Friday's Schedule

It's pretty touch to play on the computer for 2.5 hours! You are doing great with trying to reach 100 sites by the end of the week. There are still more "Games to Change to the World" that we can add to the site. We did not get through the full list.
12:30 - 12:45 - Group Introduction to schedule; review the Delicious Site
12:45 - 1:30 - Each of you add TWO more sites to the Delicious account by doing a Delicious Search, using our Wiki or Blog or the Games to the Change the World list (link is on the blog) or a site that you know of (show Mrs. Poulin the site before you add it to the account)
1:30 - 2:15 -Choice time - any site saved on the Delicious Account.
2:15-2:30 - Blog comment - which site(s) did you like best and say if will you visit the Delicious Site after this class.
2:30 - Shut down and power off the computers

Thursday's Schedule

Great job yesterday!! I think having a break worked out well!! We made it to just over 50 sites! (I added the 2 games that Moriah and Heather played and 3 other sites that someone tried to access today but it wouldn't work on the computer.)

12:30-12:45 - Introduction with whole group
12:45 - 1:15 - Task 1: In parnters play a "Game to Change the World" to and then add it to the Delicious account. If you have time you can play another one.
1:15 - 1:45 - Task 2: Do a Delicious search for specific types of sites we want to add to our Delicious site.
1:45-2:00 - Break
2:00-2:30 - Task 3: Choose any site we have already saved to the Delicious site that you have not yet tried and would like to (no playing Toy Theater or Fun Brain).
2:30 - 2:40 - Review the Delicious account
2:40 - 2:50 - Post a comment to this blog post.

Wednesday's Schedule

As you read this entry you'll notice our new and improved schedule. Let's try to add at least 24 sites today. This means each of you will need to review (or play with) at least 2 sites.

12:30-12:45 Introduction -Mrs. Poulin goes over the schedule and tasks

12:45 - 1:15 Task 1 - Review a specific content area site and add it to the Delicious site - use the Newest links to the right on this page or the wiki page to find some sites

1:15 - 1:45 Task 2 - Review another site of your choice from the blog or wiki page that has NOT been added to the Delicious site yet and then add it to the Delicious site

1:45- 2:00 Break (no matter when the break starts it ends at 2:00)

2:00 - 2:30 - Task 3 - Visit any site on the blog, wiki page or Delicious site to just play around on
2:30 -2:40 Group Review of Delicious site with Mrs. Poulin

2:40 - 2:50 - Post a comment to this post, log off and shut down computer

Cool what?

Tuesday's Schedule and Sites to Visit

You all did GREAT yesterday! We saved 11 sites to the Delicious list for teachers and students to use!! Do you think we can reach 100 sites by Friday? For Tuesday our goal is between 10-15 sites. (Then we will need to start averaging 20 a day to reach 100 by Friday.)

Today's goal will be to review/play with two sites and save them both to the Delicious site. The first sites you visit today will be centered around sites that teachers and/or students can use to make life easier or to help create presentations. With a parnter you will visit one of the sites I have listed below. The 2nd site you visit can be an educational game/fun site from this blog (make sure someone else has not already saved it to the Delicious site). You can continue to do this with a partner or work alone.

Things to Remember (TTR) - Use RIGHT CLICK to open Delicious in a NEW TAB. Use RIGHT CLICK to open any website you are reviewing in a NEW TAB. Keep Blog and Delicious site open so you can keep going back. You can hit REFRESH every now and again to see new posts in either sites.

Your schedule:
1. Read the blog - you are doing that right now! (read the post just under this one to see your graph)
2. Answer the poll (survey) below, if it works or do it at the END of class.
3. Partner up (Mrs. Poulin has sat you next to a partner) and visit the site assigned to your group - the links are posted on the SummerScapesTechCamp Wiki. (right click the link to open).
4. Play around and learn about the site, then add it to the Delicious site.
5. Visit another site from the link list on this blog on your own or with a partner. Add it to the Delicious site.
6. Reflect on what you did today by posting a comment to this blog post.

This is the graph from your "Have you ever . . ." excel survey. It is not very easy to see here, but I did finally get it to work correctly. I only needed to use the title cells and the TOTALS, not all of the individual cells under your names. After yesterday, however, these results have already changed!

Welcome to Tech Camp 09 - Monday's Schedule

I hope you have come ready to surf, play and of course learn! Each afternoon when you arrive you will sign on to the computers and read my latest post to the blog. At the end of our time together, before you sign off, you will post a comment to my post reflecting on what you did today. My post will serve as our schedule for the day. It will contain the a list of things we will be doing and possible links for you to visit. So, lets get started . . .
1. Have you ever?
2. What is a Blog? (watch a quick video)
3. Read Mrs. Poulin's blog post - you are doing that right now!
4. Answer the simple poll (survey) at the bottom of this blog. 5. What is social bookmarking? (watch a quick video)
6. What is Tagging?
7. Delicious Introduction and sign-in
8. Visit a site in the link roll, explore the site and then add to Delicious account with tag(s) and a comment and/or explanation of the site
9. Reflect on today's activities and what you learned by posting a comment to this post.

Art Zone Review

I visited Art Zone today. At Art Zone you can make a bunch of art stuff like spray painting, and making still lifes, and playing with landscaping and virtual art like painting and coloring. I liked the site. I liked it because it was fun to play around with virtual art and make stuff. Other students should visit this website, like elementary, middle and high school students. I made this picture with the Jungle link on Art Zone. -KS

Our 6th Fall Session! - Adding Audio to Movie

Today we need to add the audio to the movie and insert the commentary from the voice recordings that were created over the summer. We might try to do this part as a group for a bit and then we will post your write ups to the blog for others to view. We only have this and week and next to finish up our video and learn more about internet technology.

Discover Discovery Games!

Visit this link for Discovery Games for the entire session and work your way through it. When you open a link use "open in new window" so you do not lose the original site. Visit all the different areas you are intersted in.

At around 4:40 stop playing and write up your opinion of this web site. Follow the procedure from the previous post. (#a-e).

4th Fall Session - More Movie Making and Visiting Web Sites

Good Afternoon! We need to continue editing the movie while others visit links on the blog and then write a review of the website. Refer to the last post for what you are required to include on the write up. Remember to RIGHT CLICK the link on the blog and OPEN in NEW WINDOW, so you can visit the blog while you write up your review in word.

1. Read this post on the blog!
2. Look at the Previous Post for the write up outline.
3. Open up a link by RIGHT CLICKING the link.
4. Visit the link and work through all the activities on that link.
5. Open a new Word Doc and write a review (use the previous post #4 a-e to help you write it.)
6. Save the document to your folder on the network as "Link Write Up" (if you already wrote one then name your next one "Link Write Up #2" and so on).

3rd Fall Session - Movie Making Time

Good Afternoon! Today we must work on the movie. Check out the schedule posted on the Wiki page created just for that. The others not working on the Movie may visit any of the links on this blog. I encourage you to stay with a game or program long enough to learn something from it. Today's agenda:
1. Read the Blog (you are doing that right now)
2. Visit the Wiki to see our Movie Schedule
3. Check out any link on this Blog and "play" around long enough to learn something from the program.
4. at 4:40 today OPEN a NEW WORD DOC and do the following:
a. Type the NAME/TITLE of the link/web site you visitied today and Copy/past the LINK you visited at the top of the page
b. Describe what a person can do at this link; what might you learn or how is it fun? (2 sentences)
c. Answer this question: Did you like the site - WHY or WHY NOT (1-2 sentences)
d. Should other students visit or use this link. Who is the link best for elementary, middle and/or high school students? (1 sentence)
e. SAVE this document as "LINK WRITE UP" to your personal folder on network
5. SHUT DOWN computers at 4:55

Another Cool ART ZONE Pic

Another student created another ART ZONE picture here it is.

Very cool!!

Discover Discovery Games!

Visit this Discovery Games for the entire session and work your way through it. When you open a link use "open in new window" so you do not lose the original site. Visit all the different areas you are intersted in.


At around 4:40 stop playing and write up your opinion of this web site. Follow the procedure from the previous post. (#a-e).

Movie Making Finishing Touches

Today we need to develop a schedule to finish our movie and determine what else you might to learn from this Vision Session.
1. Read our blog
2. As a group we will go to our WIKI and click on the page entitled "Movie Schedule." We will need to edit the page and put your names in the dates/time slots that you intend to work with Mrs. Poulin on the movie.
3. On the WIKI we will create a new page to list some other things you might want to learn about while in this Vision session.
4. Work on Movie
5. Visit web sites newly posted to this site. Maybe someone will create something we can post to the blog at the end of today.

Fun with VIRTUAL ART!

During our first Monday Session of our continued TECHCAMP Students played on Art Zone sponored by National Gallery of Art (NGA). Here are 3 examples of what they created in minutes. We also viewed our video as it stands right now. We have some work to do on the video, although it appears they enjoy visiting the new sites listed on this blog rather than working in the movie!

Welcome back to Part II of TECHCAMP!!

I am so glad you decide to come back and "play" on the computer again. We MUST finish our video that is our MAIN PURPOSE over the next 6 Mondays. However . . . .
I did do some more searching for cool websites for students to use to LEARN from not just PLAY on. We are still in school and so LEARNING from our PLAY would be expected - right?

Here is your schedule for today's session
1. Check the Blog - you are doing that right now! :)
2. Check the WIKI - Your page is still there BUT I've added a NEW PAGE for ALL of US to EDIT together - Technology Presentation page - go to it and ADD/CHANGE it up so we can prepare to talk about what we've done at the Visions TECHCAMP this year.
3. Go to this National Geographic Blog, read through it, search around it, make a comment if you want to
4. Work on Movie with Mrs. Poulin - small sections at time - adding text, transitions, and sound.
5. Visit any other links on our blog that you have not visited before or look in the NEW LINKS

Friday's Schedule - Our Last "official" Day as a class

We have to finish the DETAILS of the movie. I've tried to organize things so we do a lot of copy-n-paste into for the title slides and title overlays. While 2 people work at the main computer the rest of you need to do a few things today. When you are NOT working at the main computer then you can work through this list of activities.


1. Check the blog. Keep reading below this about how yesterday went. Do the Survey.
2. Journal on your Wiki.
3. Start a NEW Word Document. Using your ANSWER from yesterday's wiki question about what you would like to talk about at our presentation TYPE 3-5 statements/phrases (you can use bullets if you know how to) you would share about the topics you chose.
4. Type your name, home phone # and e-mail, if you have one at the top of the page.
5. SAVE the document and PRINT it
6. Post a COMMENT on two other blog entries on this blog.
7. Play STOP DISASTER, at least one time. (If you played and succeeded, choose a different level or disaster to stop.)
8. Visit at least 5 DIFFERENT links listed on the RIGHT SIDE - NO FUN BRAIN TODAY!! :) Let your BRAIN do other things, try to beat some of the other games or puzzles you can get to.
9. TYPE an actual BLOG entry for our class, which will discuss the which links/games are the ones you like.

Photos, Music, Voice Recordings - Are we done yet?

The group took additional photos today of some things outside in between the rainclouds. We still need a photo of the class, the green house and old school building.

We have more Voice Recordings than we can even use in the video. We used a MP3 player that is also a digital recorder to collect thoughts from teachers. A few students discussed that voice recordings over slides with information written on them would not "look" or "sound" right. We plan to use music over such slides and try to insert voice recordings over photos with no major information written on them.

As for Music, we found public domain, free downloads of music. It was mostly classical in nature, however one student came early to "listen" to some of it and choose a few songs to use in the movie. It was a great site, very well organized, check out the link.

Making a Movie with Windows Movie Maker

We learned the hard way that we need to make our movies in layers, each layer needing to be completed before we moved on to the next:
1. CLIPS - photos, title slides, video
2. TRANSITIONS
3. TEXT OVERLAY - titles over any photo/video clips
4. VOICE RECORDINGS & MUSIC

Today we nearly completed step #1, except for the beginning of the movie, steps #1-3 are done (Although after watching it as a class some of your comments may require that we fix the beginning as well!). We only have tomorrow to finish the movie as a class, therefore I'll spend some time tomorrow morning making sure everything is organized to help you move through the next steps quickly.