This week in the AT&T Classroom

Longcoy fourth graders have been using digital tools for computing with whole numbers. 
They have been using online resources at Online Math Learning and using the Educreations app to collaborative solve problems and communicate their findings with their iPads

Lippman second graders have been focusing on the creation of digital stories for enhancing students’ literacy skills (e.g., reading, writing, speaking & listening) and for targeting the “4Cs of 21st century skills” — critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication. Listed below are the apps and programs the children are using to create their stories:

ABCYa Paint is a free multimedia program that can be used to create pictures and stories using drawing/paint tools or by selecting from a variety of backgrounds, scenes, characters, & stickers.

iStopMotion can be used to create stop motion animations on an iPad or itouch. 

Kerpoof is a free multimedia program that allows students to create animation & digital stories by using drawing tools or selecting from a variety of backgrounds, scenes, characters, & stickers

Photostory is a free MS application that allows you to create a multimedia presentation using digital photos and adding text and audio. 

Puppet Pals is a free iPad app that allows you to create your own unique shows with animation and audio in real time.

Sock Puppet is a free app that can be used to create lip-synced videos to share on Facebook or YouTube.

 Toontastic is a free iPad app that allows children to draw, animate, and share cartoons. Once they are done creating, Toontastic will play back their animation and voice as a cartoon to be shared online via ToonTube, Toontastic’s Global Storytelling Network. 

2012-13 Cohort Begins in the AT&T Classroom

The 2012-13 school year is officially underway in the AT&T Classroom with teachers and students from Lippman School and Longcoy Elementary (Kent City Schools). From the Lippman School, teacher Sally Layman and her second graders are currently studying simple machines and the engineering design process using the LEGO WeDo Robotics system. The class is also investigating various tools and apps for digital story telling such as Kerpoof, KidPix 3D,  Photostory, Pic Collage, Toontastics, and iStopMotion.  Longcoy teacher Liz Shorr and her fourth graders are exploring the use of iPads as a learning tool to integrate language arts with math and social studies. Students use Educreations as an interactive whiteboard to show their work and used the StoryLine app to create a story problem to demonstrate their knowledge of place value.

RCET would also like to welcome the following students from the Honors College who are completing an Individual Honors Work Project in the AT&T Classroom this semester: Michelle Barrett, Carissa Deeds, Amy Fetterman, Julie Jacob, Erin Kline, Emily Merkel, Brittany Miller, and Pari Shah.