Champlain School Song, Chicken Style

I was cleaning up files on the server last week when I came across this video from 2008. Since then, I've watched it at least 30 times. Champlain Elementary teachers, this one's for you:

The Three Golden Oranges, Installment Two

The 3 Golden Oranges

Have you ever heard the story of Atalanta and the Three Golden Apples?

Well, we read it today, then we changed it a little, and we set it at King Street.

Now That's Art, I Think.

We have this great app, ComicBook!, and the kids just absolutely love it (I mean, you have to stop them from making their whole comic be fart jokes, but they really, really love it).

Today, Said made this:

And then he said this:

In case you don't hear it, at the end, Said says, "Now that's art, I think."

Make Your Own Comic!

It's possible that ComicBook! is the best app in the universe.

Well, Toontastic is right up there, too:

Acting!

On Friday, KSC afterschoolers used iMovie to film their version of Jon Klassen's book, I Want my Hat Back. (Which, by the way, is GREAT for teaching dramatic irony) Today, they'll do the voice-overs for the film. Here's the rough-cut of the film:

iPad Heaven

Our new technology is up and running, and I just realized that, although this has been a month full of tech-learning, I haven't blogged about it since December! Eeep!

So, here's what we've been doing as we get to know our new iPads (Our recent tech grant allowed us to purchase 5, and we share them throughout the center).

Vince, our volunteer who works with teens on college preparedness, has been using the iPads to explore schools and careers.
Youth in our Afterschool Excellence Program started out by playing around with the camera functions on the iPads. The Photobooth app has a tunnel vision setting.
We really like the tunnel vision setting.
We like it so much that . . . umm . . . sometimes I test it out on my son.
We've also been using the iPads to create animated stories using an app called Toontastic.

We are having so much fun. Oh, and we're learning a LOT, too.