Mr. Boulanger, Computer Teacher

This is Jane McGonigal explaining how the skills learnt while playing video games can help you fix bigger problems in real life:

The three games which according to her will change the world are:

Evoke – http://www.urgentevoke.com/

World without oil – http://www.worldwithoutoil.org/start.aspx

SuperStruct – http://www.superstructgame.org/

My 6th graders torn through the picture of this innocent iguana using one of the following online photo editing websites: www.lunapic.com, www.fotoflexer.com, and www.picnik.com. I highly recommend them if you want to have as much fun as they did doing these:

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These frightening Halloween posters were created by my diligent ghouls from 6th grade.

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Word is not at all friendly with images, so there is only one way to surmount obstacles: tackle them and practice until it is effortlessly done. Today the 6th graders created collage from multiple pictures which they cropped, resized, rotated and assembled in Word.

The best works come from Debbie & Gaurav:

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The 6th grade students are mastering the formatting of font in Microsoft Word. Nothing is left behind in this activity which kept us busy with margins, font styles, sizes, colors and the highlighter.

One of the best works by Milouise:

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