Thank you to everyone that completed the
survey during the last two weeks. The
information will help me make the changes in the Friday Five Newsletter that
will make it more beneficial for you.
Some changes you will see are the links posted in the body of the email
and the body of the newsletter posted in a blog dedicated to this Elementary
Friday Five. I will also use the topics
you submitted to guide the topics over the next few weeks. One of the survey responses asked for real
examples. Although I don’t use
everything that is included in each Friday Five, I have used many. So, this week, I am pulling back the curtain
and showing some of the tech lessons and centers that have appeared in a 2nd
grade classroom over the last two weeks.
1. Writing Center: Recently I discovered an app called Alien
Assignment. In this app students go on a
picture scavenger hunt to find items to help the Gloop family fix their spaceship.
They have to use problem-solving strategies to find the things needed to repair
the spaceship. After my students
complete the scavenger hunt, I have them write a “how-to” paragraph about the
steps they took to repair the Gloop Family’s spaceship. Even though this is a
very simple app, it can be adapted to any grade by the writing assignment.
2. Space and Writing: I included this recently but I did not use it
until last week. My students completed a
writing activity entitled “Leaders are Out of this World.” They wrote about qualities of a good
leader. After they completed their
writing, they used the Photo Booth or Cam Wow app on the ipad. They took a picture of themselves in a
distorted, alien way. They emailed me
the pictures and I had them printed.
These pictures became the faces in an old-fashioned construction paper
alien.
3. Skitch: Each month our school reviews one of the 7
Habits of Happy Kids. This month my
students brainstormed words that describe someone who follows the assigned
habit. They took a picture in Skitch and
added those words to the picture.
4.
Big
Huge Labs: Each group also designed a
motivational poster that illustrated the habit that was being reviewed. Big Huge Labs offers many different options
for being creative with pictures. http://bighugelabs.com/
5.
Videolicious: As a class we combined our favorite
Motivational Poster and all of our pictures from Skitch in a video. Students recorded the meaning of the Habit of
the month. This became the voice over
for the scrolling pictures. https://videolicious.com/
Some
weeks you will find more technology than others. Just like any classroom, it is not about the
technology. It is about finding ways to
enhance and energize those already established goo lessons that we teach.
Have
a great weekend!
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