Book Creator, Scratch and Makey Makey

One of the biggest perks of this job is the ability to see into so many different classrooms.
We are blessed to have so many dedicated and innovative educators in our board.
I thought I would share just a few of the many glimpses I have had this week.

Matt Sanders at Merlin
He and his students shared their "Monster Book" project with me.
Matt is going to release an iBook on it soon and I don't want to spoil his unveiling so here is the gist:

The intermeadiate students teamed up with the Kinders to explore their imaginations and debunk some monster stereotypes. They asked for the younger students input and drew up a monster from their description. They met several more times to flesh them out and in the end produced some pretty spectatcular Book Creator books complete with audio and self created Garageband music soundtracks for their learning buddies. Stay tuned for the iBook release in 2018.






Sarah Kerwin at Cathcart

She and her students took a huge leap of faith and created some hidden poetry using pencils.
They then use Scratch and some pretty dramatic voices to bring the poems to life with Makey Makey.
A lot of creativity, a lot of laughter and a lot of learning were the result. Here is a link to the Google slide instructions in case you'd like to try.





Aaron Edlington at Brights Grove
Aaron and his students have been playing with the Makey Makey to learn more about electricity.
They used wonder and notice as their jump off and just explored what the Makey Makey could do.
They have discovered some pretty cool stuff, from making sound when they tap their teacher, to completeing a circuit with an entire Grade 1/2 class.