This week the art teacher, Mrs. Marshall, and I had students designing digital artwork using iPads. Grades 2 and 3 used the app Pixie Lite (the free version of the popular computer program we use here at school). First graders used Percolator, an app to transform their artwork into a digital masterpiece. Finally, 4th graders designed snowflakes on the iPads using an app called My Flake and then they proceeded to cut out and color their snowflake creations. So cool! Click here to find out how to get Pixie Lite. Click here to find out about Percolator (this is a paid app). Check out some of the amazing creations below!
The official week begins next week for the Hour of Code, a movement to get students started and interested in coding at an early age. There are some great websites and apps out there for students to use and we will be using many of these next week in all grade levels. Two great sites that have many age levels and choices are: code.org and Tynker. Code.org features Star Wars, Minecraft, code with Anna and Elsa, Lightbot and many more. Another good one is Lego fix the Factory which will require a quick download of a plugin. For a little more advanced option, Code Monster by Crunchzilla is a good option, not as "gamey" though! We hope these activities will interest some of our students enough that they will want to pursue this more outside of school!
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AuthorHi, I am Jody Carroll, the Instructional Technology Specialist at Princess Anne Elementary. Archives
April 2016
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