PowToon Tutorial

Here are tutorial parts 1 and 2 of my Recycling Lesson that I created using PowToon.  PowToon is a great tool for creating fun animated videos.  It gives the creator great customization and animation options.

To Sphero or not to Sphero...

After spending a class getting my feet wet into the large pool of technology related literacies, I have decided to share my thoughts on a nice gadget that will be making its way to my school.  My summer school director decided to have me put on a tech related summer session (which I am super psyched about) and together we decided that the best way to introduce coding and programming to students would be through the Sphero SPRK+.

We received our test Sphero's and have had a day to play with them and the drag and drop programming is very straight forward.  I love the fact that students can write programming as well.  There is also a "free style" method that lets users control the sphere like you would an RC car.  I will still be doing test runs of the programming, so far, it is fun.

Using the device also helped me narrow down the activities I will doing with my 20 students during my 3 week summer session.  Since it is a group that is above the average GPA, I am trying to incorporate socialization activities along with some creative technology activities.  Once I am a bit more satisfied with the lesson plan I will be implementing I will share here, along with pictures and videos.