Fifth grade students have begun a new project at the Middle School, and they’re really rockin’ at it!
Gary Scholtens is a teacher at Webster City Middle School who focuses on computer applications.
Students have been working with and learning Microsoft Publisher in his 5th Grade Computer Apps Concert Tour unit.
“Nothing elicits more ‘Ooo’s’ and ‘Cool’,” Scholtens said. “The idea behind the unit is this: Each student is in a band and wants to make their band famous. To do this, they must create the documents that will propel them to stardom.”
Recently students invented a band, and since then they have been creating the documents that would make their band more visible and famous. These documents include a beginning planning form where they come up with a name for their band, the band members, what type of music it plays and all contact information for the band. After that they work on a logo, a letterhead, t-shirt, and a bumper sticker. If they have time they can also do a CD case cover and insert, a concert ticket, a backstage pass, and their tour bus graphics.
Scholtens said the students are presented with the basic knowledge of desktop publishing in the fall. Then they do some practice products together as a class.
When Scholtens feels like they are ready, each person starts working individually on their Concert Tour projects. The students are allowed to move at their own speed and level of understanding.
“This helps differentiate the learning to match each student’s needs,” he said. “Most students would say this is the favorite thing they work on in Computer Apps.”
Below are some pictures of students working on their projects:
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