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Focus: March Jedi Challenges

2/27/2017

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March is all about collaboration!

Google Drawings
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Access the project here (http://bit.ly/2jnCO1c)
1. Build your droid & share it on the collaborative slide
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 Comment with how you could use a similar project in your classroom
3. Check back and see all the droids toward the end of the week (10th) or the end of the month!

Earns: 0.5 hours PD and Google Drawings Badge


Awesome Squiggles
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Awesome Squiggles is a global art challenge project where PreK-12 grade classrooms create original art based on four squiggly lines and then share their artwork with new friends around the world.  See more and sign up at http://awesomesquiggles.weebly.com/

Earns: 1 - 2 hours PD and Awesome Squiggles Badge
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Skype or Mystery Skype
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Mystery Skype is a “fun, teacher-invented learning game that builds students’ cultural awareness, critical thinking, and geography skills”. Usually, two classrooms use Skype and a series of questions to guess each other’s locations. See https://education.microsoft.com for more info. Regular Skype calls can also be counted toward this badge/PD!

Earns: 0.5 - 1.5 hours PD and Skype/Mystery Skype Badge
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Need A Little Spark?

2/13/2017

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Add some spark with Adobe Spark!
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Adobe Spark boasts effortless creation and beautiful results. Sign up is easy (even sign in with Google) and FREE! All three (post, page and video) are under the one signup/login. 
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Designing is easy to do, easy to share (download or link).
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Spark Pages can even be embedded on websites!
Add Spark to Presentations
Videos can be downloaded or shared by link
A little spark can ignite a fire -- of imagination, creativity, and learning.
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Snap to it! #booksnaps

2/6/2017

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You are reading along in that great professional education book and you find a statement that you love....
Do you underline it? "Dog-ear" that page? Highlight?
What about taking a snapshot or screenshot? "Snap it"
Enter #BookSnaps!

Although, the name BookSnap comes from the idea of using Snapchat for posting and sharing - do not throw out this idea if you are not a SnapChat user. There are many ways to snap and share #booksnaps!
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Creating #BookSnaps

Tara Martin (http://www.tarammartin.com/) has several great "how to" videos and ideas for using BookSnaps. I've included one using SeeSaw below. For more ideas see this other post by Tara
I love her using of Padlet!
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Using an iPad with the Photos app
Take a picture of the book page (home button and power button pushed at the same time)
Open in Photos app.
Click on the 3 horizontal lines or "the hamburger" (upper right hand corner)
Then click the circle with 3 dots (right side)
Choose the toolbox "markup" - your tools will show at the bottom.
Using iPhone with the Photos app
Take a picture of the book page.
Open in Photos app
Click on the 3 horizontal lines with circles on them
Click on the circle with 3 dots
Choose markup
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Reasons to create #BookSnaps

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Notice all the Bitmojis used? Check out my past post on using them as a digital sticker! Here is an example of my first #booksnap that I posted on Twitter.
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Now it is your turn! Snap to it!

More resources:
The Book Sommelier
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Ten Ways to Ditch That Reading Log
Twitter - #booksnaps
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