For second semester I decided that since many of my kindergarten students English language skills were growing and their comfort level on the computers was growing it was time for a more structured lesson with hopefully gradable for they could bring back to class and give to their teachers to assess them.
I decided a slow approach would be best and decided to start student with just a few tools the first class. I showed them the chalk, pencil, crayon and marker the first class as well as the color pallet. I showed them how to change the diameter of the tool they were using as well as how to change the kind of like they drew, straight curved or squiggly. Finally I showed them the shape options for these tools. Then they set off to log into KidPix and start drawing. As they created their digital masterpieces I went around and walked each student through how to save their works and where to save them. I figure that this will be a task we have to do over and over many times before any of them start to approach an independent level.
Most of the students did a great job exploring and sticking to the tools they were shown. I find that there are always a few, typically the students with the least amount of English who struggle and try to do things that were not part of the assigned task.
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Computers are almost ready to go.
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| Getting the computers ready to go for the kids for the first lesson. |
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| Drawings done by the kindergarten students. |
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| Learning to save. |
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| Creating line drawings. |
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Some students got very creative!
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| Saving our work! |
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