I asked my kids group to create a card for their moms, but I wanted an e-card. So I opened my imagechef account and let them choose a model and write their messages. Most of them wanted the same model, but it was great! I sent them to their mother`s emails or shared in their facebook wall.
What I liked about it:
Very little time consuming(20 minutes for 13 kids!)
No paper waste;
Highly motivating.
I`m waiting for the mothers`reactions now!
Tools: imagechef
mother`s emails
or facebook glogster to show some models.
I attended a webinar session entitled `Words in a Cloud` last Saturday. During the session Ana Maria Menezes presented several word clouds generators tools and also ways of using them in class. I used Tagul to create the word cloud bellow in order to share the other generators shown at the webinar.
Last week I asked my students from Kids course to bring their mobile phones so that they could ask each other their own phone numbers. The activity was really nice because they were really engaged in it. They practiced numbers, the questions: "What`s your name/surname? and What`t your phone number?".
Considerations:
1- It can be used with any level
2- It is an easy tool to deal with
3- The stories can be shared in a class blog, wiki or edmodo
4- Students can edit their stories as much as they wish or need
5- Different stories can be created with the same cards
Task 1: Creative Writing: Character, Setting, and Plot
a. Let's start the week with some creative writing! To get started, select one of the four Characters in Column 1, one of the four Settings in Column 2 and one of the four Plots in Column 3. (Your choices will probably not be in the same row).
b. Once you have selected your three pictures (one character, one setting, one plot) write a 50-word story-starter (introduction to a story) based on the pictures. Include as much or as little information as you need to stay within the 50-word limit.
Here is my sample:
(1D,2D,3C) As dog-lovers know, dogs are really skillful criatures. Since from a very early age, Bob was able to swim as he had always lived by sea on an isolated island.What nobody expected was that huge dog would also learn how to operate a washing machine.
Instead of a normal lesson plan, I used spiderscribe.net to show how I have been using edmodo with my groups.
Special thanks to Lizzie Paredes for sharing spiderscribe.net (new for me)