each student works on their own device completing math problems that are individualized to that student. We love to showcase what we know by taking part in student EDcamps. At our genius desk we use a boogie board to showcase what we are learning and doing we are always working on something from google cardboard and the Daqri 4D cubes. By enabling students to use Sponsored by: Logo for Education and MACUL MACUL Student Technology Showcase March 19, 2015 whatever device works best for them -- in my current class that means 19 different gadgets! -- we're empowering kids to take ownership of their education and to extend what we learn in our classroom beyond the school day. Masonic Heights Elementary Lake Shore Public Schools Teacher: Heather Spriet Students: Olivia T., Gillian F., Tyler G., and Troy L. Technology in the 4th Grade You are invited to see how 4th grade students use limited technology in the classroom. We will be sharing how we use our 10 iPads, our Title 1 iPads, and the school's laptops to engage in learning and create meaningful projects. Our students use a blog for Mathematics to work on "Math Talk". We also work with various apps such as Prezi, Haiku Deck, My Story, Write About This, and many more! We can use our devices to practice with TenMarks, Spelling City, and gain AR Points with Accelerated Reader. The students love using Google Drive to collect and share work as we learn to apply our knowledge in collaborate projects. Our favorite part of the day is Genius Hour! Students are using technology to research and create Passion Projects with their 20% time in class. The students are excited to share all the great things they are doing with technology. Mayfield Elementary Lapeer Teacher: Joshua Back Electronic Portfolios and Documentary Videos The students will be sharing their electronic portfolios created using PowerPoint. Students will also be displaying documentary videos. These videos are produced by the students to display what they have learned during their 2014/2015 school year. Sponsored by: Logo for Education and MACUL MACUL Student Technology Showcase March 19, 2015 Meridian Early College High School Meridian Public Schools Teacher: Joseph Ribarchik Present-day human trafficking service project Learn how to create your own service project - “The Chains that Bind Us: 1500 – 2014” involved student created public service announcements/informational videos and presentations at community organizations to generate an awareness of the problems of Human Trafficking/Slavery in Michigan, the nation and the world. For this project the tenth grade World Studies students’ partnered with Michigan Senator Judy Emmons. Statewide presentations have been made to LATTICE (Linking All Types Of Teachers to International Cross-Culture Education) at Michigan State University last spring and showcased at the ATT/MACUL Student Technology Showcase in Lansing last December. The project was recognized by President Barack Obama, U.S. Representative Dave Camp, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow Michigan’s Attorney General Bill Schuette, as well as the State of Michigan with a Special Tribute acknowledged by Governor Rick Snyder, Senator John Moolenar and Representative Jim Stamas. Talk with students and learn more on how to create your own service project. Meridian Early College High School Meridian Public Schools Teacher: Susan Sampson The Game of Life (The Game of Life is based on Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle.) In the 11th grade, learners take a political studies class incorporating both government and English credit. The project assignment with the book required, learners paired with at least one other person to live the life of the main characters Jurgis and Ona. Every time something important happened in the novel, learners drew similar scenarios to integrate into their project. For instance, when Jurgis and Ona got married, the learners also had to plan a wedding using ten percent of their combined salaries. Using online websites/resources married couples bought a house that they could afford according to their income level. The budget for their house had to include the down payment, monthly payments, property taxes, and house insurance. As part of planning for their family, learners morphed their faces together to create children. Every learner also drew a life-changing occurrence to add into their Game of Life presentation. Retirement required learners to use the program Aging Booth to show what they would look like as they aged. To create the presentation slides were created in PowerPoint or Prezi and imported into iMovie for a more finished look. Sponsored by: Logo for Education and MACUL MACUL Student Technology Showcase March 19, 2015 Michigan Virtual School and Arbor Preparatory High School Teacher: Amy Grover Online Learning for High Schools Students Students from Arbor Preparatory High School in Ypsilanti participate in any time, any place, any pace education. Arbor Prep provides students with the opportunity to take up to two online courses as part of their daily curriculum. In partnership with Michigan Virtual School, students participate in various online courses such as world languages, advanced placement and computer programming. This opportunity broadens course offerings and meets individualized academic goals. MVS provides Michigan certified teachers, meets NCAA accreditation and provides hundreds of high quality high school and middle school courses. Come see how APHS students have had great success in online learning. Morris Adler Elementary School Southfield Public Schools Teachers: Schera Byas and Carol Davis Story Buddies Online Fifth Grade students create videos from reading selected picture books aloud. Each video begins and ends with related comprehension questions. Kindergarteners meet weekly with their buddies to discuss story elements, participate in literature based experiences, and respond to comprehension questions. Technology related activities include buddies posting responses on a primary pad wall. Families are also able to view and respond on the primary pad wall. Novi Middle School Novi Community Schools Teacher: Lori Burkhardt Students: Jade Bennett, Jalie Boals. Emily Dai and Loius Wolfe Middle School Myth Busters Modern gods verses Greek Gods. We will be using pod casting to explain the common characteristics of Greek gods and comparing to our modern gods. The driving question is " Do our choices lead to wisdom or just consequences? Sponsored by: Logo for Education and MACUL MACUL Student Technology Showcase March 19, 2015 Novi Woods Elementary Novi Community School System Teacher: Luma Jarjis Using Genius Hour to Promote Inquiry Skills in Project Based Learning The students will showcase a project they were involved in this year during their classroom Genius Hour. They will talk about the process and how they used technology to research their ideas and present their final projects. Richmond Middle School Richmond Community Schools Teacher: Kathleen Campau Programming with the Finch Robot The students will be demonstrating the programs they created for the Finch robot and explaining how they created them. Using its built in sensors, Finch has been programmed to go through a maze, dance, play music, play soccer, and follow a line or flashlight. For more information on the Finch robot, go to www.finchrobot.com Richmond Middle School Richmond Community Schools Teacher: Jackie Davidson Stop Motion Animation Station 8th grade students will be showing off their stop motion animation movies made with digital cameras, smart phones, and video editing software. The projects also include special effects, added using photo editing software. The students will not only show off their projects, but will also explain how they were created, including the supplies they used, software and skills needed, and how they came up with and organized their ideas. Sponsored by: Logo for Education and MACUL MACUL Student Technology Showcase March 19, 2015 Romeo Middle School Romeo Community Teacher: Amy Ameel Programming Club The Finch is designed to support an engaging introduction to the art of programming. The students designed programs to demonstrate the Finch's ability to interact with functions of: light and obstacle sensors, accelerometers, motors, buzzer, full-color beak LED and pen mount for drawing. Roosevelt Elementary School West Bloomfield School District Teacher: Kristi Law Students: Aaryan Chandna, Kyle Kamposh, Maddie Sandberg and Meg Neeley Our school is transitioning from a traditional education school (with a Talented and Gifted program housed inside) school with grades K-5 to a S.T.E.A.M (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) focused elementary school. We recently created a video project (similar to a news broadcast) to educate parents, potential business partners, and other stakeholders on the “Why” and the “How” S.T.E.A.M will affect the education here at Roosevelt elementary. The video project was student run. Each student contributed to the project by doing their role. To get a role each student filled out a resume and job application. The project involved many technology elements. We used: • • • • • • • • • • • Google Docs to share information within their group, to collaborate and create a project plan, to share completed "Designer Checkpoints" with the student Producers. o Resume Writing Using Doc templates Email to email the interviewees Outlining the steps and timeline of their project portion Video recording Still digital photography IMovie Technology (on a mac) Databases/Websites for research Transferring footage from a video camera onto a mac Prior knowledge about technological programs “Journal” app to document our process through the project Screencastify extension for recording video journals Sponsored by: Logo for Education and MACUL MACUL Student Technology Showcase March 19, 2015 This project could be used in many schools to create videos for new students, Kindergarten Round-up, Marketing, and more. St. Johns Middle School District: St. Johns Public Schools Teacher: Renee Jorae Students: Annabelle - Grade 7, Isabelle - Grade 7, Lexi - Grade 7 and Reagann - Grade 7 St. Johns Middle School’s Seventh Graders Shine Brightly! We invite you to come meet the talented 7th grade students of St. Johns Middle School! Our students have embraced learning in a totally paperless environment! Both in the classroom and beyond, students access all course material through Moodle. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills on their student-developed Weebly blogs and by completing collaborative projects using applications in Google Drive. Students are excited to showcase what they have learned thus far in their Basic Computers course which provides students a scaffolded, project- and quest-based digital learning experience over twelve weeks. Various projects feature Moodle, Weebly, Google Drive, Bubbl.us, Timetoast, Prezi, and Jing. To view all student blogs go to www.SMARTeKIDSblogs.net. St. Johns Middle School District: St. Johns Public Schools Teacher: Renee Jorae Students: Jon - Grade 8, Johnny - Grade 8, Adrianah - Grade 7, Katelyn - Grade 7 and Simon - Grade 7 Experience the Digital Connection with St. Johns Middle School’s Future Designers! Description: We invite you to come meet the exceptional design students of St. Johns Middle School! Simon, Katelyn and Adrianah will feature digital art (Animoto, ArtRage, Paint.net, Befunky.com, Graffiti Creator) and their photography skills on their Weebly blogs! Jon and Johnny will demonstrate their 3D design talents using SketchUp and Solid Edge. Students are excited to showcase what they have learned thus far in their Digital Design Courses which provide students a scaffolded, project digital learning experience over twelve weeks. To view all student blogs go to www.SMARTeKIDSblogs.net. Sponsored by: Logo for Education and MACUL MACUL Student Technology Showcase March 19, 2015 St. Johns Middle School District: St. Johns Public Schools Teacher: Renee Jorae Students: Noah - Grade 8 and Anna - Grade 8 Experience the Programming Connection with St. Johns Middle School’s Future Programmers! Description: We invite you to come meet the advanced computer programming students of St. Johns Middle School! Anna and Noah will feature 2D and 3D programming projects using Scratch, Alice 2 and Alice 3. You will be amazed by the creative, logical thinking process that goes into every project that they have created. Students are excited to showcase what they have learned thus far in their courses which provide students a scaffolded, project based digital learning experience over twelve weeks. To view all student blogs go to www.SMARTeKIDSblogs.net. South Haven History Club South Haven Public Schools Teacher: Julie Sheppard Multi media National History Day presentations Students will showcase their projects that were taken to the district level Michigan History Day competition at Western Michigan University. They will explain he procedure for completing a project and the steps leading to final presentation. National History Day is open to all students from grade four to twelve. The Chatfield School The Chatfield School Teacher: Kristi Huestis Raspberry Pi Demo Middle school students will showcase how they are using the Raspberry Pi to learn computer programming. The Raspberry Pi is a $35 computer that students put together themselves and learn to program. The students will demonstrate programs they created using Scratch and Python. Sponsored by: Logo for Education and MACUL MACUL Student Technology Showcase March 19, 2015 Turrill Elementary Lapeer Community Schools Teacher: Robert Losinger Blog as portfolio My fourth and fifth grade tech team students have their own blogs where they document the activities and accomplishments of their school experience. These blogs are managed through edublogs.org. Tyrone Elementary School Harper Woods School District Teacher: Brenda Ban Lego Robotics Club Students in grades 4-6 will share what they have done to program their EV3 robots during our after school Lego Robotic Club program. Students have used math, science and coding skills to program the robots to work through specific challenges. Girls and boys are part of the club to promote Computer Science in the Elementary setting. They have taken a little instruction and have created mazes and obstacles for teammates to try. Tyrone Elementary School Harper Woods Public School Teacher: Andrew Hopkins S.W.A.T. Team Students will be show casing the S.W.A.T. (Students Working to Advance Technology) Team. This team is made up of 4th, 5th and 6th grade students. This team creates morning announcements. They showcase events in the building and film positive character, and other positive behavior videos. To do this, the students use a iPad that mounts to a tripod, an attachable LED light and an iRig with various microphone attachments. The S.W.A.T team will have a poster display that shows how the team does preproduction, writing and post production of the announcement. A laptop will be there to show various videos the students have produced. Finally, the team will be available with the equipment to demonstrate the equipment, answer questions and interview MACUL attendees! The team will be documenting this event to share back at their school. Sponsored by: Logo for Education and MACUL MACUL Student Technology Showcase March 19, 2015 Washington-Parks Academy Cornerstone Charter Schools Teacher: Heather Anderson Students: Ahzahn Byrd, Asia Gardner,Teja Holland * Christian Johnson, Elasia Jones * Seth Paxton * Malayalam Thackston Theron Woods * Tech Maker Fun Hello MACUL, please let me introduce some sixth grade students from our Advanced Technology class. These students decided that since they love video games and movies so much, they wanted to create their own! According to one sixth grade student, and Ahzahn Byrd “From this project I learned that [there] is a lot more to making a video game then I thought before I joined this group. I thought all you did was download software and create, but the hard part is creating the game because of the effort you have to put into your work. The time it takes is a struggle. Now I understand. It took me a while to make a good project that was successful, great for playing, and enjoyable.” The students explored a variety of free website programs where they could create video games and movies. Along the way they had to plan, research, trouble-shoot, and prepare professional looking presentations about their independent projects. Another student, Theron Woods, sums up the purpose of the Advance Technology class, “I also really want this to be my career in the future.” All of us are excited to show off our hard work! Sponsored by: Logo for Education and MACUL