Fifth graders kicked off the new school year with a celebration of themselves at Unqua Elementary School. Each student created a personalized digital cubby, a project that helped classmates get to know each other while also expanding their technology skills.
It was a new project this year for Unqua’s fifth grade, and allowed students to showcase their unique personalities. On the first day of school, computer teaching assistant Monia Sherman took a photo of each student. When it was time to create the project on their Chromebooks, children added their pictures over a background of a brick wall. Next to them was a large cubby, which they filled with images representing their hobbies, interests and likes. They included their favorite animals, clothing brands, food, sports teams, television shows and more.
The projects were created in Google Slides, and students also used Remove BG. They were printed out and hung throughout the fifth grade hallway. Teacher Sarah Lang said that the goal is to keep the digital cubbies up through June, and hang their artwork other projects below throughout the year.
