I've been doing some afterschool sessions with the Communities In Schools Of Orange County, and this week made some great connections with Middle School students in regards to technology, math, and art.
Lately I've had many students mention that mosaics are like a popular game called Minecraft. It's basically a 3d game in worlds built with cubes. For old timers, think square legos that can be animated. For some students, this connection to their technology experiences, helps everything click together (literally). This student was not particularly engaged until we hit upon the things that he likes, basketball and Minecraft.
He first planned his designs on graph paper, to help with scale, but preferred to access his laptop to recreate Lebron James and Kevin Durant (NBA players). This middle school is a 1-1 laptop school, and students are used to most of their lessons on the computer. When the students were finished, I handed them my digital camera (and many of them took their own phone photos) to let them document their own work.
*** Important programming note, when you hand your camera to 13 yr olds, expect some hilarious selfies...
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