Slatington+Elementary+School

//**Advisor:** Mrs. Kori Dibilio
 * Wizards:** Darby, Jennifer, Wyatt//

Tech Wizards were directed to interview fellow students and teachers. They were on a mission to find out what technologies were already being used in the school, and also find out what technologies teachers and students would like to see used more in their school.
 * October 27, 2009: Podcasting**

=COLLABORATION = Our tech wizards learned about voice threads. Voicethread is a great way to collaborate with others all over the world. Since it is web-based, you can access it from anywhere! All you need is a media source to upload and you're ready to go. You can collaborate about pictures using typed text and voice recordings. You can embed your thread onto your webpage, twitter, facebook and many other places!
 * December 16, 2009: Voice Threads**

View a voice thread created by one of our Wizards! http://ed.voicethread.com/share/903580/

=EVALUATION =
 * March 2, 2010: Internet Resources**

Today, we took some time thinking about how we would evaluate websites. We created a list of things to look for in a website to determine whether a site is providing quality information that will be appropriate and usable for the purposes set-forth. Our team did an awesome job! Here are some of our thoughts:*Look at the contact information. *Is the layout/presentation user friendly? *Look at the title. *Creditials. *Is there a webcounter to show how many users have accessed the site,*Who is the audience? *Genre of the site. *Virus free. *Other links/resources available. *Are there pop-ups. *Do you have to pay to use the site? *Is the content aga appropriate?

Below is a video of our team at work:

G - Get around easily, navigation R - Real, true, accurate content E - Easy to read A - Author, who made the website, is there a bias T - Time, when was the website made or updated

Here are some GREAT websites: [|www.askkids.com], [|www.awesomelibrary.org] www.thinkfinity.org

Also, check out the new tools available through Google! If you are searching for information, once you google your search topic, choose the "Show Options" to reveal access to multiple ways to complete your search. We highly recommend checking out the WONDERWHEEL.


 * May 4, 2010: Video Editing**

We received instruction on using Windows Movie Maker to import, edit and create videos. The students were given an opportunity to "play" with the program before using videos, which they recorded of themselves. Special Note: When you save your file from Movie Maker, be sure to save ALL the files you've used (video, pictures, music, etc) in one folder on a flash drive so that you can edit on other computers. Also, be sure to save your movie as a movie maker file. Once you save your movie as a "Movie", you will no longer be able to edit it.

Our tech wizards took some of their recess time to record themselves sending an important message to the students of Slatington Elementary. The goal of their message was to promote good habits to be a successful student. We followed our buildings theme, which is: The Choice Is Yours!