Internet City!

Hey first and second graders!  Here's another chance for you to share your great thoughts and earn a CARES coupon.

This week in Technology, we have been exploring the internet by taking the Google "bus" and visiting the house of PBS Kids.  Remember that Cursor (friend to Faux Paw, the techno cat) says the internet is like a big city.   We've had some fun exploring the internet city.

Now it's your turn to think about cities and towns.  Let's say that you had a chance to design your own city.  What would your city look like?  Would it have a theme - for instance a "sports" city, a "movie" city, a "book" city, or even a "bubble gum" city?   Would the buildings look like ours now or would they be very different? Perhaps it is a city that is underground, or even in the sky.   Use your imagination and write at least one sentence telling us something interesting about your imaginary city.  Remember to post your FIRST name and your teacher's last name - and have some fun!  :)

A Kaleidoscope Buggy View!

Yup!  This is the way bugs see Ms. Wolf.  Some insects see the world through a "kaleidoscope" lens.  This week, you are taking kaleidoscope pictures in our class.   For this blog post, imagine that you could be as small as a bug for a whole day.  You would be safe (no one would squish you) but you could go places that only bugs can go.  Where would you visit?  The inside of a wall or beneath the floor?  What would you see or hear when you are so small?  Would you travel in a backpack or someone's purse?  Imagine the adventures you could have!

* Please remember when you post to include your teacher's name and your first name so Ms. Wolf knows who to give the CARES coupon to.   Have fun and be creative!

Larry the Lightbulb

Do you remember "Larry" the light bulb?  Well it is your turn to use your imagination and make other things "talk."  Go to your refrigerator and look inside.  Choose one thing; a gallon of milk, ketchup, some leftovers, ice cream in the freezer, whatever!  If this item could talk what would it most want the world to know?  Be creative and have fun!  Please make sure to include your teacher's name and your FIRST name so I know who to give the CARES coupon to.   Remember, technology is about thinking!  :)  

Our First Think About!

Welcome to our Technology blog for grades one and two at Valentine Hills Elementary.  This will be a place to find out what we are doing in technology AND add your thoughts too!  

Every week, you will find a "think about" posted here.  These are meant to help you exercise your creative and critical thinking brains.  If you would like to earn a CARES coupon, please respond to the prompt, and post your first name (no last names, please) along with your teacher's name.   Here's our first post:

Yes, this is a dinosaur's chin!  Actually both of these pictures are life-sized replicas  of dinosaurs that live at "Dinosaur Hill" in Rapid City, SD.  Please write at least one sentence sharing your thoughts about what you think life would be like if dinosaurs still lived on earth with us.    Hmmmmmmmm.......