Spring has sprung ya'll and it is lovely!!! I'm excited about the weather, I'm excited about seeing the trees and flowers come back to life, I'm VERY EXCITED about upcoming spring break, and I'm excited to get closer to finishing up the school year!!! I'm not excited about this winter weight I gained that must go!
To help celebrate spring in my class, I am trying to incorporate spring themes with blended learning. I want to use every opportunity I can to "Spring Outside the Classroom!"
This week we learned all about kites: where they originate, what makes them fly, and how to make a kite. They really enjoyed this somewhat independent research project. QR codes enabled them to access information on their own.
Informational texts provided more information on kites... but they must be colored first ya know!
They made notes as they went along, and wrote out their plans for making kites.
A small group of students made their kites under my supervision then they taught other students in small groups.
They loved flying their kites and just had to take them home that day! I've had parents telling me how many kites were made at home that evening! :)
Then came the hard part... the presentations. This was only hard because some of them didn't make the effort that they should have in the writing... but I bet they will next time!
Students worked in groups of 3 and using the Tellagami app each student created a presentation on one topic: 1) materials needed to make a kite, 2) the parts of a kite, and 3) how to make the kite. Then we used the Do Ink app to put the 3 presentations together into one. This app allows you to splice videos and insert up to 3 layers using green screen techniques, pictures, videos, and animations. It makes presentations a lot of fun.
I shared with parents using the SeeSaw app that makes keeping digital portfolios quick and easy to share.
If you would like to give this Project Based Learning unit a try, click here for a free sample of the unit in my store.
To help celebrate spring in my class, I am trying to incorporate spring themes with blended learning. I want to use every opportunity I can to "Spring Outside the Classroom!"
Informational texts provided more information on kites... but they must be colored first ya know!
They made notes as they went along, and wrote out their plans for making kites.
A small group of students made their kites under my supervision then they taught other students in small groups.
Then came the hard part... the presentations. This was only hard because some of them didn't make the effort that they should have in the writing... but I bet they will next time!
Students worked in groups of 3 and using the Tellagami app each student created a presentation on one topic: 1) materials needed to make a kite, 2) the parts of a kite, and 3) how to make the kite. Then we used the Do Ink app to put the 3 presentations together into one. This app allows you to splice videos and insert up to 3 layers using green screen techniques, pictures, videos, and animations. It makes presentations a lot of fun.
I shared with parents using the SeeSaw app that makes keeping digital portfolios quick and easy to share.
If you would like to give this Project Based Learning unit a try, click here for a free sample of the unit in my store.
Or you can get the full unit with lots more QR codes, writing activities, a flip book and more ways to present if you don't have technology.
I hope that you can take the opportunity this spring to get your students outside the classroom and make learning fun! In the next few weeks I will be sharing more ways to Spring Outside the Classroom and use some App Smashing techniques in your blended learning classroom!
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