Skitch Originally designed to mark up images, Skitch offers users a simple set of tools and colors for easy labeling. Recently, our newcomers tried out Skitch to label photos of real-life objects found in the classroom. After introducing new school-themed vocabulary with picture/word cards from our English Now! curriculum, I arranged a couple of scenes displaying classroom objects — pencils,…
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“I can retell a story”…using Adobe Voice
For the past few days students have been using Adobe Voice to retell stories. With super simple record, playback and re-record features, Adobe Voice creates an easy way for students to independently practice speaking a language, at any grade or level. This lesson was done with level 2/3* students in grade four. We read Henry and Mudge get…
Past Project: Pre-K Self-Portrait Art Exhibit
Last spring, as a Tech Integrationist, I worked with a Pre-K class to create digital self-portraits on iPads. We used a free drawing app called Sketches to make the portraits, then Adobe Voice to assemble a whole-class slide show display of their art. The slide show revealed a photo of each artist alongside the digitally drawn self-portrait with…
How to Make a Snowman (with MOMA Art Lab)
Many of our newcomers are now experiencing snow and winter cold for the first time in their lives. Along with it, they’re learning the rituals of a Midwestern winter — how to bundle up, how to go sledding, and how to make a snowman. Their new fascination with snowmen prompted a language lesson around procedural writing…
Adobe Voice and the Language Experience Approach*
One of my top five favorite apps is Adobe Voice. It offers an easy way for students to create beautiful slideshow videos using mainly their voice, short texts and simple images. Students can easily change themes and set videos to music, choosing from a selection of songs in the app’s music library or their own music collection…
Building Community with Pic Collage for Kids
Kids love this app. It’s a simple collage-making app that can be used for many projects or publications. Users create visually striking posters with varied layouts, interesting backgrounds, web pictures or photos, and text with fun fonts. It has endless uses in education. Earlier this year we used it to build community as 4th and 5th graders…
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