Rachel, who is now a 9th grader, created this poster over the weekend for a geneology project assigned in her French 2 class at Casady. “The Family of Twilight” (CC BY 2.0) by Wesley Fryer She wrote and typed the script she will share in class tomorrow, and agreed to audio record it for me with English translations tonight. (And she agreed to
Category: Learning Signs Posts
9th Grade Posters for French 2 and English
Here are a couple posters Rachel created recently for her first week back at school, and first week as a high school freshman. Here’s a poster she created for French class about her summer holidays / vacation / break. That’s a great looking skyline of Seattle, Washington! “My Break (in French)” (CC BY 2.0) by Wesley Fryer Here is another poster she created,
Mathematical Artistic Dragons
Okay. I stumbled upon this video, and it’s absolutely amazing! By the youtube channel named Vi Hart, this video is kind of a skit narrated by a kid in math class. The kid is doodling, and creates some amazing drawings! If you watch the whole video….. you will be enlightened. WITH MATH ART DRAGON ENLIGHTMENT INSPIRAION SKILLZ
Minecraft Skin
I recently made a skin on the skindex for minecraft. The skindex is a skin editor and it uploads it for you. A skin is basicly just a file of how you look online. Pixel Art! You can see the link to my skin here:http://www.minecraftskins.com/skin/7332452/tumblr-girl-xx/ It took about 3 days to make, but I was very happy with my ending
The Oregon Trail
Rachel created this 2 minute video with a classmate for their 6th Grade History Day Project. Their topic was “The Oregon Trail.” She edited on her iPhone5.
Rachel Reports from the Volcano House
Today in my STEM class I showed an amazing video of eruptions from the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. This was one of our “curiosity links” for this week. In one class, student questions about how lava cools led me to discuss “lava tubes” and show this photo of a lava tube which I took in 2009 when our family visited
Minecraft Let’s Play?
Hey it’s Rachel! I’m thinking of starting a minecraft on my youtube channel, RachelArtist. Make sure to check it out! xoxo
Saving Bruce the Shark
This short video, “Saving Bruce the Shark,” is a creative story told and created by Rachel yesterday using the iPad app, “ToonTastic.” Since we added a new iPad to our family collection, Rachel has inherited her own. Mom is encouraging her to use more apps for creative “making,” since her favorite computer activities continue to be WATCHING YouTube videos and playing
Hallelujah
I dedicate this to my Nana, who is in the hospital with pneumonia . Hope you get better Nana
Bowling is Fun Enhanced eBook
A few weeks ago when Rachel and I were in Manhattan, Kansas, we went bowling with my dad. I took photos while we were bowling with the idea that we would later create an eBook together. We did (using Book Creator for iPad) and took turns narrating it. It is available as a downloadable EPUB, a PDF without audio, and