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Students at Kanaka have been busy creating lots of wonderful projects in the computer lab.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Winter 2016<\/h3>\n

Intermediate students will be learning to use Garageband 10.1.2<\/a> to record and create projects around their area of study in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Some students will be studying Bullying<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fall 2016<\/h3>\n

All Kanaka students have spent time learning about Internet Safety.\u00a0 Many of the Intermediates are using PowerPoint in Office 365 which allows them to do their projects online, collaborate on them, share them with others and hand them in online.\u00a0 We have been learning about maps, animals, adaptations and body systems and creating projects to illustrate our learning.<\/p>\n

Primary students are learning about living things, habitats, life cycles and adaptations while using websites like Starfall, ABCYA ( to practice reading and writing skills) and programs like Kidpix 3D to create animations, illustrations and stories to demonstrate their learning.<\/p>\n

Spring 2016<\/h3>\n

Grade 5s are studying renewable and non renewable resources in Canada and turning it into powerpoints in office 365 and podcasts or imovies<\/p>\n

Grade 4s are learning about explorers and using powerpoint in office 365<\/p>\n

Grade 3s are learning about biodiversity, food chains, computer programming and animations \u2013 using an animation app in abcya animate and scratch<\/p>\n

Grade 2s are learning about countries in the world<\/p>\n

Grade 1s and kindergartens continue to use the computers to learn skills in all subject areas along with our fabulous Kidpix 3d program<\/p>\n

Fall 2015<\/h3>\n

Grade 5s are studying the Human Body Systems and will be creating Powerpoints.\u00a0 These can be worked on at home or at school through the use of Office 365.\u00a0 See a sample here The Human Body Systems<\/a> and requirements here Human Body Powerpoint requirements<\/a>.<\/p>\n

May to July 2015<\/h3>\n

Grade 7s are taking fairytales and fracturing them to make modern versions of them \u2013 to be filmed with ipads ( in many cases using green screens ) \u00a0and edited in Imovie. Click here to see samples. Sneakerella<\/a>\u00a0 , Rebeccahood<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade 5\/6s are learning to make websites in Iweb \u2013 around many different subjects that they are passionate about. \u00a0They are posted on the classes and staff<\/a><\/em> page \u2013 click on the teachers name to see a few of the kids websites. \u00a0They are then going to work on Scratch ( a program designed by MIT to teach children how to program computers and create computer games ) scratch game rules<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade 4s are studying smoking and learning to make animations, then storyboards and scripts and finally making psas using imovie about smoking.<\/p>\n

Grade 3s are using learning to make animations to show how plants and seeds grow and have been doing research around a province in Canada this term.<\/p>\n

Grade 2s have been studying endangered species and making reports in Kidpix 3D.<\/p>\n

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Jan to March 2015<\/h3>\n