Starting Off the 2018-19 School Year
- Sep 28, 2018
- 1 min read
Last school year was my best one yet so it will be hard to beat it, but I am determined. I won Teacher of the Year and finished my first year of graduate school. I am currently working on my M.Ed. for Instructional Technology at Kennesaw State University and been learning so much about technology integration. Last year, I had my students create digital portfolios using the app Seesaw, but this year we will be using Class Dojo's new portfolio feature.
I decided to start off this school year having all students first through fifth grade make self portraits. First through third grade used a monochromatic color scheme, and fourth and fifth grade made analogous color scheme self portraits. I introduced some famous portrait artists through history and some contemporary artists using this screencast.
The portraits turned out amazing and made a wonderful display for our hallway.
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Our next project revolved around dot day where each student created their own dot using washable markers on coffee filters with water. You can watch the video below for a read aloud of the book The Dot by Peter Reynolds.
Here are some pictures of the students' dots hung up around the school!
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Early finishers experimented with the app Quiver Visions to turn their dot drawings 3D using augmented reality.
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