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TECHNOLOGY

THE KNOWLEDGE, ARTIFACTS, PROCESSES, & SYSTEMS THAT ARE USED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS OR MEET NEEDS & ARE THE PRODUCT OF THE PROCESS OF ENGINEERING

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP &
INTERNET SAFETY

GOOGLE ACTIVITIES

WEB DESIGN

ANIMATION

Green Screen Animation

*GREEN SCREEN (luscious, gamma or vulcan green, or blastoff blue) - fabric, paper, felt, a car sunshade, a tri-fold science board, poster, plastic or heavier tablecloth, folder, free pizza boxes (donated from a store) painted green, lego plates, bottles, masks, cups, slinkies, stencils of any shape, lids, ornaments, cookie cutters, markers, etc. (choices are endless...)

*GREEN CHAIR or CLOTH FOR A GREEN COVER- very helpful for student shots
*A GREEN-SCREEN APP
*OBJECTS FOR A STORY
*AN IDEA

Use to integrate with other subjects:
-Science, Math explanations or exploration
-Research projects
-Book reports
-Recite a poem
-Reader Theaters
-Weather Forecast
-Animal Research
-Puppets (Paint a skewer or popsicle stick green and use green silly putty to attach a paper or mini figure to the stick. Use green gloves to camouflage your hands as well.) Reader Theater below includes paper puppets you can print out. For more Reader Theaters, head over to the Arts page.

Stop Motion Animation

4th Graders - USERNAME: lunch#; PASSWORD: 1234

NEEDED:
*Camera technology and stand/tripod (for a 30-second film, at least 180 photos are used - 6 frames per second for beginners) 
*Lighting to decrease shadows (2 small desk lamps)
*Creation or collection of objects to manipulate - paper, manipulative objects made from play-dough or clay, whiteboard story, legos, mixed, etc. (legos make additional days of videoing easier to recreate)
*Creation of a backdrop
*Creation of a set where the story takes place

BRAINSTORMING:
*Location-based: school, store, home, space, beach, etc.
*Character-based: superheroes, animals, inanimate objects, etc.
*Story Telling: fairy tales, nursery rhymes, storybooks, novels, etc.
*Instructional/Subject Tie-in: science units, history units, etc.

STORYBOARD FOR EACH SCENE: 
*What's happening?
*Where's the focus?
1-2 characters per person
*Starting positions
*Ending positions

EDITING:
*Remove bad frames (showing hands, etc)
*Manual edits
*Loop it
*Reverse it

FINAL TOUCHES:
*Voiceovers
*Sound effects
*Intro/credits - Google Slides, animation, Canva, etc
*Instrumental music

ENGINEERING

EVALUATING RESOURCES AND CONSTRAINTS TO CREATIVELY DESIGN, BUILD, & MAINTAIN TECHNOLOGY, IN ORDER TO REMEDY PROBLEMS, OR MEET A NEED OR DESIRE