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Sunday, April 17, 2016

Wrap Up: What is Red? #ClrPoem

We just completed our second week of the Twitter Time :: Color/Colour Poem Project. Many more weeks of color to come!

The object of this collaborative project is to create digital images, share original poems, and publish through our classroom Twitter account using the hashtag #clrpoem! Each week a color of the visible spectrum will be showcased! Everyone is invited to participate!

ROY G BIV

One way to remember the visible spectrum is the
ROY G BIV acronym.
(red-orange-yellow-green-blue-*indigo-violet)

Here are some highlights of What is RED? week. There are poems from California, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas, and England! Thank you to all who participated!

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Some poets even recorded themselves reciting a poem in Seesaw!

#clrpoem https://t.co/YU9EjzdEiC
— Nadia Reese (@ReeseCares) April 14, 2016

Color poem! RED #clrpoem https://t.co/ZUwBbDHrlW
— Nadia Reese (@ReeseCares) April 14, 2016

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How do I collect the photos and poems? One way is via Google Classroom. Here is a screenshot for next week, What is ORANGE?

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We are looking forward to next week's Twitter Time!

What is ORANGE? Tweet out your class poetry using the hashtag #ClrPoem!

What was your favorite RED poem?

What are some other ways to collect poems besides using Google Classroom?

Sunday, April 19, 2015

What is Red? :: Wrap Up #clrpoem

We just completed our first week of the Twitter Time :: Color/Colour Poem Project.

ROY G BIV

One way to remember the visible spectrum is the
ROY G BIV acronym.
(red-orange-yellow-green-blue-*indigo-violet)

Here are some highlights of What is RED week. Thank you to all who participated!

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We kickstarted the RED week with a poem about our special friend Jolly George.

That prompted a comment from England and a question from New York City.

Which followed with our verse about Jolly George.

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This poem started a conversation about hot sauce in space!

Thank you, Krissy Venosdale from Texas!

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This poem from Ms Kirsch in New York City was a great one, but needed a photo to complement it!

So I shot a photo of an apple and gave it to the students!

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How do I collect the photos and poems? One way is via Google Classroom. Here is a screenshot for next week, What is ORANGE?

We are looking forward to next week's Twitter Time!

What is ORANGE?

What was your favorite RED poem?

What are some other ways to collect poems besides using Google Classroom?

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Toontastic! Ipad App Review

Guest post by Ms. Neumeyer, our online student teacher from Canada (Dean Shareski's class) Today Ms. Neumeyer continues her series of iPad app reviews.

Other Review: Virtual Manipulatives

Toontastic is a great app which teaches and improves storytelling, by allowing users to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons.

Characters and settings for the cartoons can either be chosen from templates or drawn from scratch.

Toontastic is very easy to use: after picking out setting and characters, a user just needs to press the record button, move their characters onscreen, and record their story by speaking out loud and using the iPad's built-in microphone.

Users also have the option of including music to their story by picking an emotion which best suits the story. Toontasic also has a global storytelling network for kids, called ToonTube, where they can share their stories. Toontastic is a fun tool that skilfully explains the essential aspects of storytelling (character, setting, story arc, etc.), and gives students a great way to practice the storytelling process.

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Let me share the making of my Toontasic video with you!

First, the app shows the opening screen which shows the arc of a story. Then I picked the setting. Next, I selected the characters or toys. After that, I recorded my voice reciting a poem while the characters appear to be talking! Lastly, I picked music to go with my poem.

Below is my Toontasic video of one of my favourite childhood poems, "My Robot" by Shel Silverstein.

Take a look!