Instead, it's been an incredibly busy few months for us as the school year wound down and summer picked up. We've both found that we've been almost busier since the last day of school!
Here's a snapshot of what we've been up to:
PBL Projects
Brittany worked tirelessly with her students to complete their Famous Americans digital wax museum. Check the previous post to read all about that. If anyone wants to say that little kinder-kids aren't capable of digital creation, be sure to share that post with them. Super work!
Tiffany's third graders wrapped up their Plant Power PBL unit with some kid-driven stop-motion animation shorts, a variety of guest speakers, and a final trip to share the love of plants with a local residents' facility. Below you will find a student created stopmotion animation using the MyCreate app. We highly recommend this creation application for it's kid-friendly set up!
End of the Year Project Insanity
Who is crazy enough to start major projects three weeks before the end of the year? Two techie teachers, of course! Tiffany's third graders wrote, filmed, and produced a full-length feature film to demonstrate their learning of fairy tale elements. The classroom was transformed into a movie theatre setting complete with popcorn machine, and five movie trailers (courtesy of iMovie). In the words of Dave Burgess (Teach like a Pirate), "It's not meant to be easy...it's meant to be worth it!" It certainly was!
Personal Life
Teachers do have a personal life, though sometimes it's hard to find the fine line separating it from their professional ones. Baseball season was in full swing, dance recitals, anniversaries and birthdays celebrated, and Tiffany found out she is expecting baby #4 this coming December.
Whew...makes us tired just reliving it all.
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| This techie teacher is expecting baby #4! |
So now we are pretty much up-to-date minus our adventures together in presenting at the Conference on a Couch in Danville, Indiana.
To be shared very soon.
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