FRESHMEN AIG CAMP

Welcome to all the Freshmen AIG students from CCCA, ECHS, SCHS and WCHS.

OPTICAL PUZZLE CONTEST

OBJECTIVE(S):
Critical thinking skills and problem solving

PERSONAL INTRODUCTION

At this time I would like you all to introduce yourselves to one another - but not verbally.  I want you to introduce yourselves digitally using photographs, text and two online sites that I really enjoy using.  Here are the steps to follow:

PHOTOGRAPHS:
You will need one or two photographs of yourself.  Make friends with someone and have him/her photograph you.

PHOTOVISI:  
Import your photo(s) into a site called Photovisi.  It can be found at http://www.photovisi.com/  .  Choose the desired templates, colors, fonts, etc. to create your original collage.

SMORE.COM:
Finally, go to https://www.smore.com/ in order to create your original flyer introducing yourself.  Choose the template that you like and add text, photos, links, etc.  Below is portion of my flyer.  Click on the link beneath it in order to see the entire flyer.

CLICK HERE for the entire flyer.

OBJECTIVE(S):

Critical thinking skills, creativity, technical skills

COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

If you haven't been working collaboratively in middle school, you will be in high school.  This is going to be your first high school collaborative project.  I have two iPads with the app called iMovie installed on both.  Divide yourselves into two groups.  Your assignment is to create an original video with sound.  Don't know how to use the iMovie app?  Don't fret, here is a wonderful tutorial.



ASSIGNMENT:
Your team will create an original video with sound.  Decide upon a theme, write the scrip, assign the following tasks: actors, the director and camera man.  Don't have a clue as to a theme?  You can consider one of these: commercial, talk show, interviews of guests, tour, music video, comedy, etc.

OBJECTIVE(S):
Collaboration, communication, critical thinking skills, creativity, problem solving, technical skills

DRAMATIC SAMPLE:
Below is a sample of a portion of a dramatic video created by some of my AIG students from WCHS.



COMEDY SAMPLE:
Here are more WCHS students and their comedy video.



ALTERNATE ASSIGNMENT:
If for some reason we don't have time to do an entire movie, you may want to do a movie trailer instead.  Below is a tutorial on how to do it.



STUDENT MOVIE TRAILER:
Below is an example of an iMovie trailer created by WCHS students.



CREATIVE WRITING:

This assignment deals with creative writing on a very small scale.

OBJECTIVE(S):
Creativity, critical thinking skills, problem solving

SIX WORD STORIES:
Ernest Hemingway was one a famous American writers.  In the 1920s some of his friends bet him that he could not write an entire story in just six words.  They had to pay up and Hemingway considered the end piece to be his best work.  What were the six words?  Here they are:  "For sale, baby shoes, never used."
I've assigned this project to lots of my classes in the past with amazing and very creative results.  So I want you to write your own six word story.  Take your time.  There is no rush.  After jotting your story down on paper, open up PowerPoint and render it as a slide with photos or clipart.  When finished save it as a .jpeg and email it to me at lhewett@columbus.k12.nc.us.  Make sure you put your name on it.


OTHER POSSIBILITIES:

I'm not sure how many projects we will have time to do so I have several possibilities for them to choose from.

HACK A WEBSITE WITH X-RAY GOGGLES:
I thought that some of the students might enjoy hacking a favorite website of theirs or a website about one of their favorite celebrities.  This can easily be done using X-Ray Goggles.  Photographs can also be changed.  The students might use photos from the following website:  http://www.everystockphoto.com/
Hopefully ZScaler won't interfere with this online tool.

OBJECTIVE(S):
Critical thinking skills, creativity, problem solving, technical skills




Here is a sample I made.
http://p.webremixes.org/awaibyif


WHAT ABOUT THIS COMING YEAR?

MINECRAFT:
This coming school year we are going to try something different for our high school AIG students.  We are going to incorporate gaming into the educational process.  The AIG students will have access to laptops uploaded with the wonderful game called Minecraft.  I hope that you will use these and create fantastic worlds in which you will integrate English language arts, mathematics, science, technology and engineering.  This one game can cover all four elements of STEM - science, technology, engineering and math.  Don't know anything about Minecraft?  Check out this video.  It was created by two of my students at CCCA.



SUGGESTIONS:
Being in AIG in high school is different than in elementary or middle school.  You will not be pulled out of class once a week for an AIG class.  Different class schedules of students in high school will not allow this.  So I will work with you whenever possible.  This may be at 8:00 a.m. before school starts or during one of your non-EOC courses in which your teacher agrees to it and in which you will make up any classwork missed.  I'll also be pushing in some classes where I'll be working with not only AIG students but the entire class.  Since I am also Instructional Technology Facilitator, these push-ins will most likely pertain to integrating technology into that class.  So I need some suggestions about what you would like me to do for you this coming year and about  AIG activities that you might be interested in.  If you have suggestions that you'd like to share with me in private, email them to me at lhewett@columbus.k12.nc.us  .