Today we started the filming process with some of the students. They were very excited! After drafting their drawings, recording their explanation on Photobooth and practicing on a whiteboard, they were more than ready to get started. Practice makes perfect Seowon practices her drawing on a smaller whiteboard. She also thought about what title she…
Part 2: From Text to Illustrations….in 30 mins. Yesterday we started a mini-project in EAL class based around their Migration Unit of Inquiry. Click here to read the last post on how the project was introduced step by step. For homework, students had to create a first draft of their illustration which they will modify…
We are partway through our mini visual learning project (for EAL students) to support learning in the homeroom classrooms. Grade 5 students are currently learning about Migration in our UOI “Where we are in Place & Time”. During EAL pull-out time (40 mins each day) we’ve been revisiting vocabulary and concepts on this theme. iPads…
How do you introduce iPads in a constructive way? We share 20 iPads for over 200 students. Still, we want to encourage them to be used in day-day learning. How can we show there are more than just ‘games’ on iPads? Our Goal: Introduce the iPads to students as a tool for learning, evaluation, presentation…
Today during my Grade 5 EAL class, I decided to trial a new (free!) online visible thinking tool called ‘Mural.ly‘. Its claim is that it is ‘Google Docs for Visual People‘, which couldn’t better define myself or my EAL learners. Using Mural.ly with Beginner EAL students: Tuning-in to UOI vocabulary Students are able to upload…
We’ve now had a week’s buffer to think and reflect on our Grade 5 Exhibition How the World Works. What a journey it was! It seems miles away now that students and teachers have had a week’s holiday to ‘decompress’ from the long but rewarding journey! Some Challenges in review… This was definitely a challenging…
Is your blog worth reading? http://www.creativityden.com/blog/things-you-need-to-follow-to-become-a-pro-blogger/ This term we will practice more editing skills in preparation for middle school. We will use blog posts as a way to share our learning with others and a way to improve our writing. Here are some examples of the pictures you drew after the activity. What do you…
Innovative Learning in the Elementary Classroom 