The White Oak Middle School Book Club is sponsoring book wars again this year. Sixteen books have been nominated as possible contenders for the ultimate prize-the favorite book at WOMS. Beginning next week all students will have the opportunity to vote in round one.
The newest addition to the White Oak Middle School Media Center Makerspace is a MakerBot Replicator 3D printer courtesy of the White Oak Education Foundation. Our students now have the opportunity to bring their ideas to life. Our first test designs have included the White House, the Empire State Building, and the Alamo.
The real challenge will be mastering the design process. This is where the real learning takes place. The Roughneck Tech Club will use design software like TinkerCad and SketchUp to bring our students’ ideas to life. Whether our students are printing prototypes, artifacts or scale models, the goal is for them to be creators and not merely consumers in the education process. We would like to expressly thank the White Oak Education Foundation for always supporting the students of White Oak ISD.
Stay tuned for more news from the WOMS Media Center…
The Roughneck Tech Club used Bloxels to create original video games this week. The Bloxels app and game board allows students to use their creativity and problem-solving skills to create complex video games. Using design logic and computer science, students can demonstrate knowledge in a variety of subject areas including mathematics, history, science and more.
Starting with the game board, Bloxels are then added to create a picture in the app. Students can create their own original characters and avatars. One hundred and sixty-nine different rooms can be designed to add complexity to the game.
Narrative stories can easily be added to compliment problem-based learning. Every virtual world is unique to each student.
Bloxels provides tutorial support as well as lesson plans and activities on their website. Check out Bloxels Across the Globe to find classrooms around the world that participate in video game design.
Once all the tech club members have finalized their video games, a game day will be held to share the creations!
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Common Sense, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids and families thrive in a world of digital media and technology, has recognized White Oak Middle School as a Common Sense Certified School: Digital Citizenship.
White Oak Middle School has demonstrated its commitment to taking a whole-community approach to preparing its students to use the immense power of digital media to explore, create, connect, and learn, while limiting the perils that exist in the online realm, such as plagiarism, loss of privacy, and cyberbullying.
“We applaud the faculty and staff of White Oak Middle School for embracing digital citizenship as an important part of their students’ education,” said Jessica Lindl, Head of Common Sense Education. “White Oak Middle School deserves high praise for giving its students the foundational skills they need to compete and succeed in the 21st-century workplace and participate ethically in society at large.”
White Oak Middle School has been using Common Sense Education’s innovative and research-based digital citizenship resources, which were created in collaboration with Dr. Howard Gardner of the GoodPlay Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The resources teach students, educators, and parents tangible skills related to Internet safety, protecting online reputations and personal privacy, managing online relationships, and respecting creative copyright. The free resources are currently used in more than 90,000 classrooms nationwide.
To learn more about the criteria White Oak Middle School met to become certified as a Common Sense Certified School, visit http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/certification.
The WOMS Student Council Pride and Patriotism Committee held a mock election in the media center on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.
Students registered to vote the week prior to the election in order to be eligible to cast their vote.
Please click on each graph below to see the results!
Donald J. Trump received the most votes for President.
