Monthly Archives: October 2012
Animation Project Vlogs: Grade 7
Post your group project vlogs here. Tell us in less than one minute what your group accomplished. You may include your challenges and your celebrations. Post the video to your blog and then link to the post where you uploaded … Continue reading
Boy Overboard: QuadBloggers Unite
Grade 7 students, As we begin our journey with Jamal and his family in Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman, let’s reflect and make our thinking visible through blog posts. My thoughts: Chapter 1: Honestly, during the first chapter, I was … Continue reading
Stop Motion Animation
Stop Motion Animation is when you create a video that is made up of still shots that look like a movie when they’re put together. The still shots make the objects look like they’re moving.
Afghanistan? That’s somewhere near Pakistan and Iran, right?
Students, Mr. Jabiz had a great post last year about pecha kuchas. We will be making one about Afghanistan as launch our unit on Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman. As we begin our journey toward Afghanistan, let’s meet, Malala Yousafzai, a … Continue reading
Characters, Conflict, Change
Watch this documentary and tell what the scriptwriters did to create characters, conflict and change? Hoop Dreams
Do you have your head in the cloud?
Let’s learn about Cloud Computing from the How Stuff Works podcast: HSW: How the Google-Apple Cloud Computer Will Work
The Dark Side of Cloud Computing
Check out this podcast of the pros and cons of Cloud Computing: How Stuff Works: The Dark Side of Cloud Computing
Effective Scriptwriting
What elements are needed in an effective documentary script? Read this Script Writing tip sheet and see how your script reflects the advice: How to Write a Documentary Script
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