Why We Love Magee....by 4th and 5th Graders

Magee students love their school, but what do they love about it?  I wanted to expose the 4th and 5th graders to the online tool. Pow Toon.  Pow Toon  allows users to create animated videos.  I also wanted the students to do work collaboratively.  I first introduced Pow Toon to the group and let them each create their own video about anything they wanted.  The students were very excited.  Some even came back the next day with their video done!  The next week I let the students choose their own group of two or three.  Their job was to create a Pow Toon describing one thing about Magee they love.  Students chose things like TEAM time, art class, recess and field trips.  We discussed how our audience is someone we would like to convince to come to our school.  We also talked about how to work in a group.  It's up to the group members to work together to choose a topic and make sure everyone contributes.  It was fun to watch their collaboration.  Here is a link to their videos.