My students used a variety of photo editing apps in order to complete this assignment. For Black History Month, they each downloaded several photographs and had to edit each one with a different app. Click down on the bottom on the page for the lesson plan instructions
I was able to put them all together in this video which was shown on the local news as well. Check out this YouTube playlist for the whole project:
Gamestar Mechanic is an excellent tool that allows students to play, learn and create video games.
One of the most important parts of game design is down to its basic concepts of RULES. On Day 1 of the lesson, we discuss why rules are so important. As they set up their accounts, we play a few familiar activites to get them used to rules:
Musical Chairs &
Red Light, Green Light 1-2-3
If you want to start using Gamestar Mechanic in your classroom, you can view/modify my Prezi Lesson Plan below, or check out more stuff that I have created on a recent Gamestar Mechanic post including videos and student samples by clicking the link
My students worked together to design costumes based off of Medieval fashions while maintaining a balance team work and problem solving.
The film shows the BWMS Medieval Fashion Show at Black Water Middle School as a showcase of work from my seventh grade art students.There are also photomontages of the groups workng together to form their costumes.
This video is a master collection from all of the footage of IPad, Flips and the digital cameras to help give some insight of all the work involved in this project. This is the best of the best.
I have been documentating my students' progress for several weeks, so I have a FEW of those pics arranged into a Picasa slideshow below:
I also have a combined these pics into a Picasa movie
