Finishing our Photo Booth Project

We finished our Photo Booth project today and it was quite a success.  I learned that I have a lot of outgoing, photogenic students in my Advanced Tech Ed class.  That made is so much fun.  I learned about the history of the photobooth also.

Photo Booth in Advanced Tech Ed

Do you remember the Photo Booth?  This week in Advanced 5/6th Tech Ed we recreated a photo booth.  Students grouped together and took turns being the camera.  After creating a one-page MLA report on the history of the photo booth, they were able to upload their photos and create their own b/w, vintage style strips.  I couldn't resist photo-bombing one of the groups.

Robotics - Running our Program together!

Students in Robotics' Class built a 5-minute bot and programmed to run it forward, backward and two different kinds of turns.  Here we ran our robots together.

R2-D2 makes an appearance to the Pre-K Computer Class!

Pre-K students enjoyed watching R2-D2 patrol around the classroom.  With his sensors, he was able to know when to turn and not crash into any students.  But some students were a bit worried when he got too close.

 Jameson was preparing for a crash as R2 came quite close to him.

Robotics Has Begun!

7/8th Advanced Tech Ed has begun with my Robotics Class.  What a great group of kids.  We are going to have so much fun.  We just finished our first project which was a spinning top.  This easy project allowed students to get their hands on all the parts, create a simple program, download to their NXT brick and have a little competition.  Audrey and Josh's top spun the longest.  It was fun to see them all spin.  The best part was to see the thinking and brainstorming that had to occur.  Thinking and working together are two of the most important outcomes from participating in a robotics class.  Good job teams!!!