I’ve been playing around with the free features of Zooburst. Here’s my example book.
http://www.zooburst.com/zb_books-viewer-embed.php?book_id=zb01_532f042bef601&bw=400&bh=292&fw=400&fh=392
Bringing Abe and George to Life with ChatterPix
Mrs. Parks’ Class animated their pictures of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington using the app ChatterPix Kids. Check it out!
Niche Bots
Students in Mrs. Mulvaney’s Science class created creatures using circuits and their knowledge of living systems. They created new creatures based on a habitat and an animal type card they drew at the beginning of the activity. The animal had to move, had to have a complete circuit, and had to have adaptations for the food it ate and the habitat it lived in. Take a look at their creatures in action.
As a culmination to the project, students created Trading Cards (using an iPad app) about their animals.
Cross posted on the Oak Grove Digital Archive.
Following the Iditarod
Students in Mrs. Schirmer’s Fourth Grade reading class have been learning about the Iditarod. While the event started on Saturday, they’ve spent the past few weeks reading books and researching information about it. As part of their research, they created Musher Trading Cards using the Trading Cards iPad app by Read, Write, Think (you could use the website too). They gave each of their classmates a copy of the trading cards they made, and will watch these musher’s closely as the race progresses. Check out their cards below!
Students will be following the Iditarod at the official site: http://iditarod.com/ and plotting progress on the classroom map. Finally, they will skype with resident of Alaska to get first hand information about what it’s like to live there. More on that in another post!
Talking Presidents
Students in Mrs. Kelley’s Kindergarten class brought Abraham Lincoln and George Washington to life using an iPad app. You can see their adorable videos below:
Teaching with Technology 