Biographies & Beyond
Move away from the traditional pen to paper report...
Common Core: Use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing including collaboration with peers with multimedia components (graphics, sound, video) in presentations.
Biography Resources
Voki
Voki is an educational web tool that lets you create your own speaking avatars. Teachers can create one free account or pay a small fee for a classroom account.
Extra Resources:
Jazz Up Your Biographies - From Read, Write & Think (Lesson Plan)Chatterpix & App Smashing
Okay, I'll admit it. My kiddos are a bit addicted to the Chatterpix app. It's just so easy to use and makes everything so much fun! Since Chatterpix only allows you to record for up to 30 seconds, there's no way it could hold an entire biography report. However, it can be used as a summary, an assessment, or to simply spark excitement.
Sharing: You can save the final result to the camera roll. I have logged all of my devices into a YouTube account with the settings on Private. This collects all the videos in one place plus gives me a URL to share! Don't you love free storage?
Cute Avatar
Word Foto & Fotobabble App Smash
Popplet and Padlet Timelines
Popplet is a tool that allows users to visualize ideas. Teachers and students can create graphic organizers, timelines, and many other forms of visual organization.
Padlet is a virtual wall that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. It works like an online sheet of paper where people can put any content (images, videos, documents, text) anywhere on the page, together with anyone, from any device.
Popplet
Padlet
Planning
Research
Timeline
Stop Motion Animation
Minecraft
QR CODES & VOCAROO
Collaborate
Create
Present
HAIKU DECK
Resources
Want to know more about creating and using QR codes? Click below for a handout from a previous session.
GOOGLE HANGOUT
TOONTASTIC
Toontastic (now FREE) is a creative learning tools that teaches storytelling skills through cartoon creation. Studentsare encouraged to think, plan, execute, sequence. They can explore the "Story Arch" through developing Setup, Conflict, Challenge, Climax, and resolution.
In this example, students described a scientific process of the digestive system.
Resources
KNOVIO
Biocube
Summarizing information is an important postreading and prewriting activity that helps students synthesize what they have learned. Students have four options:
- Biocube
- Mystery Cube
- Story Cube
- Create-Your-Own Cube
Read, Write, Think timelines
Aurasma
Trading Cards
Kelly Fischer
Email: kelly.fischer@fayette.kyschools.us
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Location: IAKSS Annex 303
Phone: (859) 381-4680
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