What we do in Teen Tech Workshop

Nate made this poster using Adobe InDesign for the Lemonade Stand because he noticed that a lot of customers were asking who the Stand supports.  What great marketing!

School, Sliding, Sunrise, and Names

So, in this one, Juim gets a bad grade in school, then she decides to study harder, and the next time, she gets an A+.

Sliding all over King Street.

The sun rises and sets, the moon comes out, the stars come out, and then the sun comes up again.

Testing out the app by writing names.

Music, Music, Music

Today was Garage Band on the iPads and music-writing websites on the computers.  Here's Zach's newest song, 'Another Hit'.


We also used a website called Tone Matrix.  Here's a link to Ali's song.

Here are a few other websites that we liked:

Tony-b Machine

Online DJ Mixer

Noteflight

DubStep Studio

Creating Music

Anyone have any others that they like?

Hey Sandy, Your Art ROCKS!

Castle Campers checked out some work by Van Gogh before creating their own still lifes yesterday.  Some amazing art was the result.  We're so glad our art teacher Sandy is here this summer.

 Oh, and we also think Sandy's crazy-talented.  Check out this etching she made!

Safety Comics

 Apparently, we were very into learning lessons today in Tech Workshop.  For example, it's important to not be greedy: 

 It's also important to drive carefully:

 

And sometimes it's just fun to make funny faces:

Stop Motion Tuesday

A Glogging Welcome

The Volunteers for Peace started at King Street today, and in Tech Workshop, we made some glogs to celebrate their arrival. Welcome!

Bully and Rapunzel

Here's the movie we made about bullies:

And here's our version of Rapunzel:

Toontastic Tuesday

Some fun Toontastic movies from this morning's Tech Workshop.  This week, the kids did EVERYTHING on their own.

King Street News July 16

Comics that Might Fool You

So, we made comic books.  Don't let the comics fool you - everyone had a great day, and everyone who wanted to got to play Poptropica.  They always make me be the bad guy in their comics.

King Street News July 10

I Write the Songs . . .

Today's challenge: Garage Band on iPads.  Beyond fun.

By the way, does anyone out there know how to quickly post songs to blogger without having to turn them into movies?

Thursday = Movie Day

What happens when 10 afterschoolers get an hour to make a movie? Two movies that involve heroic rescues, of course!

King Street News - July 3rd

Loving the Toontastic!

For this morning's tech workshop, kids paired up and wrote stories together.  Here are two of our favorites: