Computer Holiday Projects DIGEST

[Monica Biswas]

>Fromdigital photo greeting cards to ornaments made out of old computer 
parts and Kid Pix movies, I hope you find interesting activities for your 
young people in this holiday season.  Happy Holidays!

Monica
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Message 1:
From: Junghart at aol.com

I don't know of any specific web sites, but the kids that access my 
computer center will be creating picture frame ornaments for their 
families from CDs and creating their own christmas cards.  We also put out 
recyclable computer parts and glue and glitter and let the kids have at 
them to create theit christmas ornaments.  The kids love doing that type 
of stuff and it isn't limited by age or sex.  Also, we made clocks out of 
CD rom and HArd Drive Circuit boards and the physical hard drive disk. 
They are very easy to make and only take a few minutes. 

If you have any questions feel free to email me at junghart2002 at aol.com

Heather Jackson 
Computer Center Coordinator
West Central Community Center
Spokane, WA

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Message 2:
From: Lkg9912312 at aol.com

http://www.allcrafts.net/xmas.htm#freeprojects

I hope this is a good link for you.  If not, let me know.  There are 
plenty of them.

Linda Gray

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Message 3:
From: "David Keyes" <david.keyes at Seattle.Gov>

We did a greeting card project one year where the youth did digital photos 
of their family and then made them into greeting cards. They could add 
sayings, more art, etc. We actually did this at an event with families and 
they walked away with a print-out and a disk with their cards on it. It 
could certainly be done without the families there though. 

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Message 4:
From: Screech152 at aol.com

A simple computer project that elementary students enjoy is to make a 
slide show using the Kid Pix program.  I have used the theme of the toy 
that came to life under the Christmas tree.  The students enjoy creating 
their first scene, saving the file, and then making minor changes to it. 
By the time they complete their project they might have 30 slides for a 
short slide show, but the feeling of accomplishment when they see their 
"movie" is great. I have also used the idea of using Kid Pix with a 
Christmas song.  We like the song of Mary, Did You Know by Kenny Rogers. 
The students love to draw a scene that goes with the song and then set all 
of their works of art to the music and play it for all to see.  It is 
amazing to see how detailed they can be and where their creative minds 
lead them.

Zoe Ellen Dolbee
Holy Family School
screech152 at aol.com

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