In my last blog post I questioned more ways primary teachers can incorporate technology into their lessons, I found one!<\/p>\n
For Halloween I was a pigoen. Not your average street pigeon, but a particular pigeon from Mo Willem’s amazing children’s book, “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.” \u00a0http:\/\/www.pigeonpresents.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n The book features a very feisty pigeon attempting to convince the reader to allow him or her to drive an unattended bus. A fantastic model of crafting a persuasive argument in your writing, and a great opportunity to experiment with Comic Life!<\/p>\n I drafted a comic template for students to create their own “Don’t Let the Piegon…” cartoons. The Grade 3’s were so creative with ideas such as, “Don’t Let the Pigeon Eat Candy<\/a>, “Don’t Give the Piegon Money<\/a>” and “Don’t Give the Pigeon Diet Coke<\/a>.”<\/p>\n First, they wrote their comics out by hand, outlining three key arguments, or persuasive comments. Also, they experimented with punctuation, adding either periods, exclamation or question marks at the end of their sentences. Completing sentences with proper punctuation is a huge goal in Grade 3 and looking for the question mark key on the keyboard truly draws your attention to how unnatural it is!<\/p>\n Once we edited our hand written rough drafts the children went onto laptops and entered the Comic Life Mac program. The template was waiting for them in a shared folder, and they began to type away! This was exciting because our weekly Mavis Beacon Typing Lessons were finally put into practice! We printed out our comics, and they added some “low tech” colouring to the background!<\/p>\n I’ve attached some photos for your viewing pleasure!<\/p>\n On another note – we are starting a juicy study on flight! Yesterday we collected a total of 66 student questions that we have about flight, and I’m sure if we had time there would be more. What are programs teachers are using to document and grow student knowledge? I have used Knowledge Forum in the past and I am wondering if this is still the most up to date technology out there? Guidance, help, comments are appreciated!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In my last blog post I questioned more ways primary teachers can incorporate technology into their lessons, I found one! For Halloween I was a pigoen. Not your average street pigeon, but a particular pigeon from Mo Willem’s amazing children’s … Continue reading