Caterpillar in Mrs. Zoerhof's Live Nurse Cam

Update: As of 8:00 PM on Friday the caterpillar was acting much healthier. Google Hangouts lets us stream for 4 hours and then it stops. We were able to capture from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
If you click below you can watch a recording of the caterpillar seemingly getting back to normal. Be sure to drag the playhead to fast forward. It is the 56 minute mark where it finally gets all of its legs on the stalk again.


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Screencast: Learn to think like a programmer with Kerpoof's Make a Movie

Kerpoof.com's Make a Movie doesn't just allow users to make fun movies. It also can teach us to think the way computer programmers and game designers think...logically but only limited by their own imaginations.

Here is a lesson with Mrs. VanOmmen's second graders where we learn the basics of Kerpoof's Make A Movie.

Let the Light Shine: Screencast for building Google Lighthouse Presentation

Here is a screencast of today's work Mrs. Housenga's class and I completed on building a Lighthouse Presentation with Google Presentation.

We call this the "Learning DVR". Kids can go back and experience the lesson over again by fast-forwarding, rewinding, or jumping to a part they need to review.

Zooming in and out with Google Earth

First grade has been developing an understanding of how even though we are at Blue Star, we are still part of Hamilton, Michigan, The United States, and North America, as well as Earth. Here are screenshots from Google Earth to show this knowledge and take it deeper creatively.

 

Everybody Dance Now: Write an easy script to control sprite costumes

Here is a quick screencast showing you how to easily control a sprite's costumes in Scratch.

Building your first script in Scratch

I created this screencast for you to learn the basics of assembling scripts to make sprites move in Scratch. Once you know these very basic moves, the possibilities are endless for what you can make characters do.

Good Morning Bentheim

Good Morning Bentheim, We had a little fun with the Sony Xperia tablet's timelapse camera this morning as students filed into school. Video was enhanced with some help from Vimeo.com.

Good Morning Bentheim from Andy Losik on Vimeo.