Teaming up with Google Docs

Yesterday we wrote scripts for our common craft videos. Using Google docs,we learned that it is hard to type at the same time as your group because some might have different ideas and type them. Someone else might delete the work because they don't like it and you have to restart. It takes a lot of work and time. Google docs is very cool but teaches you to work as a team. Today, we are revising and making the scripts better.

The Common Craft Meme

In Technology exploratory, are making @CommonCraft videos that explain how to use technology.  The videos begin with a personal story and then they start to give helpful information about Technology. Common Craft is a video-making company with videos that are created mostly in black and white with simple stick figures.  We are working in groups of three to write our scripts and make our videos.  We got this idea from a husband and wife team, Lee and Sachi LeFevre, who make videos like this often.  They started their own meme, which we are now recreating.  

Using Google Docs to create our scripts

Rolling Around with Sphero

Our fourth grade Technology class is using the Nearpod app to participate in an interactive presentation to learn about little robots called Sphero Balls. We are using Microlab app 101 to create commands within macros to accomplish challenges. We are doing 5 challenges... 1) Pick a color 2) Make a rainbow 3) Let's roll 4) Make a square and 5) Create your own macro from scratch. We learned that little robots are actually really hard to work with and that programing is a hard thing to do.