Graphic Organizers. Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools. Image Gallery : An Enriched Writers' Workshop for Beginning Writers with Developmental Disabilities : Topics in Language Disorders. Creating a Visual Dictionary on the iPad Pic Collage (free), is one of my favorite apps to use on my iPad.
It creates great looking Scrapbook pages of multiple images in no time. Today, as I was planning with our first grade Hebrew teacher, how to upgrade a traditionally taught vocabulary project (creating a dictionary of their weekly vocabulary words in Hebrew), we saw the opportunity to use PicCollage with students in the classroom.
(My apologies in advance for the example below is in Spanish and not in Hebrew) Reminder: The idea of a visual dictionary should/is not be confined to the World Language classroom. Think math terms, science vocabulary, library term glossary, Language Arts vocabulary lists, etc. The ideas was for the students to take photos, email photos from home or find photos online to represent their weekly Hebrew vocabulary words. Double tapping on the image, will bring the Photo editing menu, choose “Clip Photo” to clip the object out of the background.
Flocabulary - Educational Hip-Hop. Jo Knowles - Live Your Life: A Theme and a Challenge for 2013. Every year, in addition to writing a list of goals and dreams, I also pick a "theme" to help guide me in reaching them.
This year's theme came as a gift from Maurice Sendak. A few weeks ago, I came across this very sad interview with Sendak and Terry Gross, illustrated by Christoph Niemann. I won't lie. It depressed me. And watching it again now, I cried even harder than the first two times. I have a confession. For years, whenever people gushed about his books to me, I would secretly think, Yes they're lovely, but he's not a very nice man. I am ashamed of those secret thoughts. Later, I would see and hear Sendak in other interviews, and my opinion softened. Sometimes I think we forget people can do that. With this in mind, when I heard this latest and maybe last interview, I was a little devastated by the sadness that emanates in his voice. How Flocabulary Works. Writing is a critical part of the learning process and is supported by research and standards, from Bloom's Taxonomy to the Common Core.
When students write their own academic rhymes, they build essential writing skills and master content. Oh, and did we mention it’s fun? Explore our Writing Academic Rhymes lessons. Literacy Ideas / writing prompt pictures. Story Starters. Interactive Graphic Organizer. Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers "Graphic organizers are tools that help your brain think.
" - Kylene Beers Graphic organizers are an illustration of your thoughts on paper. They can help you brainstorm, organize, and visualize your ideas. Click on a graphic organizer to download a PDF of it. Once you’ve downloaded an organizer, type in your comments and print it out. The Fantasy Shed. Digital scrapbooks for student creativity, self-expression, and imagination - Beeclip EDU. Timekiwi — create beautiful timelines.
33 Great Apps for Storytelling and Creativity. 2013 Update…
Artful storytelling. Longform books won't appear in Explore or Search for a few weeks.
Hang tight. Featured Story Swipe New & Noted Art! Featured Author. Make online flashcards & notes. Study anywhere, anytime. How to Create a Movie Trailer in iMovie. Posted 01/30/2012 at 9:04am | by Steve Paris Announce your forthcoming film in style using iMovie’s trailer factory.
Once you’ve created a short film and put all your hard work into it, you need to build anticipation for your family blockbuster. After all, it’s a well-established tradition to create one (or more) trailers to lead the way for your film… although no one’s ever truly explained why they’re called trailers—aren’t trailers supposed to trail, not lead? In any case, creating a trailer is an art in itself. You have to pick the right music, select the appropriate clips, and not show too much (otherwise, there’s no reason to see the actual movie), but reveal enough to make people look forward to it and get excited about the story.You’ll be pleased to know that you don’t actually need to think too much about this: iMovie ’11 comes with its own trailer-making factory. 1 of 6.
Tripline. Using Wall Wisher in the Classroom. On Friday I ran a short workshop about using online tools to brainstorm with students.
One of the resources that I shared and had folks try out was Wall Wisher. Although not the most robust tool for brainstorming, Popplet is currently my favorite, Wall Wisher is easy to use and seemed to be a hit with my audience. For that reason I'm re-running a couple of posts about using Wall Wisher in the classroom. I hope you can glean an idea or two from them.From April 2010.
Today, I showed my special education students a short (18 minutes) video about cultural changes that took place in the US during the 1920's. At first my students were a little unsure of what Wallwisher is all about, but they quickly figured it out and they all enjoyed the class. For those who have never tried Wallwisher before, it is very easy to use.