ASP Computer Activites: May 2012

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Awesome Kids Being Awesome

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Kids your age turning every day items and ideas into something amazing!

Lennon & Maisy putting Robyn to shame with only two butter dishes
A cardboard arcade that made over $2,000,000
Two weeks after this 9 year old started a food blog, her school started making changes in their school lunches
Go Abigail! She saw a need, and now is bringing happiness to hundreds.
At 9 years old, Winter created a triathlon team to help raise money for cancer research.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Japanese Shoji Screens

What is a Shoji Screen?
http://www.crayola.com/for-educators/lesson-plans/lesson-plan/simple-shoji-screen.aspx

Don't know what to put on your Shoji Screen? Here are some ideas for inspiration

Symbolic Animals in Japanese Culture: http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/japan/japanese-symbols-tiger-dragon-snake-rooster/1380
Colors: http://www.three-musketeers.net/mike/colors.html
Birds: http://janmstore.com/tsuru.html
Words: http://japanese.about.com/library/bl50kanji.htm

Friday, May 18, 2012

Teen Activities

Games:

Free Rice: http://freerice.com/category
Word Sushi: http://www.vocabsushi.com/

Videos:

Khan Academy (from homework help, to test prep to art) : http://www.khanacademy.org/

ASL | American Sign Language

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Hey!

A few of you have been interested in learning sign language signs, or wanted to know what a few of the ASL signs were. Here are some links to help you get those questions answered.

ASL Workbook (feel free to print it if you are going to be working on the courses):

http://www.start-american-sign-language.com/support-files/startasl_asl1_workbook.pdf

Start of the ASL Free Online Classes:

http://www.start-american-sign-language.com/learn-sign-language-asl.html

ASL Dictionary:

http://www.lifeprint.com/dictionary.htm

ASL Alphabet:

http://www.start-american-sign-language.com/american-sign-language-alphabet.html

Deaf Culture (facial expressions when signing, how/if speech is used, rules for behavior):

http://www.start-american-sign-language.com/deaf-culture.html

Thursday, May 10, 2012

May 15th, 2012 Activity Options

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TODAY'S ACTIVITY:

WE ARE CHOOSING AS A GROUP!

We can either have an original Origami contest. The person who makes the coolest, original origami piece, wins a homework reward card of their choice

-OR-

We can learn about, and write Haikus and have a poetry slam.
A Haiku: http://www.twodragonflies.com/4children.html | If you put your phrase in, this site will check to see how many syllables are in it! http://www.haikuwithteeth.com/index.php
Remember, Haikus are made up of three very short lines. The first line is 5 syllables, the second is 7 and the third is 5.

Example:

winter beach

an empty shell

holds the sound

-Peggy Lyles

The choice is up to you guys!

ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITIES:

Manga/Anime Activites:

Create your own Manga Character http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17219009
Create, draw and print your own Manga http://disney.go.com/create/apps/comiccreator/manga
Anime Character Creator http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/50078

Internet Scavenger Hunt Activites

Around The World Packet

Origami Activites

Origami Flower: http://mairuru.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-make-origami-lotus.html
Origami Fox Puppet: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-An-Easy-Origami-Fox-Puppet/

Okay really, anything you can think of, they have origami instructions for. If you can dream it, you can make it! Check this out! http://www.en.origami-club.com/fun/index.html

Art Activites

Make A Cherry Blossom Branch
Translate your name into Kanji and make a nameplate using the characters http://japanesetranslator.co.uk/dictionaries/your-name-in-japanese/
Let's publish your haikus on this site!