City of the Future

The 5th grade students at Purple Sage Elementary teamed up with Cisco, Inc. to create a "City of the Future." The first phase of the project started in December. Cisco employees pitched the idea of working on a semester long project to create a City of the Future. Through their pitch, the employees took the students back in time through a presentation of how technology has evolved.

Shortly after, the teams of students began drafting ideas on paper. Cisco employees mentored them through this process by opening up the students eyes to how technology is used around the world. The students ideas were limitless.

In February, with the help of Home Depot, the students began crafting their ideas into 3-Dimensional models while continuing to research how technology makes our everyday lives easier. The Cisco mentors visited the students twice a month to help them create their ideas into reality.

Through March, the students continued crafting and painting to complete their models. Our Cisco mentors, visited the students through this process encouraging their ideas while watching projects evolve through many stages. The mentors also encouraged collaboration and teamwork.

At the end of March through the beginning of April, the teams of students collaborated through Google Docs to create an essay explaining their city, the technology in their City, the role that technology plays in everyday lives, and the roles the students played in their city. The essay required the students to think about the future, what type of career they would like to pursue, and explain how technology would play a role in their chosen career.

The last phase of the project, the students utilized the IPads from the "next Generation Digital Classroom" to create digital presentations through Google Slides, IMovie and/or Telestory.

On Friday, April 10th the 12 teams presented their final projects (model, essay and digital presentation) to a panel of 7 Cisco judges.

On April 30th, the winning team will take their project to Cisco to present via Telepresence to other winning teams located in Virginia, Georgia, California, and Mexico City.

And the WINNERS are: Drum Roll Please...
in THIRD PLACE:

In SECOND PLACE:

 In FIRST PLACE: