gif it over for brush ninja

I have used brush ninja a few times this year to allow kids a chance to make their own animated gifs while illustrating their learning. One week we illustrated vocabulary terms, some students showed a change in a character’s feelings, and others showed natural disasters or events. No matter the task, brush ninja allows an element of creativity in their demonstration of understanding. We can’t get enough! Easy to use and customize, students learn quickly how to change a background, duplicate a slide to show change gradually, and to save to their google drives and share images with peers. Here are a few students samples, all quickly created in one class session.

doodle adventures

Screen Shot 2020-07-09 at 10.55.24 AMI am a firm believer in sketchnoting and the bullet journal, so it gives me great satisfaction to doodle coloring sheets with a message for a board at our school. Students usually help me fill it in when they are at recess or on a brain break. This year I have no idea how that will work, so I guess I am just hopeful doodling at this point. I decided to video it this time to show that I keep at it until it’s done… everyone can doodle.

“Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson

happy Star Wars day!

My family is full of Star Wars nerds, we watched the original films over and over. We watched them at the $1 movie on weekends, on VHS with popcorn at home, and reluctantly tried the “new” movies as they came out. I don’t think my dad will ever watch all of the newest films, but here’s to hope. To celebrate this year I made this choice board (using Google slides) for elementary students. I spent way too much time on the sticker board from Disney, it is adorable! Click the image for the linked web version. #geekon

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