Mechina, Minecraft, & More by Reese

We had an awesome week in technology. On Tuesday, we all taught mechina children about keeping screens clean, head phone storage, not eating around the devices, etc. To do that, we made movies about our topic, then we all made interactive stations to teach them about our topic. It was super fun and the Mechina classes loved it!!!

At the beginning of the trimester, we all had to think of an invention that doesn't exist and then make a business plan and budget for it.Today we are building our prototypes on Minecraft.  Some people have tons of experience with Minecraft, and others don't. So it it very interesting to see how it works out!!!

Helping Others by Isaac

Our class is making a skit and a game for younger kids. One group's motivation is storing devices in secure places. They are making a skit where there are two people and one of them is telling the other person that they are putting the device in a bad place. The game is a scavenger hunt and when the kids find the device, they ask "is this a good place or a bad place?". Once they answer using their knowledge from the video/skit they discuss the scenario with the younger kids. That is what our class is doing to help younger kids with technology.

5th Grade Tech Teachers by Jacob

We are making technology lessons for the Mechina kids! Our topics are: Keyboard Care, Headphone Storage, Keeping Screens Clean, Avoid Food and Drink by Technology, and Secure Device Storage. Some people are making skits, and some are song parodies, and there are many more fabulous ideas. This is extremely fun, and awesome that we get the privilege to do this.

Glimpse of Business By: Dawson S.

Today all of my classmates are finishing their business plans for technology. To come up with them we jotted down ideas with Mrs.Brown. What I am making is a DNA Enhancer to Enable flight. It's pretty self explanatory. Sammy is making flavored envelopes. Isaac is making a water bottle which changes flavors. Avery is making a backpack which has an umbrella come out of the back. We are a very creative group with some great ideas to bring into the world.

Sparking Innovation with Problem-Solving by Lia

As a class, we are thinking about life problems and are trying to think of solutions. The solutions could be anything. Then we are looking to see if our solutions already exist in the world. Tomorrow we are going to have a guest speaker that is going to tell us about what he does as a technology entrepreneur. He works at Atlanta Tech Village. We look forward to asking him questions about how he got started.

First Day of Technology by Ori

Today we started technology, we are very excited for this trimester. Today we are making self portraits of ourselves on the computer. Then, we guess which  self portrait belongs to whom. We are doing this as an icebreaker activity.

The Process of Inventions by Hannah

Of all the weeks of technology, we have been making inventions. So the first thing that we did was we picked what we wanted to invent by brainstorming things that we wanted to solve in the world, then we drew a picture of it using drawisland.com, after that we made a website with Weebly.com, we created a budget with Google numbers, we made an infographic with Piktochart, we built a prototype in Minecraft, and then we made a storyboard for our pitching ideas with storyboardthat.com. After that process, we had to present like we were on Shark Tank. It was really cool! So we acted like we were the "judges" and we listened to everyone that presented. Everyone in the class presented what their product was. On the computer in Google forms, we voted for the one that we like and wanted to "invest" in the most. Kelli and Jonathan won. Kelli's invention was the "Kitty Toilet". It was a toilet that flushes for cats. She was motivated to invent that because kids are tired of having to clean up gross litter. Jonathan's invention was "Shoe Robot". His product was a little robot that ties your shoes when they are untied. I cannot believe that technology is over! It all was so much fun!! :)