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I am using this wiki to transform a pile of paper notes I took during summer 2007 about Tech Club project ideas. Hopefully this helps me better organize the material and provides others with access to new ideas.
Tech Club was featured in an article on the Mercer Island School District's web site.
These are two minute videos in which the student reviews her or his favorite book
The girls have chosen the books they will review
We have looked at other examples of StoryTubes to see what we like and do not like
Several third grade students are building a web site about the causes and effects of global warming
They have identified causes and effects
They are using Kidspiration 2 to create "spiders" out of their thoughts and to organize their writing
They will build the site using Mozilla's Composer feature
Several fourth grade boys are working on a stop-motion Lego movie
They have decided on an "Indiana Jones" type movie
They completed the story treatment
They have completed the storyboard
They completed two drafts of their script
They are designing the backdrops
Several fourth grade girls are storyboarding a stop-motion and live motion movie
They are going to experiment with different funny effects you can create through stop-motion and clever editing
We filmed a short film of me scooting across the library on my back
We started filming activities on the playground
We filmed the girls eating lunch then reversed the direction, so it looks like sandwiches are being reconstructed with each bite, for example
The girls are editing the footage
A student on the Autism Spectrum is making a stop-motion Lego movie
He is currently storyboarding his movie, developing a narrative with multiple characters. He draws a scene and writes what is happening under the drawing.
My intention is for him to develop a narrative that others can follow
I hope the storyboard also allows a small group of two peers to collaborate with this student to make the film, from filming to editing to soundtrack to production and presentation
He has finished storyboarding
He has identified two peers he would like to work with on the film
We are listing the people, places, and sets that we need to build from Lego
The student, a peer, and I have started filming the movie
I built a new puppet stage out of cardboard boxes.
I noticed three fourth grade girls who consistently used the puppets and the old beat up puppet theatre (also made of a cardboard box). I suggested that we could build a new theatre and write a puppet show, which we could tape and edit.
The theatre is built and the girls have rehearsed their puppet show.
Tech Club worked with digital still photography. Students were assigned a date to use the digital still cameras. When the students signed up to use a camera they were given a slip of paper with their name, the date that they are signed up to use the camera, and the location to meet; they could tape this sheet to their desks to remind them. When it is their turn students are provided a camera, a stop-watch (to help them keep time so they know when to return to the library), and assigned a laptop on which their photos are downloaded.
I tracked in a spreadsheet which camera the student used, on which laptop the student's photos are stored, and how many photos each student takes, and whether the student has built her or his web page.
A student on the Autism Spectrum is working with SketchUp to build 3D models
he was interested in designing a three story house
I downloaded examples from Google's "3D Warehouse" for him to examine
his original models were all built around rectangles and reflected his efforts to figure out the software
I provided him access to tutorials but he was not interested in taking the time to look at the tutorial lessons
he figured out he could build curved models, too
he figured out how to fill planes of his models with different colors
he is not yet interested in saving any of his work
Preparation for photography exhibition
invitations were distributed to Tech Club members to give to their friends and families
we will present a slide show as well as the web pages that the students built
I am wondering if the exhibition can be interactive
last year the students were very attentive during the slideshow, so perhaps this should remain part of the activities
We are using VoiceThread to comment on some of our photos
Still photography with digital cameras
students are given free choice as to what they photograph
each student is given an equal amount of time with the camera, requiring management and signups
students take concrete and abstract photographs
students download photographs to a laptop computer running iPhoto
students crop their photographs
students title their photographs
students export their photographs in an appropriate file size
students use OS X's "Build Web Page" to construct html photo albums of their photographs (/System/Library/Image Capture/Automatic Tasks/Build Web Page)
the same photographs chosen by the students are loaded onto the Digital Picture Frame
a small collection of photos from more than 1600 taken by Tech Club members is posted online.
We made a commercial to try to get students interested in making digital videos.
Projects That Students Decided Not to Complete
Students are creating a Halloween Comic Book using ComicLife
seven Tech Club students were provided with digital cameras for the Halloween parade and classroom parties
I showed the project leader how she could filter the images in ComicLife to process the photos and make them look "spooky"
I asked the students if they knew any Halloween poems we could use to provide a narrative
a student suggested "This is Halloween" by Dorothy Brown Thompson
students selected photos appropriate to the characters in the poem and laid them out according to the narrative of the poem
A student is designing a comic book
he is working on the plot and a storyboard: mutant squirrels are draining the life energy out of humans through their spread of a spore
we are examining the form of comic books
he has looked at ComicLife and considered how he can create photo effects using the software
I am going to encourage him to create "digital collages" to make up some of the shots
Building a Firewall
I am working with a group of middle school students to "refurbish" a Sun SparcStation. They ended up abandoning this project without ever asking for help....
Tech Club has Started
• We had a series of promotional meetings to discuss the three units: digital photography, podcasting and album production, and video
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