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On a personal note, I had no idea that Amazon Prime has free unlimited photo storage! My husband and I will both be able to free up so much space on our phones. We’re very grateful for that tip! As an educator, I love the idea of book spine poetry and envision my older students (fourth graders) creating some really cool poems. That’s definitely an activity I’ll be sharing with teachers as I help support their poetry units. Here is an elementary library example I created: I also enjoyed using Pixabay for the first time to find some beautiful photos for our upcoming China unit. I have been using our paid Britannica Images database but like to have additional resources on hand as well. Here is a stunning image of the Great Wall of China from Pixabay: Although the Pixabay website says, “No attribution required,” a lack of citation under the photo above feels very strange to me and will take some getting used to!
One additional idea inspired by this Photo Fun lesson is using the “I Spy” game as a creative way for students to show their knowledge at the end of a unit. Students could draw major objects or landmarks from a unit on American symbols, country studies, etc. or could find copyright-friendly images, then could write their own clues to attach to a portion of each image to share their knowledge with others in a fun, engaging way.
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My name is Kaye, and this is my tenth year as a K-4 Library Media Specialist in Manlius, NY. I enrolled in this program to discover many new tools to share with both students and colleagues.
I enjoyed the "Learning about Schoolwide WordPress Blogs with Andrea Hernandez" video, especially the idea of having students create their own commenting guidelines. What an outstanding way for students to learn how to be responsible, respectful digital citizens! I have also bookmarked the 100 Word Challenge as an inspirational tool to share with students who are interested in writing for a much larger audience. Over the years, I've found that blogs are wonderful for library collection development. I have loved reading about new books through various educators' blog entries. Jen Vincent's "Teach Mentor Texts" has always been one of my favorites for finding excellent books for teachers' units! |
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