Wanted posters also make for a great first Wixie project, because:
• Several templates already exist in the student's Projects view.
• Students only need a few Wixie skills to begin.
• Wanted posters can be used in a variety of ways.
Topics: creativity, literacy, Webb's DOK
I have been doing a lot of Wixie training this year. It's such fun to introduce this tool to teachers and watch the amazing things their primary, elementary, and middle school students create with it.
Read MoreTopics: creativity, pbl, Wixie, productivity software
The beginning of school is always a fun and crazy time. Kids are winding down from summer break (as are you) and schedules and classes are still getting settled. But with all of the business, setting the tone for a year of making is important.
Wixie might be just about the easiest tool for young students to learn! Wixie is open-ended, which means you and your students still have to decide what to do!
Here are eight ideas for first projects to get students using technology, including information about software skills they have to learn to complete them.
Read MoreTopics: creativity, Wixie
In Classroom Instruction that Works, Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane Pollock examine decades of research and distill the results into nine teaching strategies that have a significant, positive impact on student learning. Student learning with creative software tools matches and supports many effective instructional strategies, including those mentioned in this book.
Topics: creativity, creative software, creative, marzano, instruction, classroom instruction that works
Lately, I have come across lots of fun projects that utilize interviews. Many are the more traditional oral history style projects, but some use the interview model as a way for students to apply content knowledge and demonstrate understanding.
Read MoreTopics: creativity, common core, digital storytelling, motivate, student, interview
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