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Special Projects done at Carpenter Hill Elementary, created by teachers, inspired by students.

Project 1: QR (Quick Response) Codes coming to a Book Near You! Our 4th and 5th grade students here at CHES have been working on a Book Talk Project that involved collaboration and communication between all 4th and 5th classroom teacher, Mrs. Weaver in SPED, Mrs. Massey our librarian and Mrs. Williams the TechApps Specials Teacher. Students wrote a summary and recommendation statement for a book read. During Technology Specials class students typed the summary and recommendation, changed the background color, inserted a shape, moved the shape as well as sent it behind the words while resizing text boxes. The following week during Technology the students inserted images of the book cover, adjusted colors as needed to reflect cover, and added a text box containing the call number. After final editing the PowerPoint Slide was saved a a JPEG. These images are being displayed in the library on a digital picture frame and the images are being saved to a wiki. Students then went to the wiki, copied the URL to then paste into a QR code generator and printed the QR code. This QR code has been placed into the reviewed book here at CHES! The next time another student takes home this book the family can use a smart phone, itouch or webcam to read the code and view the review.