Have you tried Smore.com yet? When I think of s'smores, I usually think of the quote from the movie Sandlot.
When a colleague showed me Smore.com....it changed my whole approach to using technology in the classroom. The ease of creating an online flyer allowed me to 'flip' the classroom: putting the information in my students hands at the touch of a few buttons. I created and imported the information that I wanted them to access variety of sources: youtube, vimeo, school-safe images, quotes, etc. YAY!!
You can follow me on Smore here: https://www.smore.com/u/nelliemitchell
My most recent creation is pictured above: I created a flyer with videos, images, and information about Pablo Picasso, our artist of the month. Now, students can 'research' him during art and gain valuable background information. I also put a youtube video link to the book: Pigcasso Meets Mootisse, since I don't have a copy in my classroom.
I posted a QR code in an art center along with the usual posters and pictures. When students use i-nigma (or any QR code scanning app) to scan the code, it takes them right to this flyer.
My first flyer, showed them how to create animations through thaumatropes, flip books and phenakistascopes.
You can follow me on Smore here: https://www.smore.com/u/nelliemitchell
My most recent creation is pictured above: I created a flyer with videos, images, and information about Pablo Picasso, our artist of the month. Now, students can 'research' him during art and gain valuable background information. I also put a youtube video link to the book: Pigcasso Meets Mootisse, since I don't have a copy in my classroom.
I posted a QR code in an art center along with the usual posters and pictures. When students use i-nigma (or any QR code scanning app) to scan the code, it takes them right to this flyer.
My first flyer, showed them how to create animations through thaumatropes, flip books and phenakistascopes.
I also created a flyer for a presentation that a group of teachers in my building did for our recent in-service. We had everyone rotate from table-to-table, sort of like 'speed' dating....while they were at my table, we allowed them to interact with several apps and we explained how we are using them in our classrooms. I showed them this smore flyer, which contained all of the valuable information that they would need from the workshop, by showing them how to scan a QR code through the app i-nigma, which took them directly to this flyer. (I also told them how I use qrstuff.com to make my QR codes for free). I also showed them a couple of other art apps that I have already reviewed on my blog.
I love smore.com for allowing me to create my own content, and share it with my students in such a stunning, easy-to-use way. Instead of me showing them each activity in a whole-group setting, I can put the activities in their hands and allow them to navigate through each thing, using the steps that I post on the flyer.
After our workshop, we got some amazing feedback from a principal in another building:
I love smore.com for allowing me to create my own content, and share it with my students in such a stunning, easy-to-use way. Instead of me showing them each activity in a whole-group setting, I can put the activities in their hands and allow them to navigate through each thing, using the steps that I post on the flyer.
After our workshop, we got some amazing feedback from a principal in another building:
Such a good feeling to know that we are doing great things in our building!!
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