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Adobe Spark is a great platform we’ve been experimenting with this year. Adobe Spark has a few great benefits including being cloud based so students can use any connected device and access their work anywhere, and it gives you 3 options; Spark Post, Spark Page, and Spark Video. We used Spark Post earlier this year…
Recently we introduced 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders to the Adobe Spark platform of creative apps. Adobe Spark Post is used when creating graphics such as flyers, posters, infographics, and so on. Adobe Spark Page is for creating scrolling multimedia web pages. Adobe Spark Video is a visual storytelling platform that adds simple animations, music,…
Students of 3M, As we continue our blogging experience you will add another post to your own blog. You have done an initial post on your blog, spent some time commenting and replying to others on Ms. Mangan’s blog, and now you will create a new post for classmates to comment on. Your assignment…
Here is the Padlet for today’s introduction: http://padlet.com/ccasal/mtme3xji5q0r Fill in what you “Know” about Padlet and what you “Want” to know. When adding a sticky use the “Title” line to put K or W and your initials. For example, If I were to add a sticky about what I know my “Title” would be “K…
Students of 3M, After yesterday’s introduction to Padlet (and your Padlet homework) you now have a fair amount of experience with it. Since Padlet is a digital version of a pencil and paper t-chart or chart paper with stickies, you will compare and contrast the pros and cons of both the digital and non-digital ways…
Here is the Padlet for today’s introduction: http://padlet.com/ccasal/mtme3xji5q0r Fill in what you “Know” about Padlet and what you “Want” to know. After we play around with it a bit we’ll add what we’ve “Learned” Have fun!
This post is a work in progress as students finish & tweak their animated books The following items are animated books created using Google Slides with Ms. Mangan’s class: The third graders created Information Books as a part of our non-fiction reading and writing units. They started with an “expert” topic, one they already knew…