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Showing posts with label Dot Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dot Day. Show all posts
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Malchow's Tech Bytes~ Sept 16th (ish) 👩🏻💻
A variety of great resources to enhance your Dot Day celebration this week! Everything from a video of the story to a Seesaw activity to a great BreakoutEdu game.... and more!!!
Sunday, September 9, 2018
Malchow's Tech Bytes ~ Sept 10th
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Thanks! Sorry for any inconvenience. There seems to be a little hiccup with the blog this week.
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Make your Mark~ International Dot Day!
Are you looking for a collaborative digital project to start your year that doesn't take much prep yet encourages creativity and collaboration? If you answered yes, I've got just the place for you to start! It's The Dot Project that revolves around Peter Reynold's book, The Dot!
This year, International Dot Day, a day to celebrate creativity, courage and collaboration, is on Friday, September 15th.
If you are interested in participating in this project, go to the The Dot Club to sign up. You simply need to share the book by Peter Reynolds called, The Dot and then find a creative way to help make YOUR mark. You can also enjoy the book via the SafeShare video below. If you are an EpicBooks user you will also find a Dot Day collection which includes an audio of the book as well as a great video with Peter Reynold's called, Ready, Set, DRAW-ish.
The Dot Club site has a fantastic PDF that gives lots of ideas, may of which are as simple as taking a piece of paper and having your class create their own dot pictures. Can't get much simpler than that!
Another great option is to download the Quivervision app and the coordinating Dot Day Augmented Reality coloring sheet. My students have always loved this activity and have always been mesmerized by the magic that happens when they scan their picture with the app!
Once you finish your Dot Day projects, whatever they may be, be sure to share them with your students' parents on Seesaw or on this Dot Day Flipboard with other students around the world! What a wonderful way for your students to have an authentic audience while also appreciating the work of others. Even better, reach out and find a class to Skype or Google Hangout with and share in real time!!
So... what are you waiting for? Go sign up and take part in this year's International Dot Day! The video is below and everyone has paper to do pictures with.
This year, International Dot Day, a day to celebrate creativity, courage and collaboration, is on Friday, September 15th.
If you are interested in participating in this project, go to the The Dot Club to sign up. You simply need to share the book by Peter Reynolds called, The Dot and then find a creative way to help make YOUR mark. You can also enjoy the book via the SafeShare video below. If you are an EpicBooks user you will also find a Dot Day collection which includes an audio of the book as well as a great video with Peter Reynold's called, Ready, Set, DRAW-ish.The Dot Club site has a fantastic PDF that gives lots of ideas, may of which are as simple as taking a piece of paper and having your class create their own dot pictures. Can't get much simpler than that!
Another great option is to download the Quivervision app and the coordinating Dot Day Augmented Reality coloring sheet. My students have always loved this activity and have always been mesmerized by the magic that happens when they scan their picture with the app!
Once you finish your Dot Day projects, whatever they may be, be sure to share them with your students' parents on Seesaw or on this Dot Day Flipboard with other students around the world! What a wonderful way for your students to have an authentic audience while also appreciating the work of others. Even better, reach out and find a class to Skype or Google Hangout with and share in real time!!
So... what are you waiting for? Go sign up and take part in this year's International Dot Day! The video is below and everyone has paper to do pictures with.
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Monday, September 15, 2014
Dot Day Success!
Our Dot Day was a success today! To help get my students excited about the day, each of them got this sheet on their desks this morning. Their job was to color a picture inside of "the dot".
Once they finished their coloring, they opened an app called, colAR Mix on their iPads and pointed their iPad at their image. As they held their iPad on their sheet, the center area came to life in a 3D way. You can click on the link above to download this free app and try it yourself. There are other neat pictures to color and use the app on as well. My 2nd grade son has printed some of the sheets to practice his spelling words on. He's always excited to see what it will do. This has definitely been a motivator for him! (Whatever works!!!)
After watching the story on YouTube, we used the Drawing Pad app to create digital dot pictures. Here are our finished digital dot art pieces. Kiddos not only learned how to navigate the new app Drawing Pad, but also how to use a stylus, how to take a screen shot and how to save their images to their camera roll today as well. It was a fantastic day of embedding technology into our learning!
Once they finished their coloring, they opened an app called, colAR Mix on their iPads and pointed their iPad at their image. As they held their iPad on their sheet, the center area came to life in a 3D way. You can click on the link above to download this free app and try it yourself. There are other neat pictures to color and use the app on as well. My 2nd grade son has printed some of the sheets to practice his spelling words on. He's always excited to see what it will do. This has definitely been a motivator for him! (Whatever works!!!)
After watching the story on YouTube, we used the Drawing Pad app to create digital dot pictures. Here are our finished digital dot art pieces. Kiddos not only learned how to navigate the new app Drawing Pad, but also how to use a stylus, how to take a screen shot and how to save their images to their camera roll today as well. It was a fantastic day of embedding technology into our learning!
Sunday, September 14, 2014
The Dot Project
Are you looking for a collaborative digital project to start your year that doesn't take much prep? If you answered yes, I've got just the place for you to start! It's The Dot Project!
Monday, September 15th is International Dot Day- a day to celebrate creativity, courage and collaboration. Yes, I know that tomorrow is the 15th which doesn't leave you much time, but remember... I said it doesn't take much prep?!
If you are interested in participating in this project, go to the The Dot Club to sign up. You simply need to share the book by Peter Reynolds called, The Dot and then find a creative way to help make YOUR mark. They have a fantastic PDF that gives lots of ideas, may of which are as simple as taking a piece of paper and having your class create their own dot pictures. Can't get much simpler than that!
My class will be participating this year and will be enjoying the book via the YouTube video below. (I've made even less prep for you by embedding it below) We will then talk about creativity, self expression, and taking risks. As part of this project, we will then create our own dot projects and see what just a dot can turn into when it comes from different people's imaginations. We will be doing our projects digitally on our iPads using either the Doodle Buddy app (free) or the Drawing Pad app ($1.99 or 99 cents if volume purchased).
Once we finish our projects, we will share them with our parents via our classroom blog. We also plan to Skype with our buddy class from Canada and share our creations with them as well.
So... what are you waiting for? Go sign up and take part in this year's International Dot Day! The video is below and everyone has paper to do pictures with. If you're interested in connecting with a class after the project, we'd be happy to hook up with you as well!
Monday, September 15th is International Dot Day- a day to celebrate creativity, courage and collaboration. Yes, I know that tomorrow is the 15th which doesn't leave you much time, but remember... I said it doesn't take much prep?!
If you are interested in participating in this project, go to the The Dot Club to sign up. You simply need to share the book by Peter Reynolds called, The Dot and then find a creative way to help make YOUR mark. They have a fantastic PDF that gives lots of ideas, may of which are as simple as taking a piece of paper and having your class create their own dot pictures. Can't get much simpler than that!My class will be participating this year and will be enjoying the book via the YouTube video below. (I've made even less prep for you by embedding it below) We will then talk about creativity, self expression, and taking risks. As part of this project, we will then create our own dot projects and see what just a dot can turn into when it comes from different people's imaginations. We will be doing our projects digitally on our iPads using either the Doodle Buddy app (free) or the Drawing Pad app ($1.99 or 99 cents if volume purchased).
Once we finish our projects, we will share them with our parents via our classroom blog. We also plan to Skype with our buddy class from Canada and share our creations with them as well.
So... what are you waiting for? Go sign up and take part in this year's International Dot Day! The video is below and everyone has paper to do pictures with. If you're interested in connecting with a class after the project, we'd be happy to hook up with you as well!
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