Tech Task - Storytelling

I used Storybird.com to create the one-page story below. You can also create entire books with this app. As a teacher, you can set up a classroom, list assignments, and let the students submit their work directly through this website. To help, there are pictures already created. The template helps you create the book by prompting for chapter titles, art work, etc. It is very easy to use once you look through it. You can even grant access to parents so they can log in and see the completed pieces their children created. There is even an option for you or the parents to create an actual book to purchase of the work done! As a teacher, I intend to have the children write often. With this app, they can create a book throughout the year and have a finished product in the end. Using apps like this gives lots of opportunity to satisfy a wide range of standards. I would use this tool because it is free, it is easy to use, it keeps me organized, and I like the looks of it. I would let my children use it because I think it's an easy app and all inclusive for what we'd need to complete writing assignments in the classroom. Classrooms without computers and students with little computer knowledge may be a challenge.






 

Studio 4 Project

Monotype Print

Creating a Character

The object of this project was to help students understand how to create a character with words, and then use that description to draw it. The description was decided ahead of time. Here is my list:

·         Woman

·         Age is thirties (a mom’s age)

·         Long, curly, brown hair

·         Blue eyes, which are small/narrow

·         She is angry, her eyebrow is scrunched and dipped

·         I may have gotten the paper too wet, but her lips are puckered. This is what I saw when I asked my son to make a mad face so I used it.

Learning standards:

Visual Art

·         Line and shape

Common Core ELA:    

·         Explain ideas and understanding in light of the discussion

·         Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details and clear event sequences.

·         Identify real-life connections between words and their use

I used water-based markers on a transparency page to draw my character. Using a spray bottle, I misted the front and back of a piece of sketch paper. After blotting it, I laid the paper over the transparency and rolled over it to transfer the drawing to the paper.

This project is appropriate for the abilities of most third-grade students. Those who cannot follow the directions closely may find that their pictures are not clear. Students with a physical disability or those with issues with fine motor skills may need assistance or modifications.

                                   

Hungry Caterpillar Collage

After reading the book The Hungry Little Caterpillar, I created a collage from the MIDDLE of the story. I used colored construction paper to make the shapes of a tree, the leaves, and the caterpillar. The leaves decrease in size across the paper to show that they are further away than the leaves the caterpillar is eating, which are closest.

This is a good project for a second grader because they are likely to be able to identify the parts of the story, (beginning, middle, end) use different sized objects to show position in the picture, and should be able to use scissors and glue adequately to actually create it.

Students who may have difficulty might not have fine motor skills mastered, may have depth perception issues, or may lack the creativity needed to successfully imagine the picture they are to create or to transfer it successfully from their idea to the paper.

Visual Arts experience: Shape and Space

Skills: Explores the tolls and processes of visual arts

The Common Core ELA:

R.SL.2: Recount or describe Key ideas or details from a text, read aloud, or information presented orally or through other media. 

2.RL.S: Describe structure of a story, including how the beginning introduces the store and the ending concludes the action.

2.RL.7: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of it's characters, setting or plot.

Tech Task #4 Video

Third Grade

Multiplication Facts
Standard: Relate addition and multiplication for equal groups (4.E)

I used one of my favorite apps, Go Animate, to create scenes that I believe 5th graders would enjoy watching to introduce a video I got from YouTube. I used iMovie to put the whole thing together.

Go Animate has many scenes and options to create short videos. I've created a video to teach about bullying, one instructional video to help students remember the steps needed to complete an assignment and several just for fun. I am just beginning to explore iMovie but it gave me the ability to splice these two types of video together and that was very helpful.

Go Animate would be easy and fun for the students to create to explain an idea, show their understanding of a subject, or complete for fun as a reward.

Creating a video can be tricky for students with attention deficit issues, there is the creating, but also editing and finishing. Again, with any project assigned using a computer, the availability of a computer in the classroom and at home could be an issue.