Tech-Taters

On our recent overnight trip to Black Rock Forest, one of the activities the kids could choose from was photography. I was the teacher doing the photography activity, and what I decided to have the kids focus on (haha) was looking at the forest and seeing what caught their attention, and then trying to photograph it with a different perspective in mind. “Be prepared to put your body on the line,” I told them. I also suggested they think of themselves as an insect – what perspective of the forest might that insect have? I wanted them to consider the forest from different angles and try to capture the unusual. After each group spent some time wandering in the forest, they uploaded their photographs to the laptops and wrote out some words that their photos made them think of. I then had them choose their favorite 8-10 photos to create a video with using the Animoto site. It is easy to use, and looks great. Below you will see the video created by Clara, a student in my class.

Next week we the 5th grade will be sleeping-over at a forest. The forest is called Black Rock Forest. It is upstate and we get to go hiking and do other activities. We will be going to sleep in a lodge. The lodge is split into 3 parts. The middle is like the lobby and I think that is where we eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. We are only going to stay for 2 days. We will be doing art, a science activity, photography and maybe tech. Some of us will go on the easy hike, the moderate hike, the hard hike and…. the SUPER CHALLENGE! I don’t know who would pick that because that means they would be hiking all day!

-Kiani