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Stop Motion Movie Making with 4 year olds
After being shown an example stop motion video, Pre K students were inspired to create their own using the iMotion HD app on the iPad. Using a small art easel as a stand, they meticulously created a...
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Sharing With Mobile Devices On School Trips
Are mobile devices appropriate for school trips? Whilst, out of school today on recon trip to the site of the Grade 5 end of year camp, I was asked to record some video of the facilities to show some...
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Film making with 7 year olds
During the planning stages of the last grade 1 unit of inquiry for the year, I was asked if I could help the students create short videos, community service announcements if you like. Their unit,...
View ArticleThere’s An App For That?
I saw this great video when browsing tech blogs recently and it got me thinking. Obviously, it’s become a pretty big cliche, but just how far can app development progress with the current features of...
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Creating Online Essential Agreements
To help remind students of their responsibilities when using blogs and other online tools, it may be helpful to develop a list of essential agreements. Below is an example list from a Grade 5 class...
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Telling Stories Through The Lens
At the recent Learning 2.013 conference in Singapore, I was fortunate enough to attend a workshop by Dave Caleb aptly titled, ‘Stories through the lens’. Amongst his many talents, Dave is an avid and...
View ArticleThree Degrees of Separation
Do you believe in six degrees of separation? It’s funny, but in the world of international teaching, it’s often not six, it’s much less. Someone always seems to know someone who worked with someone a...
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Doodle 4 Your Class Blog
You may have noticed that every now and again, the Google logo changes. Often it will be to celebrate an event or to commemorate someone. This all started back in 1998 when the founders of Google...
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Jazzing Up iOS iMovie Videos
I love using my iPhone and iPad to tell stories through the lens. Whether it be at school or in my personal life, it’s so easy and you get great results if you follow some simple rules. However, the...
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Not 1:1 iPads? No sweat.
I recently came across a blog post by @kagmoran about the challenges of having only two iPads in her 1st Grade class. She noticed that her students were beginning to obsess about the pair of devices...
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Amazing Grade 5 Poetry Film Making
Poetry and film. Not exactly an easy pairing for Grade 5 students…or so we thought. Check out this amazing film, just one of many created this year, and read on to find out how it came about. The Back...
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