Shannon+Harris-Blanco

Shannon Harris-Blanco-we go to the computer lab once a month to participate in various lessons that incorporate new technologies. 1. September activity: Remembering 9/11-the students watched a video on how the "trash" from the WTC became treasures in the memorial. They wrote a response to this in their journals. Then we posted them as a tribute to the victims and families on a wikispace. Take a look: click
 * Ongoing activities: ePals-students compose emails and correspond with foreign pals through a monitored email program. We share our technological related projects with our pals all year.

2. October activity: Short Stories-the students wrote short stories for children and created online books using storybird.com. [|http://storybird.com] Take a look here: [|click] 3. November activity: Prezi-students created Prezis sharing their Thanksgiving traditions. They sent them to their ePals. Take a look here: [|click]

4. December activity: Holiday ecards-students created holiday cards using Power Point templates, holiday music, and voice recordings. They sent these to their ePals Take a look here: click

5. February activity: Students created Facebook pages for characters in the novel //Of Mice and Men.//They sent this project to their ePals.

6. March Activity: Students created a 3D popup book for the Introduction to The Renaissance. The program is [|www.zooburst.com] [|Renaissance Music]

7. April Activities: Go Green Initiative through [|Glogster EDU Earth Day Contest] and iPad interviews. Knights Go Green 8. ePal Final Project: Movie Maker presentation on our favorite places in Virginia Beach to conclude "The Way We Are" year long ePal project.