03-30 -- Charades

Today, the students chose charades out of a hat. They chose three suggestions and acted them out. They were recording themselves on a video camera. They will be working on creating a power point presentation with all three videos

03-25 -- Radio Interviews

The students today acted as reporters and formulated a list on interview questions to ask eachother. Connor asked Rosa asked questions and Kamil asked Connor questions. They recorded the information and put it on a ulead document. After, they recorded video to accompany the audio. The timing was a bit off :)

03/23/09 -- Radio Broadcasts

The png students experienced what it was like to be in a radio show. First, they got toghether and made a script including the weather, localand breaking stories, and self made advertisments. Today we started recording segments of the broadcast, filled with special sound effects and editing.

The Spring Session Has Begun!

PNG is now open for the new year and we are glad to see some returning faces. Spots are still available for new or old students., so please sign up at the Youth Services desk if you are still interested. Our next class will be this Wednesday at 5:00.

Today we handed out rules and expectations. A variety of new projects are planned for the upcoming session and we hope everyone will enjoy! This session we will be putting emphasis on teaching basic skills in a wide range of Microsoft programs. We will also be putting together a radio broadcast project. Stay tuned to keep track of this sessions fun and exciting projects!

Spring Session Is Almost Here!!!

Sign up now for PNG's Spring Session. Starting Februrary 16th and continuing Mondays and Wednesdays from 5pm - 7pm until April 8th.

For more information about PNG in general, click here.

Logos!

On the last day of png the students created their own logo for project next generation. They also created mentor profiles.

Choose your fate!!

Today at PNG the students created stories with multiple endings. You could lose your life in sudden twist of fate, or you can test your luck and survive to the end. In their powerpoint students used action buttons to make the story come alive.

Youtube and Movie Editing

The kids were excited to finally create their videos for YouTube. The videos captured on the camera were recorded without sound. The kids later added their own special sound effects and even music such as Shake it by Metro Station. Here are some of the videos created by the png students..

Around the World in 80 Minutes and Youtube

At the beginning of class we gave the kids $10,000. In fake money of course. They were then able to book their flight, hotel, and transportation to any international city. They went to Rome, Istanbul, and even Buenos Aires all in just 80 minutes! They made brochures of all the attractions that their city had to offer. After they finished visiting their cities and staying in fancy 5-star hotels. they made videos to upload on to Youtube. They need a little work on their camera skills, but they will soon be making movies for Hollywood!

Halloween!

Halloween is just around the corner, so in the spirit of the holidays the students made Halloween masks! They took a picture of themselves which they uploaded to Photoshop to edit them into scarier versions.

Diorama!!

Today the kids created their dream homes. They got to choose from theme such as medieval, Indian, and modern. The PNG class is creating the world's future architects. Students printed out three rooms and connected them to create an actual home.

Decades Day

Today students chose a decade to research on. Kids learned about famous people, events and the atmosphere of the era. They found out how different life was during the different eras. Students gathered up pictures and information to create a paper on the era.

Creative Cities

Today in class we gave the kids some free time at the beginning of class, but we soon got to work. Each student had to come up with an idea for a city or world of their own. Their ideas ranged from Facebook Land to Skateboard Worldz and even a futuristic Electric City. Not only did they have to get an idea for a city, but they also had to come up with its history, population, and pictures of its most famous residents. We used Photoshop to edit pictures of our worlds and entered all the information in a brochure in Microsoft Word.

Website Design

Today we used Google's 'Sites' application to create websites. The students put their interests, hobbies, and favorite things on the site. They also have the option to update it like a blog.


After finishing this, we moved on to playing an online lemonade stand game. The kids controlled the price and ingredients for their lemonade in hopes that they could make the best possible profits. They then entered this data from each day into an Excel Spreadsheet.

Pivot Man

Today in PNG we were going to continue to work on our comics, but the students demanded that we try Pivot Man. This fun and interactive program allows you animate a stick figure by bending him at different points of his body. Along with the stick figure, there is also an elephant, a horse, and even a cowboy to choose from. After the kids became familiar with the program we had a contest to see who could make the best animated short.

PNG! day 2

Comic strip project today! the guys started taking pictures and making a story line. the photos were edited in photoshop.

Fall Session 2008

The Project Next Generation Fall 2008 Session at Elmwood Park Public Library is almost here!

Sign up now for Monday/Wednesday classes from 6pm-8pm, starting Sept. 27th and running until Nov. 17th!

For more information send us an e-mail or visit the library's Youth Services Department.

Exploring the Universe

Today after the kids worked on typing they used Microsoft Excel to make a replica of the solar system. It was complete with the Sun and all 8 planets from Mercury to Neptune. It's OK Pluto, we're not a planet either.

It's hard to believe that we only have one more class left!

7/31 Thursday- Payroll

today in class the students made Company payroll. they also spent sometime on typing

7/30 Create a Company

Today the students got to create there own company and make a payroll after they finished working on Typer Shark (they sure are getting good at typing). They then learned how to use Microsoft Excel in various new ways. Finding averages and sums of numbers were just a few skills they were able to pick up. And finally at the end of class we determined whose T-shirt design would be used for our summer session shirts! Thanks to Jill Stoller for having such a great design!! We can't believe that there are only 2 more classes left, but we hope that everyone is having fun.