Grade 1– President Reports Come to Life!

                The first graders President reports are hanging on the wall at the LC.  I videotaped the students reading their report.  If you stop by school with any kind of “smart” device. (iPhone, droid, iPad) you can follow these directions below to see your child’s paper report come to life! 

Soooo cool!

   Aurasma Instructions

What is Auramsa?  Aurasma is an app that allows us to share video using an image as a trigger.  Think of it as a Q.R. or barcode that leads you a website. Your child’s artwork becomes the code. Use the app to access the video that goes along with it.  Look for the Aurasma logo around school to access these videos!

  1. Download the Aursama app onto your smart phone or tablet.  This is a free app.Screen Shot 2013-03-18 at 10.26.11 PM
  1. Once the app is installed, click on the magnifying glass icon and search “ccs.”Screen Shot 2013-03-18 at 10.28.50 PM
  2. After you’ve found the ccs channel click “follow.”Screen Shot 2013-03-18 at 10.32.02 PM
  3. Now, click on the 4 corners icon and put it up to your child’s report.  A purple swirl should appear as the video loads.
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  5. Once the video loads you can tap the screen 2 times to make it a full screen video.Screen Shot 2013-03-18 at 10.36.07 PM
  6. If you would like to share the video or view it later click on the people icon to choose which option you would like to share the video with.

Grade 5 Land Form Brochures!

The 5th graders worked very hard on creating triple fold brochures. They needed to collect research, photos, and insert this information into a triple fold format. They learned how to import pictures, center, resize, and add to their brochures.

Their final products were very impressive!

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Grade 5 Signers of the Declaration of Independence

The 5th graders are assigned a Signer of the Declaration of Independence  They will research their “signer” and  then we are hoping to use the fun web based “BLABBERIZE”  program which allows you to animate photos.

This site often has glitches, so keep your fingers crossed!  We have a back up plan which is also very cool if the web site does not cooperate!

We will keep you posted!

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Grade 3– Photo Editing with Pixlr.com

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Our Bookmarks!

Dipping into a little Photo Editing with www.pixlr.com

We created really cool bookmarks for our parents for a Valentine Gift!

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Standing on a chair, I used an iPad to take a picture of each student from above.

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The 3rd graders laid down on the floor with arms stretching upward looking like they were hanging on to a ledge

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We used the eraser tool to erase the background. After the background was all erased, we printed on card stock, laminated, punched a hole in the top for the ribbon, and our bookmark was finished!

Each picture was downloaded to the dropbox. The students retrieved their photo, and began to erase the background around their body.

The students were very creative and had a lot of fun with this project!