I enjoyed putting our own touch into the final step of the door scene project - it's nice to see all the different ways you can mold something with a personal touch - and everyone's is so different! This project was fun in each step - my group made me laugh a lot & I can see how students would enjoy it as well.
I am a big fan of iMovie and have used this program to make my cousin a birthday card (using the "adventure" trailor) - which I will not share because there are a few inside jokes in there & everyone may think I'm weird. I also have made 3 videos for another grad class - one being an introduction to a presentation on the importance of implementing PE & Health into the classroom. This one is much more basic than the others I've created - but wanted to post it up to show that I've been using what we are learning in our class!
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
"MOUSE PARTY" - tech for a Health classroom
This activity shows the effects of different drugs on the brain. They use mice for the idea - and you can use the smart board to drag a mouse into a chair - which then shows an animation of each particular drugs effects. The animation shows what happens in the synapse and which neurotransmitters - such as dopamine and serotonin- are affected and HOW they are affected. This in itself is difficult to understand - this does a great job of explaining why a user feels a "high" with the 7 different drugs they use.
They use COCAINE, LSD, ALCOHOL, METH, ECSTASY, MARIJUANA, and HEROIN.
It's kind of cool to have the students guess which drug they think the mouse is using before you drag them into the chair - each mouse shows a behavior that is usually seen when someone takes that particular drug (the mouse on METH is scratching itself, the mouse on ECSTASY is kind of dancing b/c it's considered a "club drug," etc.)
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
App Review: Cartoon Studio
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cartoon-studio-free/id362033057?mt=8
APP: Cartoon Studio
Cost: Free
*Upgrade $0.99
Grade Level: 4th-7th
Overview: Cartoon Studio
Kids can make a cartoon / comic in a creative way. Fairly easy to use - students can import characters for the cartoon with people provided, import photos of family/friends/themselves or an easy search on google (celebrities, sports figures, etc.) You can choose what to write in each bubble & you can choose your own background (indoor/outdoor). This would be a great way for students to take background pictures of anything they want using the camera option on the IPAD. You would get to see what children are interested in. I think even students who don’t particularly like cartoons or have little interest in making them will have fun with this one.
Ideas for classroom use: This would be a great way for kids who love to draw or are interested in comics to become excited in creating a digital story project/activity.
-Kids could come up with jokes
-Creating character conflicts in books/stories/movies they are learning about
-Kids could create scenarios for bullying, conflict resolution, communicating with others, etc.
PROS:
-Great option for those students who love comics & cartoons
-Students can create pictures of characters & backgrounds - imported from camera or google also
-Pro version is only $0.99
-Options to send cartoon through e-mail, blog, facebook, etc.
CONS:
-Only 3 cells - unless you upgrade to the pro version
-Limits use of your own characters unless you upgrade
-Ads at the top --> cupid.com popped up as my ad with a picture of a teen looking for a boyfriend. Probably not a great thing for the students to have to look at when they are creating comics/cartoons.
Upgrade: $0.99 for Cartoon Studio Pro
-no ads
-create more than 3 cells
-loads more characters
-loads more backgrounds
-delete & insert cells
ART PACKS available with more backgrounds/characters
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