One of our first grade teachers came to me right before the 100th day of school. She wanted to have the students take photos of their 100th day learning stations and “somehow use technology” to share what they learned. She had some wonderful ideas but time seems to always be a factor!
After tossing around some ideas for creating a way to share, we decided on my favorite “go-to” app – Book Creator. I borrowed the first grade iPads and air dropped a template to each so everything was ready to go when the students arrived.
Thumbs up and ready for the next step
The children had taken 5 to 6 photos of their group at each station. They were shown how to add photos, label names, and create a title.
Creating the page
Next, it was time to record, save the book as a video, and air drop to me so I could make the class video.
finding a nook for quiet recording
Here is Mrs. Kee’s finished video – learning about 100!
And, this is Mrs. Crumley’s video:
One hundred days of school! It’s a big celebration at TVS!
In the technology lab, we’re celebrating too. The first and second graders were asked to think about what they had learned after 100 days in school. We brainstormed some of the things each class had learned throughout the year: from telling time to adding 3 numbers to tasting foods from different countries.
Here are some first grade posts:
I love the invented spelling of #7 – poetry!
2nd graders blogging
With the third graders, I adapted an art idea of 100s transformations, found on Pinterest. The students are creating pictures from die cuts of 1-0-0. To add a tech twist, each child is using the MyCreate app ($4.99) to build a stop-motion animation video. They take a photo for each step in their drawing process. When finished, the video will be uploaded to the students’ blog.
What a fun celebration!