Lesson that Inspires: SOAR

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Yesterday during my web surfing, I ran across this awesome award winning animated film by Alyce Tzue. If you are looking for an innovative lesson to inspire your students before or after spring break, you need to consider this. Mark Warner has given many ways to incorporate it cross curriculum. I love the suggestion for music teachers. It only has music and students can create the dialog or play-script for a ELA activity. Check out other ways to use this animation in English, History, Design technology, Science, and Art. The full video is found on Vimeo, but I viewed it on Teaching Ideas which is another great website. I love how they use a literature book as a spring board for teaching. It brings me back to my days teaching in first grade. Story time was always a favorite, especially when you knew you were going to use the story to create. If you are interested, you can find out more about the making of this award winning film by visiting SOAR.

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Posted in Alyce Tsue, art, design, english, film, history, idea, inspire, lesson, literature, Mark Warner, music, play script, science, SOAR, spring time, teaching, write

My New Friend, Canva

I have a new tech tool friend in Canva. I played around with Canva a little during the winter holiday break, but revisited it recently with a purpose in mind. I wanted to change my header for this blog, since my image of the bluebird really did not have a thing to do with "technology". Not to say that I don't like bird-watching, but knew it that it was a temporary image when I posted it. Canva allows users that are not as creative in designing a easy way to feel inspired. I was able to use one of their designs, add an old image I already had, and tweak it a bit. I think you need to give it a look. It is free to sign up and it amazingly easy to use. I am now happy to say good-bye to my sweet, little bluebird header! Hope you like the changes!
  bye now!

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Posted in blogger, canva, design, header, Tools

Design flyers to spread the word online | Smore

Easy and quick way to create newsletters, flyers, and so much more. Search through the samples to get ideas. Post your news activities for the week in school. Create flyers on a Field trip or Class Party. Get out your news with flair. 

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Posted in design, flyers, posters, smore, web2.0

Free Valentines

Free Valentine

Print your own valentines. You have a choice of 4 different designs. Oh BTW...

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Posted in design, Print, Valentine's Day