Third and Fourth Graders began the year in Creative Computing by brainstorming about positive ways to use technology outside of school. This was part of our discussion of the Friends Seminary Third and Fourth Grade Digital Citizenship Agreement.
Our definition of technology was a broad one, one that we will continue to refine throughout this year.
The responses extended to many different types of devices, machinery and equipment.
Here are some of the examples of positive uses of technology that our Third and Fourth Graders wrote about and drew:
My fridge
Cars, so you don’t have to walk all the time
Fast cars
I play soccer on my Switch
An Xray helps a doctor see if you have a broken bone
Biking
My minimic
Playing videogames with my brother
Using an oven and stove to cook
When it was Covid I took class on Zoom
Playing Nintendo
Apps for keeping track of the NYC subway and bus
Google and Safari
Stack the States
Technology helps me pick my fantasy football team
Seeing my sister’s character in the Lego Star Wars game
Texting my cousins
My watch: When someone needs the time I can tell them so they won’t be late
Buying things online
Roblox
I do a play every summer and my teacher sends me lines
When I play roblox with my twin and we communicate and use teamwork
Learning Portuguese and Italian
Learning languages
Vacuum
Polaroid Cameras
I text my friends who I don’t get to see every day
We made our own Air conditioner
I use technology to make and export my stop motions
Vroomba
Sneaky Sasquatch helps me make bigger friendships
Research
Watching the Yankees
Taking Pictures of the Places I go
Making Videos
Lights so I can play sports at night
I watch tv with my brother on the couch
Playing Games: minecraft, roblox
Taking Selfies
Security cameras
Listening to books
Playing Subway Surfers
MLB
Scratch
Reading on Sora
I like to play minecraft with a friend
Texting my cousins who live in Nashville
Playing Goat simulator with my family on the bus on the way to school
Air conditioning is a positive because it helps you not be super hot
I use a printer to print out coloring pages
I use google to look up things I need to know