With collaboration of Mrs. Keely Miller and Mr. Phillip Miller, the 8th graders were able to take their paper assignment, which was to design a Greek God Doll/Action Figure that has accessories, features, vehicle and 'collection items' written in a chosen Figurative Language, and create a 3D representation of their design. The BR STEAM LAB was our classroom for the last week. Students used Thingiverse to find their files they wanted to use to edit and create their final object. Through Meshmixer, students started their design by using their extracted Thingiverse files, cutting the parts they didn't need, appending parts from other files they did need, combining their different files, and for some, using the sculpting brushes to perfect their final design. Instead of a traditional multiple choice reading test, this was their final unit test. Students were on-task, engaged and using higher order thinking like: problem solving, creative thinking, constructing, creating, developing, time-management, task-oriented, evaluating, and reflection. Once students completed their design, they completed an Activity Reflection through Google Forms. Special thanks to the Mr. and Mrs. Miller for allowing us to experience learning outside our traditional classroom! Check out the pictures of students working, as well as, the Animoto video showing screenshots of each students' final 3D design that will end up being printed (shout out to Mr. Miller for taking the screenshots and printing their designs for us...you ROCK!).
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Kenneth Brown
10/1/2018 08:49:57 pm
This is awesome! Awesome teacher and awesome students!
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Keely Miller
10/2/2018 08:52:01 am
So glad we were able to have the classes come over to the lab and build their gods. The students did a wonderful job learning new software and thinking creatively to come up with an original figure to represent figurative language. Looking forward to future collaborations.
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Mrs. Yarbrough
10/2/2018 02:04:55 pm
Keely, thank you again for the opportunity to utilize the resources available here! I appreciate your willingness to collaborate and brainstorm with me. It has been a wonderful experience!
Mrs. Yarbrough
10/2/2018 02:01:39 pm
Thank you so much for taking the time to view our blog and comment.
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Dona Williams
10/2/2018 08:57:19 am
Awesome combination of creative teaching and learning meshed with a forward step into today's technological opportunities!
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Mrs. Yarbrough
10/2/2018 02:02:22 pm
Thank you for taking the time to view our blog and comment! I appreciate the support always!
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Shona Rose
10/2/2018 09:22:56 am
I love what you are doing to connect students to meaningful work and expression. What a great collaboration!
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Mrs. Yarbrough
10/2/2018 02:03:17 pm
Thank you so much for taking the time to view and comment on our blog! Your support is appreciated and insight is always valued.
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Ken Teel
10/2/2018 03:57:37 pm
The students are doing amazing work, and the collaboration with Ranch staff is phenomenal. Thanks for sharing these examples of great learning experiences.
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George Owen
10/8/2018 02:29:32 pm
Wow, this is amazing work. It's so cool the way the students are taking pride in the designs of these action figures.
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