Let it Begin...
My 6th graders are off to a good start. They created their character avatars using Hero Machine this week. I gave them a brief look at my Popplet (I haven't shared it publicly YET) that shows the progression of quests as a sort of "trailer" for things to come.
They are excited! Quests waiting for them to unlock include:
- Creative writing (storybird)
- Creating Music (uJam and isleoftune)
- Listen to my rendition of a segment of "The Raven" set to Rap Music,auto-tuned using uJam.
- A quick taste of Computer Programming (via code.org video, codecademy.com)
- Digital Photography (taking, transferring files multiple ways, creative compositing on Pixlr.com)
Getting Started
I removed last year's users and added all of this years by inviting them through the teacher Dashboard. To quickly invite them all:
- Using Gaggle.net (you could use any method to get a list of your student email addresses), I copy/pasted all their email addresses from my list of users (free for ~200 users, first must attend a webinar of sorts, then become an administrator, well worth the trouble)
- Set check the default group they should be in ("Mr. Suter's Level 6" in my case), then invite.
I used a similar method of copy/pasting email addresses from my teacher dashboard on Diigo.com (free educator upgrade) so students have a place to keep their own list of oft-used URLS.
Excited to be in 3DGameLab again, creating quests, creating new content alongside my students.
