Yesterday I attended and presented at a very interesting discussion surrounding innovations in teaching and learning in higher education. It was a great day with lots of sharing of ideas. One of the discussions surrounded…
Category: Character Development
Fractured Fairy Tales
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, Literacy, Reading, and Writing
Fractured fairy tales allow the children to read and create a parody of traditional fairy tales. These fractured versions allow for the use of humour and certainly encourages a creative writing style. A fractured…
The Fantastic Flying books of Mr Morris Lessmore book, apps, movie
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, General, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Literacy Apps, Reading apps, Speaking and Listening, and Writing
The Fantastic flying Books of Mr Morris Messmore BY Wiliiam Joyce is a beautifully written story. The book cab be used as a stand alone…
Websites to create infographics
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, General, Literacy, Maths, Reading, Teacher Resources, Web 2.0 tools, and Writing
Hi everyone, I hope that you all had a great Easter ! I have been away camping hence my absence for a week! I posted about infographics…
Create your own online poster’s (movies, motivational, magazine covers)
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, General, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Reading, Teacher Resources, and Writing
I have just discovered the website big huge labs. The site allows you to create a variety of different genres for posters. I love this resource as it is…
Online Postcard Maker – Character Analysis/Reading Comprehension/Writing
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, History, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Literacy Apps, Reading, Reading apps, Science, Teacher Resources, writing, and Writing Apps
Last week I blogged about a series of tools which could be used for character analysis and reading comprehension (My examples were based on the big bad wolf). Today’s post is…
Create your own trading cards: List of Apps and websites
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, General, History, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Reading, Teacher Resources, and Writing
As an extension to great tools I have been blogging about all week. I have found another one. Trading Cards. These are great for reading…
Fake Twitter Posts: Useful for book and historical characters analysis
Posted in About Me, Character Development, History, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Reading, Science, and Teacher Resources
http://www.classtools.net/twister/ – Another fantastic Tool from Classtools. Love this site! This is a fake Twitter feed. I had fun creating one from the Wolfmister as a…
Create FakeBook for book characters, historical figures etc
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, History, Literacy, Reading, Teacher Resources, and Writing
http://www.classtools.net/fb/home/page – Another fantastic Tool from classtools. This is so much fun. You can create a Fake facebook page for characters. Below is a quick one…
Toondoo – create online comics and books
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, Literacy, Reading, and Writing
http://www.toondoo.com/Login.toon?param=reg Toondoo is free and allows the children to make their own digital cartoons and books. They look fantastic! The website also allows you to…
Build your Wild Self.
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, Literacy, Science, and Web tools
I love this website! I have used it in so many ways with the children in my classroom. http://www.buildyourwildself.com/ This site is created by the New York…