We have started a unit where students are creating portraits on the iPads. We will be using a variety of iPad apps to learn more about photo editing. We also are having some good conversations about what we post on social media.
As a part of our sketchnote unit, students watched videos from the PBS World Explorers Videos series and then selected one video to illustrate by creating a digital sketchnote. The sketchnote strategy is an excellent way to help students focus on, process, and remember content while watching media. Students created their sketchnotes using iPads while watching the video on computers in the computer lab (see photos above), but this could just as easily be done with the video playing for the entire class using a projector. Students used a variety of apps including:
Here are the sketchnotes that the students created:
All of the students are blogging their media projects this year using Kidblog. Students have posted their sketchnotes and their reflections on this unit here: https://kidblog.org/class/scs-ms-multimedia-tech16/posts
Here is the link to the PBS World Explorers Collection Videos. These colorful short videos are perfect to use with the sketchnote strategy.
We used my free iTunesU course Digital Sketchnotes for Visualizing Learning to help the students learn about what sketchnotes are and how to create them using drawing apps.You can also find more information about sketchnotes at my resource page:
We will be using blogging and commenting to set goals and to evaluate and reflect upon our work. Remember when blogging or commenting to only use your first name and don’t include personal information. Please use complete sentences, good spelling, and correct grammar and to show yourself off in a positive intelligent way!
Leave a comment of at least 3 sentences telling about the following:
In case you are interested, here is the link where I made the Star Wars trailer: http://www.starwordz.com/starwordz/