Students in Mrs. Clapper’s class used the Pic Collage app on the iPads to create an ABC book. They were each assigned a letter (a few did two), and then they took pictures of things in the classroom that started with that letter. They were so cute! Here’s a few examples.
I can’t post them all because most had students names and pictures on them. If you want to see all the letters, though, check with Mrs. Clapper or I. We’d love to show you!
Students in Mrs. Moretz’ class made coin creations to practice counting money in a very creative way. Their task was to create a picture using three of each type of coin (penny, nickel, dime, quarter). The total of the coins in their picture had to be more than $1.99 and less than $4.99. Here are some examples:
We gave the students an Inspiration file with the coins they needed to help make the process go faster. It could also be down with a Word Template.
Mrs. Downey’s and Mrs. Corbett’s class completed a S.T.E.A.M project centered on a beloved children’s story, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. Mrs. Coffey and Mrs. Pettipiece helped too!
Video Trailer (Just a Tease)!
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Longer video
After discussing and analyzing the story, and comparing and contrasting it to the real Three Little Pigs story, students spent the next week delving into the world of engineers, architects, construction workers, realtors, consumers, and presenters. Each group of students planned, drew blueprint, tested and revised a house for the Fourth Little Pig. Each house was created to withstand gusts of wind from The Big Bad Wolf. They even completed a purchase order and shopped on a budget for the materials to use to construct their house. They also used the app Pic Collage to create a real estate listing to market their house to potential pig buyers.
To see their pic collages and read more about the project, please visit Mrs. Downey’s blog post about it! You can find it here.
Students in Mrs. Becker’s Class created Virtual Posters after Reading Island of the Blue Dolphins. I absolutely love how these turned out. Students drew pictures, and then used the Pic Collage app on the iPads to take pictures of their illustrations. They layered them on top of each other, added the text, and added the background. It’s a great mix of student art work and digital work. I love them!
Students even posted them to their blogs. Take a look the link below, and leave them a comment or two on their great work!
Island of the Blue Dolphin Virtual Posters
Students in one of Mrs. Mulvaney’s Classes became Company of London travel agents! They created brochures to persuade settlers to come to Jamestown (in 1625).
During this project, students were able to choose how to make their brochures. They could use Microsoft Publisher or the Printing Press from Read, Write, Think. Students also learned to save and use pictures from a copyright friendly website (Pics 4 Learning).
You can look at their creations below!
Cross posted on the Oak Grove Digital Archive
Teaching with Technology 