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Time Lapse Photography Captures Chicks as they Hatch
This was an exciting week in Linda’s class. From May 12th to May 13th, ten chicks hatched. At first we set the app iStopMotion to take a picture of the action every 99 seconds. Once the chicks started coming out of … Continue reading
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Swimming Sea Life helps Connect Coding with Curriculum
At Friends, third graders study the layers of the ocean and the creatures that inhabit each one. In Tech, students learn about the different types of commands in MIT’s programming language Scratch. Using Scratch, they start creating backgrounds, sprites, and code … Continue reading
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Animation Assembly puts Stop Motion in Focus
What is animation? What type of animation does each of these pictures represent? Do you think that when we use new technology, it still takes a long time to create a stop motion animation? These are some of the questions … Continue reading
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In the chill of winter, innovative interdisciplinary collaborations sprout!
Working with creative colleagues to try new interdisciplinary curriculum is a delight. This past month I’ve been excited to be involved with two innovations. In a second grade Science class, Ben Horner and I are piloting a unit that combines K’NEX, WeDo Sensors and the Scratch programming … Continue reading
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More than an Hour of Code in Friends Lower School
For Computer Science Education Week, all divisions of Friends Seminary organized special coding and programming activities. During the December 11th Buddy Time, Third and Fourth graders explored the logic of programming with their Kindergarten and First Grade friends. The Third … Continue reading
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Plans for Computer Science Education Week
Third and Fourth Graders will be their buddies’ teachers. On Thursday, December 11th, the older Lower School students plan to introduce their kindergarten and first grade friends to BeeBot floor robots, and ScratchJr, a new programming language for young children. … Continue reading
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Third Grade Digital Citizens Begin Using their own Accounts
Third Grader: I can’t remember my password. Judith: I can look it up for you. Third Grader: I love my password! Judith: I’m so glad. I tried to come up with passwords that you would like. Third Grader: Can I … Continue reading
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Jugglers, Butterflies, Dragons and the Dry Bar: Lower School Faculty plays with Animation Techniques
Fuzzy memories of being lulled to sleep in dimly lit seminars rooms. Sophorific PowerPoints, KeyNotes and Prezis. Experts who haven’t set foot in the classroom in years distributing teaching tips. At one time or another, teachers and administrators have all … Continue reading
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Stop Motion in the Lower School
The Lower School Gets Animated Last June over 20 Lower School teachers gathered to explore the art of stop motion animation. We took a look at some wonderful animations made by children at other schools. Quickly, the teachers plunged iStopMotion … Continue reading
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A Virtual Visit to MAD Museum’s Out of Hand
In tech class last week, third and fourth Grade tech students went online to visit an exhibit at the Museum of Art and Design’s (MAD). Out of Hand: Materializing the Post Digital explores objects made with such digital fabrication methods … Continue reading
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