Website Exploration by Seth

We learned about ways to see if websites are fake like looking for things that aren't true.We also looked at resources like Searchasaurus, which gave us true information. Personally, I learned that I have to look at the website carefully to know if it is a website with factual information.

Today is the Day! by Mrs. Brown

I am SO excited to welcome back my 5th graders to Technology Exploratory this year! We have a rewarding trimester ahead of us as we focus on the role of technology in entrepreneurship. Although we will be using technology in a controlled environment, it is my duty and responsibility to teach the students how to be digital citizens that we can all be proud of here at The Davis Academy. Therefore, it was serendipitous when I came across this fantastic blog post by Andy Plemmons in my PLN. I was inspired and found myself adjusting my lesson plans at the 11th hour. I am thrilled to incorporate some of his genius into my first get together with the 5th graders today. So, if you are a parent of a child in 5A, ask them the following questions on the ride home today: What does it mean to be a digital leader? How can we take care of ourselves and of our technology this year? After all, it is the era of the entrepreneur...how can we leverage technology in a responsible way to help our ideas have a greater impact on the world?

Entrepreneurship Here We Come by Ellie

Today in technology, we are finishing up our websites and picktocharts.  We are working so hard to make this experience come true.  Everyone is having so much fun with this fun, exciting, memorable moment.  Us 5th graders are doing so well to accomplish this project and we hope it will turn out to be an amazing experience!  Now we are making a proto-type of our products to see our inventions come alive.  We are all having so much fun with this project and when this project is done, we will become true inventers, enterpreneurs, and artists.

Innovation Tips by Zoe

Today in technology we acquired some very beneficial innovation tips that are sure to make our business successful! Many businesses make mantras to advertise their companies and get little songs and words stuck in your head. The more you remember the mantra, the more likely you are to buy the product. Also, we are currently still in the midst of working on our Weebly websites. Our entire class is on the cusp of becoming true entrepreneurs!

Product Making Superstars by Daniel

Today in entrepreneurship explorotory, we are making and finishing up our websites for our "inventions" that we created ourselves. The website that we are using to create our website is Weebly which helps us create the format and say what we want to say on the format. Our class is having a great time building our websites!

Our Business Budgets!

Over the past few days we have been working on budgets for our business plans.  Every person has invented something and has started creating a business plan for their invention.  This week we were working on our budgets. We all figured out how much money we would spend through out the whole year.  Some of us spent millions and some only a few thousand dollars.  One of the inventions is called "Iflip" it is an invention to help people do gymnastics stunts and cheering stunts they thought they could never do!  Have a great and technological day!

Business Planning by Sammy

We are inventing our own products using a computer app called Google Docs. We are also writing a Business Plan about our own product.  In our business plan, we are explaining our product, sharing the price and describing what our product does. It is very, very fun. All of us really enjoy making our product!