Communication Unit

The Grade 3/4/5 have been learning about communication technology. Our central idea is "Technology advances have an impact on communication and behavior". 
For this unit we have been learning about cyber safety. We did a Venn diagram about positive behaviors and negative behaviors on communicating using social media. We also did a brainstorm on different ways on communicating and when we were finished, we sorted them in groups.
For our summative assessment, we are taking control of our class blog and to make our own futuristic communication device. Every students in our class will get a chance to take photos and to start writing a post for the blog. For the communication device, we will have to design and construct our own communication device. The reason we are doing the blog is because blogging is another way of communicating with people around the world.
Each of us  had to think about what our device will do and to try to invent something new. This is the time to show how creative we are.

This is when we were constructing our devices.

We started our paper mache communication devices by blowing up a balloon and covering it with paper mache. We needed to have 2 layers of paper mache or more so it's strong. Then we cut it in half so each of us gets one half each. Then everybody started to design our communication devices. 
After we finished constructing our devices, we have to make a little blurb and a set of instructions on how to use the devices. Then when everything's finish, we displayed it on top of our lockers.

We really enjoyed doing this project.