Monthly Archives: May 2016

Tech Integration Showcase 2016

To wrap-up the academic year here is a compilation video showing off the breadth and depth of technology integration projects completed this year using the iPads, MS MacBooks, the computers labs and the 3D printer. All the projects included in … Continue reading

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Biology – 3D Garden Design

During the last couple of weeks of school Biology students’ final project was to design and plant a garden in 3D. Students designed their garden as a means to learn about plant structure and function. They produced a SketchUp 3D garden, three detailed drawings … Continue reading

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Physics – 3D Printed Rocket Nozzles & Fins

Physics classes have recently designed and built water rockets out of 2 liter soda bottles. After studying pressure and the properties of an ideal gas, students started their water rocket design. They used an online drafting program and designed rocket … Continue reading

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Computer Science – Raspberry Pi Robot

Our Computer Science class recently completed work on a new robotics project. Joe Dunn and Marina Bernadez designed and constructed a Mini-Golf robot named Wilson that worked its way through a small course and shot a ball towards the hole. The … Continue reading

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Spanish 1 – Likes & Dislikes Video Project

Spanish 1 students recently completed a video project detailing ten of their likes and dislikes. They first recorded themselves, using the Camera app on the iPads, acting out and speaking in Spanish about each of the likes or dislikes. They combined these ten … Continue reading

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Grade 8 – Claymation

A technology integration project that was recently completed in 8th grade Art was claymation stop motion videos. This is when you turn a succession of individual still images into a movie by stitching them together and playing them at high … Continue reading

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Grade 6 Math – Shape Textbooks

The grade 6s have been creating Shape textbooks in their Math classes using Pages. Each student was give a selection of shapes to research and then their books were planned out using a standard structure of: Cover page Introduction Shape sections Conclusion … Continue reading

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Freshman English & Humanities – Greek Newspaper

Repeating last year’s Freshman project, students once again had to work together in groups to produce a Greek newspaper – complete with professional design and a range of article content. As before each group was responsible for one section of the newspaper, from … Continue reading

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