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Ma Ville et Ma Maison

Students in Madame Macharia's French 1B class used Google Draw to create their ideal city and house. They really enjoyed this project and put a lot of details in their work. They had to label streets, buildings, rooms in the house in French. Then in front of the class, they had to describe in French their city and house in more details with directions (ex. turn left, continue straight ahead, turn right, etc.). 

Click on the links below to view some student samples:

• https://docs.google.com/a/roundrockisd.org/drawings/d/1IFUbffMf7AoleOCcyo5k0hf5zhPNWmOM2JZ2ZwVtwTA/edit
• https://docs.google.com/a/roundrockisd.org/drawings/d/1YfC0sevUjyeBET4Ox5CmLQmA9PZp5CKNBVRD25WTyEQ/edit
• https://docs.google.com/a/roundrockisd.org/drawings/d/1KkirnnQz3LiwsGXta7pRIyL-eIc3NeAU6vVR3ZEeEXo/edit
• https://docs.google.com/a/roundrockisd.org/drawings/d/1InRwdHIfgjwnaT98s3eVVVO9yUiIrEFGLtwZHCHf9TE/edit

Batch Geo

Students in Ms. Moore's 8th Grade US History Class used BatchGeo to map Civil War Battle Sites. They then open Google Earth and visit the battle sites virtually. Ms. Moore reports that the students think this is "so cool!" and is glad to be able to teach map skills and the Civil War Battle lesson in a different way.

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Piktochart, Postermywall, and Smore...Oh my!

Sometimes you need more than just a poster to get your point across. Ms. Humphries' 7th grade English class took a leap and used some of the most recent TechKNOWLEDGEy Tips to create some great presentations

Here's what Ms. Humphries had to say about the projects her students completed:

"Students read a novel of their choice, and the culminating activity was to create a poster displaying symbols for character, plot, author's style and theme. Instead of the usual poster board project, students used Web 2.0 programs including Piktochart.com, Postermywall.com, and Smore.com. Some students also chose to use Prezi.com. The idea was to expose students to technology programs beyond the usual PowerPoint presentations or just a standard poster board. The real-life assignment is great for kids, especially in language arts when it's critical to professionally edit the work and have it ready to publish in its final draft form. In order to share, students engaged in a gallery walk and viewed each others' products while providing feedback."

Here are a few examples of the student work:

As Ms. Humphries stated, part of  the students' grade came from the peer review that they submitted regarding other students' projects. In order to accomplish this, she set up a gallery of computers and students rotated through offering glows and grows for each of the projects. Here's what that looks like:

Flippin' Out

Ms. Dowd and the journalism crew are at it again. They used one of the last TechKNOWLEDGEy Tips over Youblisher to produce a teaser for their yearbook: Check it out here.

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8th Grade Language Arts classes produced newspapers using Google Draw. Students were able to format their pre-written articles into a newspaper format in a collaborative area. Mr. Lankford, Ms. Sparks, and Mr. Richardson rocked

Check out some of Ms. Sparks' classes finished products. 

Check out some of Mr. Richardson's classes finished products.

Check out some of Mr. Lankford's classes finished products.

• Example 1
• Example 2
• Example 3
• Example 4

On the Town

Madame Macharia's classes have also spent some time in Google Draw recently. They created a "ville" or a "maison" for their project. 

Check out how detailed some of them were able to get: