Article posted November 4, 2009 at 08:46 PM GMT-5 •
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On October 30, 2009 four teachers and three classes held video conferences. Because of the difference in time zones this event was not easy to arrange. It began at 10 AM when the Brainwaves held a video conference with Mrs. Tarasevich's students in Aban, Russian, the Siberian Territory where it was 9 PM and very cold. They were having a sleep over at their school, but went to their teacher's home where the internet connection was better. An hour later, Mr. Smith's fourth grade, from Eugene Field School in Hannibal, MO Skyped with Mrs. Tarasevich's class. This was followed by a video conference with Miss Knight in New Zealand. She had to get up at 4:30 in the morning in order to call Russia. After lunch Mr. Smith's class Skyped with the Brainwaves. Mr. Rapice brought some of his TAG students to join us. We traded Monster jokes and even spoke Mandarin with each other. Whew! What a day! A day to remember. Here's a video with some of the highlights.
Article posted November 4, 2009 at 08:46 PM GMT-5 •
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Article posted October 30, 2009 at 07:26 PM GMT-5 •
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The Brainwaves are second graders from Columbus School in Bridgeport, CT. We participated in the Monster Project along with classes from all over the USA as well as Russia, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, England, Turkey, Uganda, Taiwan, and the Dominican Republic. This was a collaborative project. All the classes built monsters based on the body part descriptions suggested by each class. The whole project was organized by Terry Smith of Eugene Field School, in Hannibal, MO.
Article posted October 30, 2009 at 07:26 PM GMT-5 •
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Article posted October 29, 2009 at 06:12 PM GMT-5 •
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We made this stop motion animation as part of the Monster Project. We read Where the Wild Things Are. Next we made a flow chart and wrote a summary of the story. Then we made a story board. We wrote the script. We had to estimate how many pictures we would need to take at 10 frames per second to fit with our narration. Some of us worked on the project during lunch and gym. We want to thank Mr. Ferguson, of Lafayette Regional School in Franconia, NH. Mr. Ferguson came to our school last year and taught us how to make a stop motion video. Mr. Ferguson this one's for you and "wild things" everywhere.
Article posted October 29, 2009 at 06:12 PM GMT-5 •
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Article posted September 26, 2009 at 04:35 AM GMT-5 •
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We participated in the 11th annual O.R.E.O. Project. We estimated how many OREO cookies we could stack. We made predictions, tallies, graphs and charts. We even made cookie sculptures. We sang "C is for Cookie" and read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. We will compare our results with those of hundreds of other classes from around the world at the O.R.E.O. Project website. Finally, we ate the cookies. A great time was had by all. Take at look!
Article posted September 26, 2009 at 04:35 AM GMT-5 •
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Article posted September 15, 2009 at 09:47 PM GMT-5 •
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We were finally able to meet our blogging buddies, The Livewires. On Tuesday, September 15, 2009 we had our Back to School Night in Connecticut. We scheduled a Skype call for 6:30 pm. It was 10:30 am, Wednesday, September 16 in New Zealand. Here, it was summer heading into autumn but in New Zealand it was winter heading into spring. We talked for twenty minutes. We had many parents in attendance as well as several of last years Brainwaves. Here are a few highlights from our video conference.
Article posted September 15, 2009 at 09:47 PM GMT-5 •
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Article posted September 3, 2009 at 08:27 PM GMT-5 •
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They are only seven years old. It's the third day of second grade, but already they are thinking ahead. They are the new group of Brainwaves and they will be graduating from college in the year 2024.
Article posted September 3, 2009 at 08:27 PM GMT-5 •
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Article posted June 19, 2009 at 11:08 PM GMT-5 •
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This is our final video of the year. School ends June 24. We will miss all the friends we made this year. We made this time lapse video and then ran it backwards. We did it twice first using a pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. It took 65 minutes to melt. We estimated that it would take anywhere from 5 minutes to 60 minutes to melt. Next we tried Breyers ice cream and we used almost a quart (about a liter). It took over two hours to melt. We ran the video backwards because it's hard to buy melted ice cream and then freeze it. We might damage the laptop and webcam if we put them in the freezer. We hope you enjoy our video. Many of us plan to continue to blog over the summer, so please continue to leave us comments.
No, we didn't get to eat the Ice Cream Sundae, but Mr. Greenberg did buy ice cream sandwiches for the whole class. MMMMM they were gooooood!
Article posted June 19, 2009 at 11:08 PM GMT-5 •
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Article posted June 2, 2009 at 05:19 PM GMT-5 •
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Voices of the World is two years old and the Brainwaves have been there from the beginning. Each month over 60 classes around the globe prepare a project in their native language. Here is our May task. Sing along if you know the words.
Article posted June 2, 2009 at 05:19 PM GMT-5 •
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Article posted April 9, 2009 at 05:01 PM GMT-5 •
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We are participating in the My Favorite Toys and Games Project. It was started by Mrs. Tarasevich of Aban, Russia and Ms. Knight of New Zealand. To learn more about the project, join or see the work of other classes from around the world please visit the Favorite Toys and Games Project. The children are comparing the toys and games that they play with to the toys and games that their parents, teachers and grandparents played with when they were children. Each night a different Brainwave took a Flip video camera home and interviewed a family member, friend or teacher. You can see all eighteen videos by visiting their individual blogs.
Article posted April 9, 2009 at 05:01 PM GMT-5 •
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