One of my favorite computer lab projects is the Monster Project. Using monsters as a vehicle, students create monsters on the computer using the drawing program Early Learning Toolkit. Next, they write descriptive paragraphs in Microsoft Word describing their monsters. Many adjective-related activities both in the lab and classroom help the students think about powerful descriptions. Finally, our students exchange written descriptions with students from another school. There are more than 50 classrooms across the US and Canada participating in this year's project. Our partner schools are in Canada, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Illinois.
The second graders have drawn their monsters and began typing their descriptions today. Next week, each rough draft will have a new pair of eyes as they participate in the process of peer editing. Once suggestions are made and the drafts are edited, final copies will be uploaded to the project wiki.
Check out the wiki, http://monsterproject.wikispaces.com/Welcome, to learn more.
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