Projects +

The kids finished up their project this week. I am pretty impressed with what they accomplished in such little time with not a ton of direction. 

Click on the links to see their Google Slides presentations: 


JaiShaun: Code.org  
Evan and London: Sphero  
Lilli, Grace, and Grace: iMovie
Giffin and Chase: LittleBits  
Lydia and Graham: Stop Motion   
Evan and London: Dash Robots 
Jackson and Noah: MakeyMakey
Gavin and Grant: Ozobots 
Evelyn and Isabella: Green Screen 

Check out the Added Bonus Features!
I love seeing what these kids can create when left to experiment and explore with technology. 

The Graham and Lydia Show

9 Year-Old-Spy

TechClub Testimonials 

Creating Presentations

Students have been working hard over the past two sessions to create their How-To presentations. They seemed to all be really enjoying creating the Google Slides. It was fun to see them get excited about adding pictures and videos. A few of the kids were risk-takers and decided to add voice over and screencast to their presentations! 

Week 3/4 - Developing Ideas

During weeks three and four the students have been developing ideas for their presentations. After playing, exploring, and inquiring the past two weeks students were able to take an interest survey to express which topic they would be interested in working on. I used the results from the Google form to place students in coding, circuitry, and digital creation groups. 

They were first asked to draft what their presentation would look like. I asked them to think about the steps they would need to give someone that had never used the technology before. 

Next, the student received a quick introduction to Google Slides. I was pretty impressed how most of them got right to work creating the presentation without ever using Google Slides before. Again, it goes to show how quick kids can pick things up! 

Week 2 - Learning Through Play

This week's focus was still on exploration and inquiry. If you would have walked into the

computer lab today you would have seen what looked like a bit of chaos. However, this chaos, or what I like to call old fashion "play" is what really helps the students develop understanding and ideas for their projects. Check out all the ways these students were learning through play! 

The girls playing with the green screen and DoInk app to create an interview. 

Make sure to check out "The House On Lincoln Lane" 

LittleBits were a huge hit with some of the boys. Griff made a wrist laser! 

Some of the kids explored the Ozobots. I love that these little bots can be used in some many different ways! 

This video is a great example of the students learning through play. I love at the end the two boys on the floor are completely oblivious to the other groups running laps around 

and over them!