If you aren’t following Julie Smith’s ITRT Blog, you are missing out! I’m sad I only got to work with her for one year before getting my new Resource Teacher position at Fair Oaks Elementary because she really challenged and stretched me as an ITRT. She has amazing ideas for lessons that are truly engaging and fun for students. Her latest post, Back to School Selfie Projects, is super!
In her post she talks about the App that many teachers dread using in the classroom – THE CAMERA! Instead of shying away from it and prohibiting students from using it, leverage the craziness and embrace the process! You’re students will love you for it. Get over to Julie’s Blog Post now and check it out! She even has multiple type of Rubrics that you download like the one below! A great project idea AND grading rubrics to go along with it?! AWESOME!
If iPads aren’t your thing, or you don’t have them in your classroom, you can still make a Back to School Selfie Project! Have your students make an Instagram Selfie Project! Have your students go to the online webcam, Pixect to take their picture. After taking and saving the picture, the students can use one of two templates. I’ve created a Promethean ActivInspire Template and a PhotoShop Template. Pick your poison, drag in the saved selfie picture, edit the text-boxes, and your good to go! If you want more in-depth directions and examples on how to create with ActivInspire, here are all my other Instagram Blog Posts on making Historical People and Animal Selfies! Here’s a quick example I threw together. Have fun making those Selfies!
