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8th Gr. Haiku Video

My 8th graders are working on haiku videos. This involves students writing a haiku and then creating a video with 5/7/5 video clip that symbolically represent the haiku. They must also include music and the text of the haiku.
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Maker Movement Skill Set

I have been pondering the skill set that is required for the maker movement. Students learn point and two point perspective drawing skills in my 5th grade art program. This skill set prepares them for their future STEAM classes in middle school, when they will design, build, laser cut, and 3D print their projects. 
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London Science Museum

Print the Future at the London Science Museum Check out the photos in the Print the Future's Twitter feed below. STEAM is all around us.
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Flipping My Class II

Using Haiku (an online classroom management system), I providing more ways for students to collaborate and reflect their knowledge. I embedded a Padlet into my 7th grade Haiku by copying pasting the HTML code. Questions related to our Van Gogh unit were posted. Students then respond on the Padlet. This allows our discussions to happen in and outside the classroom.
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