NEIT16+Open+Space+3N+-+Conference+House+Dogwood

Led by Kim Deveaux : Ethical Culture Fieldston School Liam Webster : St Hilda's and St Hugh's School - note taker Jim Anderson : Packer Collegiate Nisha Joshi : Cathedral School Bryan Rosen : Nightengale-Bamford School Mary Murray-Jones : Hackley School.

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BeeBot in Kindergarten, a small wagon was tied to the Bot and they had to take a snack from one class to the next. BeeBots integrated into Social studies, by using a map of Central Park. Having the bots navigate the park and NYC.

First graders at ECF made observations about 5th grader behaviors, and made a video to warn against what they saw as improper hallway behavior.

At NB, large MaKey MaKey proejct to make Operation board games. Used with Scratch. Students used images they wanted for the operation subject.

Explain Everything, Book Creator are popular apps. Packer has a few Book Creator projects, then have a Book Publishing party, where the kids present their published work.

Hackley having students write a book review, then add that review to the card catalog, then publish it online using the Follett system. Lesson on creating content for the media. E.g., how to format info for powerpoint slides, or get the message across to kindergarten students who can't read yet.

Using Logo to create a Pong like program. Some students who really understood coding created very advanced games requiring points accumulation, other students created very very advanced drawings with a simple interaction with the "ball" just moving back as part of the drawing.

Social Studies, one year built a city in Minecraft, then the next year's class dug up the ruins of the city from the year before.