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Easter in the Computer Lab- 5th-8th Grade

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These are my Easter computer projects for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. All four grades did similar projects on the Easter Story, following the same list of events in the instructions, but with two different tools. 5th and 6th grade created presentations using Prezi , a fancier presentation tool than a simple slide show. 7th and 8th grade created short videos using WeVideo , a free online video editing software (similar to iMovie). These students were given the choice between an Easter Story event sequence I created or the Stations of the Cross (same as 4th grade). See instruction documents below for the sequence. All website links, instructions, and other documents were shared with students through  Google Classroom  and students learned to generate a "shareable" link to their projects and turned them in through Google Classroom also. I taught my 5th-8th grade students about the importance of copyright awareness and proper citation this year and they applied this knowledg