Archive for the 'Contributing' Category
Genius Hour Posts
Click on the numbers to view a variety of blog posts on these topics from Genius Hour. Baking Challenge 1 2 3 4 5 6 Remote Control Cars 1 2 Erector Set 1 2 Minecraft 1 2 3 Photo Album Tee-shirt Decorating Basketball Shots 1 2 Chocolate Survey 1 2 3 Music Video 1 2 [...]
Global Climate Change
Right now Mrs. Krebs is taking an online course about Global Climate Change through PBS. Seventh graders are helping her with a short mini unit. First, we did a bit of online research about the chemistry involved in greenhouse gases. Carbon, for instance, never goes away. It combines with different elements and keeps going through [...]
Frindle
Frindle is a genius book by Andrew Clements. It’s about a boy who thought of a new word, and everyone started to say it. Their mean teacher, Mrs. Granger, put a sign on the door that they would get a detention if they say the word. The students kept saying the word frindle instead of [...]
Genius Hour
The day before we left for our Christmas break we had our second genius hour. Here are a few photos and products. Christina’s Blog Post Vanessa’s Pearl Harbor project
Our U.S. Presidents
Eighth graders are learning about presidents. Fifteen 8th graders and 44 presidents. Collectively we know much about our presidents–who was the first to do something unique, who graduated from college and served in the military, who died in office, and more. Together we are smarter. Here is a link to our U.S. president wiki. The [...]
7th Grade Genius Hour
Seventh graders have a three-hour block where they will participate in Genius Hour and share their creative productions. We will start after lunch and finish by dismissal time. The rules are simple: Be a genius! That is, be creative and productive. Record your learning in a way that it can be shared digitally (video, photos, [...]
Iowa
Hello, Jack and all the 4th graders in Pennsylvania. We hope you learn much about all 50 states this year. Here are some things that my students have written about Iowa. Have fun learning! All About Iowa Grace’s Post Paris’s Post Shiann’s Post Vanessa’s Iowa Photos Life Science Photos Iowans in History Click on each [...]
We Had A Genius Hour
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. ~ Aristotle Last Wednesday we had our first Genius Hour. Here are our learnings and creations. Besides the creating and learning going on, many students were also using new programs for them, such as iMovie, Edublogs, and SchoolTube, for reporting their learning. They made their [...]
Making a Mosaic with a Flickr Photoset
Here’s how you can make a mosaic with your Flickr photoset. Find your Flickr Photoset and get the URL. It should look something like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/krebsclass/sets/72157627677093806/ Go to the Mosaic Maker at BigHugeLabs.com/mosaic.php and decide the size of the grid you want to make. For instance, 4×6 or 5×5 are good if you have 25 [...]
Doing the Stuff
Imagination. I love the new commercial for Canon on creativity, imagination, and contributing. You can view it here. Here’s another inspiring one from Apple–Think Different. On November 23, we are going to have a “genius hour”–a time for you to imagine and do whatever you want! Gary Stager shared ten things you can do on [...]
