about 2 days ago - 3 comments
This is a student post by Nathan, Jacob, and Nolan. . We are going to show you how to draw an airplane. The illustration is accompanied by a rap with the step by step directions. We learned how to increase the speed of a video using Windows Movie Maker. We also remixed music using UJAM. More >
about 2 days ago - 2 comments
This is a student post written by Elaina and Jenelle. * . The website, Cool Math Games, has educational games. In one of the games for example, BLOXORZ, the goal is to get a rectangular shape into a hole. It gets very difficult at times, but it teaches you problem solving skills. I would definitely More >
about 3 weeks ago - 8 comments
In celebration of Earth Day this past April 22nd, we made our third annual Paperless Earth Day books. You can see our past Earth Day books by clicking here (Earth Day 2011) and here (Earth Day 2012) . We used KidPix4 and TuxPaint to illustrate our ideas. Take a peek at some ways we take care of More >
about 4 weeks ago - 4 comments
This is a student post by Emily and Claire for Mr. Mannell (and a short video for all of our readers!) You can visit Mr. Mannell’s site, Extended Comments for Students, by clicking here. * We are so thankful for the video you sent us! The student performers did a great job! We can tell More >
about 1 month ago - 25 comments
Today, the Techie Kids had a wonderful surprise! We received a package in the mail from the fabulous, Mr. Mannell (@RossMannell). He has been doing an amazing job of supporting my 3rd through 8th grade bloggers. Here are the first comments that we shared on our Winter in Michigan post. * Here are the links More >
about 2 months ago - 18 comments
Hooray! Hooray! It’s Skyping Day! Today our first group of Techie Kids had their first chance to Skype while they were at school. We were able to meet Mrs. Kistler and the 49er’s. We were so excited! This year, 3rd graders learn about our great state of Michigan. We have worked hard to find out More >
about 2 months ago - 4 comments
Blogging is simply amazing! Thank you for helping us learn about our world and how technology lets us make connections in ways that weren’t possible before. . Our Winter in Michigan post received 86 comments. Our readers commented from 15 different locations, 6 different states in the U.S., 6 different countries, on 4 different continents. More >
about 3 months ago - 93 comments
As we have been discovering different blogs around the world, we began to notice a few things about the weather. Some of us were talking about the cold temperatures and all the snow we’ve been getting like, Mr. Avery’s class and Mr. Salsich’s class, and the snow we are hoping to get, Mrs. Watson’s class. More >
about 3 months ago - 3 comments
With Valentine’s Day approaching, the Techie Kids have been talking about friendship and kindness. We are grateful for our friends. That makes us want to practice being kind to others. * Here are some of the ideas we shared. Click on the picture-link below to hear a story about an unlikely friendship between a baby More >
about 4 months ago - 27 comments
The Techie Kids have been working hard in our computer lab. We’ve learned about Internet Safety, avatars, digital footprints, keyboarding, word processing, presentations, animations, spreadsheets, research skills, images, and citations. Whew, that’s not bad for only 40 minutes once per week! We are finally ready to begin blogging! Last week, we discussed some of the features More >
about 1 year ago
Dear Mrs. Moore
I have never did a globle project or anything like that before. Could you give me some advice about what its like to make one of those globle projects. And I like that disco Santa game.
Sincerly Maria
about 1 year ago
Dear Maria,
Did you know that every time you leave a comment you a part of a global learning project? That’s a big reason why we use Techie Kids. It helps us to learn more about our world in a very interesting way. Stories Around the World is another, special way we can learn with new friends. Have you visited the Stories Around the World blog yet?
Your teacher,
Mrs. Moore
about 1 year ago
Dear Techie kids,
ries around the world thing I did not know. How many posts have you guys done so far? We have done 2. What have your posts been about? One of our posts is how to make Pablo Picasco monsters.
From,
Cameron
The Classroom Connection
about 1 year ago
Dear Cameron,
Thank you for leaving us a comment! We have published 198 posts since we began blogging. 15 of them have been since this school year started. Our most recent post was about Christmas Fun. Did you try out any of our websites from our Christmas Sqworl? We did see your post about your Picasso Monsters. Your projects were well done and we enjoyed looking at them! Are you having fun leaving comments for other classes? What are you looking forward to the most during your vacation?
Your friends,
Mrs. Moore and the Techie Kids
about 1 year ago
Hello class and Mrs. Moore. I have just landed in Amsterdam and thought I would share with all of you. I am not staying here long. I will be leaving for Italy soon, but thought I could share a couple of fun facts with you. Amsterdam is the largest city and capital of The Netherlands in Europe. The time is 6 hours ahead of Michigan and it is about 40 degrees here right now. I will try to blog again from Turin, Italy. Have a great day!
about 1 year ago
Dear Mrs. Misany,
Thank you so much for leaving us this incredible comment! Our class was very excited! You have shared some wonderful locations with us. We are all exploring Google Earth right now to find out where in the world these cities and countries are. We noticed that the temperature is very similar to where we live. We wonder if the temperature is consistently similar to us.
We see that you had to travel across the Atlantic Ocean to get to Europe. Erin found that the body of water that borders the Netherlands is the North Sea. We also tried to find out the distance between our city and Amsterdam. We discovered that Google Earth and Google Maps will not calculate the distance. We see options for directions by car, by bus, by bike, and by foot. We think that it may not be calculating because there is not an option for an airplane or ship. This makes us wonder if there is a different tool we could use to find out the distance. Thank you for inspiring us to learn more about our world!
Your friends,
Mrs. Moore and the Techie Kids
about 1 year ago
Hi class, thank you for the reply! I’m glad that you enjoyed the post and your research. Great job on finding out all of that information, and Erin on finding the North Sea! It sounds like your class is great at researching.
The weather was close to the same in Turin, Italy also. The word Turin is the English translation of Torino. You may have heard of that. In Italy, all of my Italian colleagues say Torino. I think I like that better anyway! They like to talk about their history a lot. One night we walked to dinner (because they walk a lot there), and we went through the town square called San Carlo Square (Piazza San Carlo). There is a big statue in the center named after Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Savoy (the first and former portion of the United Kingdom of Italy), who moved the capital from Chambery, now in France, to Torino in 1563. The statue was built by Carlo Marocchetti in 1838 and celebrates the victory in the Saint Quentin, France battle (1557). I know that’s a lot of information, but I told you they like to talk about their history! I will send a picture to Mrs. Moore’s email to show you. The picture is from my phone, because I forgot my camera (boo), so it’s not the best quality.
I will blog on my next trip coming up soon. I’ll give you a hint: it’s on another different continent!
Have a great weekend!
about 1 year ago
Dear Mrs. Misany,
Thank you so much for leaving us another wonderful comment! We’ll be sure to respond in class tomorrow. The information you’ve shared helped me to make connections to my life. I loved my visit to Italy! You have inspired me to dig out my pictures. Maybe I’ll even scan a few images to post.
I am very excited to read more about your adventures in the future!
Your pal,
Mrs. Moore
about 1 year ago
Dear Mrs. Misany,
Thank you for the long comment. Sorry but we can’t search for you. We need to finish our excel project. We will respond soon.
Techie Kids,
Alexis and Lexie
about 1 year ago
Hello class from South America! I had a very interesting trip this week. I went from Detroit to Atlanta to Lima, Peru, all to get to Cordoba, Argentina. It is very beautiful there and HOT! It was around 35 degrees Celsius. The next day I went to Buenos Aires to Rio de Janiero, Brazil, to get to Curitiba, Brazil. The mountains, hills, and coastlines are amazing. After that I flew to Belo Horizonte, Brazil which is where I am now. The traffic here is crazy and there are cars everywhere! There are also lots of motorcycles that zoom in between. We just saw one hit a car and then keep going. Our driver says that’s a normal day here. There are lots and lots of houses everywhere too, just like on TV. Everybody is very nice though, and although the language is Portugese here and Spanish in Argentina, most people speak English too. Well, I have to catch my flight to Miami so I can get home to the U.S.A! Cannot wait! Thanks for being awesome!
Mrs. Misany