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ATT Lab at Kent State University
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Click on the left to see photos of the ATT Classroom at KSU We visit KSU each day from 1:20-3:00 Sept. 12th- Oct. 21st. What we worked on the week of September 12th: Monday: Students were introduced to the computer program PhotoStory, where they imported photos, added text, music and voice-overs. The class then toured the PortaPortal site, where many of the links we will be using over the next few weeks are found. Tuesday: Using our spelling list, students edited their PhotoStory and added words containing our spelling rule (suffixes). We shared many of the final products on the SmartBoard. Students were introduced to Google Earth by one of the staff members. We located Echo Hills, their individual homes and larger cities located in Ohio. Wednesday: We received our iPod Touch handhelds today!! Students worked with the apps relating to maps, Google Earth and math fact practice. Using My PortaPortal, students used links to larger cities in Ohio. After reading information about these cities, students created a Word Document to summarize those facts that were found the most interesting. We plan to create a Google Earth project, where students narrate the facts and save the info so that when they click on a location, you can hear all about that specific city! Thursday: We continued to work on our "Cities" activity today. After, students watched a Weather Forecast on the SmartBoard. We then checked Stow's weather on WeatherChannel.com. After discussing pressure, wind speed, temperature and weather systems, students began creating their own 5 Day Forecast on the same web site. As students are finishing, they are typing a weather forecast paragraph that correlates with their visual 5 Day Forecast for Weather Center 9! Friday Students continued to work on their 5 day forcast and speeches. We are excited to video these next week! Most of the students are done with their 4 cities research today!! We used our iPods to practice math facts today. Our next unit in math covers multiplication and division. Week of September 19th Tuesday- Today we shared some of our 5 day forecasts. Students are creating Cloud Poetry that goes along with the iPod pictures we took outside KSU. We also used our iPods to make vocabulary lists for new and interesting words. Students used the dictionary app to look up definitions and the Notes app to make their lists. For Homework, students were asked to use the Notes app to list facts for their Bistro Project due October 7th. Wednesday/Thursday Students shared their research and learned how to add narration to Google Earth today! We used our PortaPortal to begin our famous Ohioan research with partners. Friday: Students recieved and logged in to their email accounts today. They emailed me a summary of what they are reading in their chapter book. We were shown how to use a movie-making software program and began our final projects for our weather forecast. Week of September 26th Monday: Students worked to complete their weather videos today. They also logged in to our KidsBlog page to share facts on our Famous Ohioans. Parents were given their child's email information and asked to email ideas for their research project on Famous Ohioans. Tuesday and Wednesday: Students worked with partners on their Famous Ohioan Research Project. One student read information from links from My PortaPortal and their partner blogged the information on our KIDSBLOG page! Thursday: We enjoyed our field trip to the Map Library at McGilvery Hall! Students were able to touch and view various maps that showed elevation, county lines, Stow and regions where Native Americans from Ohio lived. We had 3 student photographers who took pictures of our hour-long visit. Friday, Students created a Glogster poster online about their trip yesterday. They added photos from their ipods, text and various graphics as a creative summary. Week of October 3rd Monday/Tuesday We worked on Blogging our Ohioan Research today. Wednesday: What a great presentation from the Summit County Historical Society today! We learned many facts about Native Americans and had the chance to touch many artifacts including a mastodon bone! Thursday: We used photos taken yesterday to create PhotoStory Summaries from the presentation! Friday: Students sent EYEJOT video messages to parents today to summarize their week. After finishing our research, students spent this afternoon creating question and answer scripts from our Ohioan facts. Week of October 11th Monday/Tuesday: Students wrote and used the Flip Cameras to video a Famous Ohioan Talkshow. We worked on final copies of Our Great Wish writing samples in Word. Wednesday: Students continued to work on the Greatest Wish final copies. We investigated two new sites for story and comic writing: Kerpoof and Big Universe. Big Universe also allows students to read books online! Week of October 18th Monday/Tuesday: Students worked to finish projects today, including filming a book commercial. We also continuing to work on Kerpoof with Themes. The themes included: treat others the way you wish to be treated, reach for the starts, no bullying and do your best. Wednesday N/A Thursday: Students worked on Big Universe today after a yummy lunch from the Awad family! We worked on summaries of our time at the lab. Friday N/A Week of October 24th Today is our Make-up Day! Thanks to the RCET staff, who let us come for one last day due to our bussing conflict :)
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