Technology

Early Americans Project

Mrs. Rae Ann Smith — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:39:10 +0000

Mr. Daecher’s fifth grade class researched early Americans then conducted mock interviews of these individuals. Students worked in groups to record their interviews, add images, and finally create movies of their podcasts. Click here to view their interviews!

Pixie Projects

Mrs. Rae Ann Smith — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:54:13 +0000

Primary teachers at Hempfield are piloting a program called “Pixie” with their students. They are using this software for students to create movies and stories using the software. Click on the link below to view the projects. Note: you will need Quicktime for the movies. This can be downloaded from apple.com

Click here to see them!

Eighth Grade Patriots Podcast About Volcanoes

Mrs. Allen — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:07:30 +0000

The eighth grade Patriots team students from Landisville Middle School researched a specific volcano and then either individually or with a partner created a informative podcast about their volcano. The students used Google presentation to create their slides so that they work collaboratively and Garageband to create the podcast. Click here to see more!

HS German students skype with German actor

Mrs. Allen — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:58:08 +0000

On April 15, 2010, students in Frau Jannotta´s German V class had the unique opportunity to skype with German actor . Axel is one of the main characters on the hit German show “Türkisch für Anfänger” (Turkish for Beginners), of which students in German V watch 16 episodes. Students asked a variety of questions about both Axel and the show and the whole Skype was conducted in German. Coincidentally, Axel went to the Paul-Gerhardt-Gymnasium in Lübben, the school with which Hempfield has its GAPP exchange program (German American Partnership Program).

Farmdale First Grade Digital Stories

Mrs. Rae Ann Smith — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:45:43 +0000

Mrs. Ruhl’s first grade class at Farmdale has created digital stories again. Click on the Farmdale 2010 First Grade Digital Stories link to the right to view them!

MES Third Grade Adapts a Fable

Mrs. Rae Ann Smith — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:27:36 +0000

Mrs. Wise’s third grade class adapted a fable of “The Mouse at the Seashore”. They practiced summarizing and using synonyms to put the story in their own words and drew illustrations. You can view their story by clicking below (requires QuickTime).

mouse-fable (view small version online)

mouse-fable (Download larger version)

Talking Penguins

Mrs. Allen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:51:58 +0000

Mrs. Maggie Sieklicki’s first grade class recently created talking penguins using Blabberize. Each student wrote facts about penguins and recorded their writing. The students enjoyed the activity and learned new facts about penguins. Click to listen to their penguin facts!

39 Clues at Mountville

Mrs. Rae Ann Smith — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:11:09 +0000

Sixth grade students at Mountville Elementary School participated in a web cast hosted by Scholastic.com featuring the authors of the “39 Clues” Series. The authors of the first six books in the ten book series shared information about the series with students. Students also completed timed, challenging puzzles and submitted answers online to the authors. Each puzzle dealt with the characters in the series, historical figures, geography, logic, and math. Students enjoyed the web cast, and many are considering adding a “39 Clues” book to their list of books to read!

Farmdale Fifth Grade gets Goosebumps!

Mrs. Rae Ann Smith — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:30:42 +0000

The fifth graders at Farmdale Elementary participated in a webcast today with R.L. Stine. During the presentation, the author shared information about how he became an author and came up with ideas for some of his books. He answered questions from the live audience, as well as those sent in by students viewing the webcast remotely. Farmdale students answered questions online that were used by R.L. Stine to compose a ghost story during the webcast. Students will have the opportunity to enter a contest where they will write their own ending to a story started by Mr. Stine about a zombie or choose from another story starter. The winning story will receive signed books, audiobooks and other prizes! Additional information on the contest can be found at http://www.scholastic.com/goosebumps/webcast/

EPES Third Grade Student Study the Solar System

Mrs. Rae Ann Smith — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:03:00 +0000

During their unit on the science Space Module, Mrs. Plotner’s third grade class at East Petersburg Elementary compared the sizes of the planets and their distance from the sun. The children made a paper model of a planet representing its relative size to the other planets and researched the planet. Fact sheets were completed by the students and used to write a paragraph on the planet. They then used a digital camera to take the pictures of the student-made planets. Using IPhoto, Garageband, and Keynote, the class prepared a digital storybook on the planets which is now a Quicktime movie so it can be easily shared.

Click here or on the link to the right to check out their movie!