Dear 6th grade students,
Today was your first taste of Scratch, a programming language for kids from MIT that we will be learning and using for the next four weeks in class. Your homework assignment for tonight is to download Scratch at home (free!) and show a sibling or parent one of the things you learned […]
Posted on February 11th, 2008 by Ms. Ruthie Hansen
Filed under: Scratch, 6thGrade, Dear Students, homework | 2 Comments »
As seen in the “making of..” featurette (below), my sixth grade students have spent the last two weeks writing, filming and editing original 30-second public service announcements about online safety and ethical issues. Here are a few of the best examples:
Identity Theft
identitytheftpsaweb.mov
Online Bullying
online-bullying-psa.mov
The Internet is Public
publicinternetpsa.mov
Facebook Safety
facebooksafetypsa.mov
Illegal Downloading
illegaldownloadingpsa.mov
I hope you enjoyed these and maybe even […]
Posted on February 7th, 2008 by Ms. Ruthie Hansen
Filed under: 6thGrade, video, student work | 5 Comments »