Kidspiration
* Graphic organizers lend themselves to expanded thoughts in writing view
(not just for bubble maps--venn diagrams, flow maps, tree map, etc.)
* Writing view can publish to AppleWorks or Word
(with your graphic organizer included)
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Templates - Reading & Writing
(Friendly Letter, Writing Directions, ideoms Say What, Parts of Speech Word Sort)
* Create drag and drop templates for practicing skills
(extend your activity by adding directions for writing view)
Don't Forget...
**You can create templates and add them to the Kidspiration Activity Wizard &
You can create your own library categories of symbols**
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Comic Life / iPhoto * Create book re-tell comics * Create a comic with students demonstrating steps from an experiement or telling facts about a topic * Create a "how to" comic * Create class made anchor charts / posters *Take/find pictures and use word bubbles to "bring the pictures alive" * Add 3 boxes to a page to create a brochure * Create a comic with student pictures modeling good writing skills (showing how to help a friend edit his/her paper --- "It looks like you used the word said a lot. What would be a better word we could use?" * Create class / group newsletters *Star student posters * Create Characture maps of your students' knowledge (KWHL type) * Create slides (each page would be a new slide) for a presentation (export pages to iPhoto) --have student take pictures of solid shapes all around--create a comiclife page for each solid (with the pictures & text telling aboutthem) *Use iPhoto to create books, cards, or calendars (ex. calendar with students illustrating a different ideom each month ) *Create classroom books or books for younger grades (our ABC's, The Life of..., All About Solids, student made SSR books)************************************************************************************ Plasq- Comic Life Education Forum Comic Life in Education Comic Life Links and Tips Wiki- Comic Life in the Classroom |
Photo Booth
* Use the different background to make story starter snapshots
(send the pictures to iPhoto--use them in Comic Life, AppleWorks, Pages to spark the creative process)
* Take snapshot pictures of your students to add to any of their work
(ex. "about me" bubble map in kidspiration)
* Use the video feature to capture student snippets to include in presentations or publish as video podcasts
(ex. capture student presentation & drag into topic keynote, have students create book talks and publish them on your website)
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Appleworks / Pages & Keynote * Create writing centers/literature response centers to use during group time/literature circles/guided reading groups * Have computers freely available during writing time, S.S.R., or other related instructional times that may involve writing. (these programs can be a choice for creating student response work / Dictionary & Thesaurus can be a great resource) * Create and type up stories-from planning to publishing (can use Kidspiration to plan) * Type reports or pieces students choose as "their best work" * Type poems students create for display * Create/Download editing or grammar templates for students to work on *Have students type up spelling or vocabulary sentences & change the color of the key word, add clipart, etc. * Use AppleWorks templates to make character trading cards for stories students are reading or biocards about classmates * Use Pages templates to create brochures, posters, storyboards, newsletters, etc. * Use Keynote to make a mini-book (each slide is a page in your book--change the layout when you print to 6 on a page) * Use Keynote to make an audio book (each slide is a page in your book-- narrate the book using the audio option in the inspector) * Use Keynote to create presentations (add pictures or audio from photobooth, clipart, digital cameras, etc.) *************************************************************************** Artistically AppleWorks Templates by Manatee County School District (You have to right click on the link & pick "save link as" once it's on the desktop the file name ending must be .cwk) *************************************************************************** Apple: iWork Online Video Tutorials Apple Student Gallery iWork in the Classroom iWork Community - Template Exchange Cool Stuff to use with Keynote http://etc.usf.edu/presentations/ |
Alphasmarts
Check out a small group set or use them whole class for...
* Type reports before you go to the lab
(they will connect with usb and you can pop the text into AppleWorks, Pages, Keynote, etc.)
* Brainstorm and/or write rough drafts
(connect the AlphaSmart to a computer with a usb cable and you can send the text into AppleWorks, Pages, Keynote) --then the students can work on adding to/editing/finishing their work
* Round robin story making
(student 1 types a paragraph in file one...next student copies this paragraph & pastes it into file 2 then adds 2nd paragraph..so on)
* Type up interview questions and interview classmates or teachers. * Students create story word problems for classmates to answer * Students write responses to questions as you're teaching
(teacher can be impromptu and ask questions as she goes)
*Let kids type a story or a sentence (younger grades) and connect using usb to insert their text into a kidpix text box--then kids can illustrate their story/sentence Check out a Small group set for Writing Centers or Small Groups... *Practice typing spelling words
(works much better for many kids than writing them).
* Type spelling, vocabulary, site word sentences. * Type VIPs, I remember, Say Something statements, etc. * Answer discussion questions. * Prewrite story ---then connect to computer w/ usb and the text will insert into AppleWorks or Pages for editing and creating a final copy * Type questions for other group members to answer * Students can create continuous journal entries
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Jordan County Schools- Integrating Teaching through Technology- AlphaSmarts Irving ISD- AlphaSmart Ideas for the AlphaSmart Irving ISD- Lessons for the AlphaSmart (math, language arts, science, social studies) AlphaSmart Community Center Site (scroll down for ideas) Artfully Integrating the AlphaSmart |
SchoolCenter / Gaggle E-mail
* Use SchoolCenter blog page to create class blogs
-literature question responses
-interactive journaling
-class discussions or reviews
* Use SchoolCenter scrapbook pages to post students' work
(can use categorized layout to keep them organized)
* Have student Gaggle e-mail account created
-inter-class communication (informal conversations, writing friendly letters, etc.)
- have studente e-mail a parent or relative (showing correct letter format or just to practice writing skills)
* Use Gaggle blogging option for individual student blogs
-journal on class project
-independent freewrite activities
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Online Resources Bibliography Tools Houghton Mifflin- Wacky Web Tales Scholastic Write It-Poetry Scholastic's Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky CAST UDL Book Builder - Create, Share, Publish and Read Digital Books http://bookbuilder.cast.org/ ***************************************************************************************** Collaborative Writing Tools ***************************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************************** *****************************************************************************************
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