We have finally gotten student portfolios figured out, and now it was time to teach the students how to use them! This year we are going to test out the app Blogger Jr for our individual student portfolios. The app allows the students to put a picture or movie of their projects into the app and lets them tell about it. They can say how they did the project or what they learned from the assignment. We are testing it out with their thankful popplets. The students took a picture of their popplet webs and then recorded themselves in Blogger Jr. telling about it. Hopefully it will work well and they will be able to add things to their portfolios throughout the rest of the year!
Today we started to get into the Thanksgiving spirit by doing some brainstorming about what we are thankful for. To web out our ideas, we used an app called Popplet. Popplet allows you to create popples, which are thought bubbles. You can type in them, draw in them, or put in pictures. Then, you can make connecting lines or color code them so your thoughts are neatly webbed. The students loved this app and worked really hard on their first popplets. I can see this app being used a lot in our upcoming units of study! |
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