Playing

Since tonight's class was all about our learning thus far in class, I thought I'd take some time to experiment with a few of the tools/applications discussed during the course. I'd like to share some of my experiments with you - in the hope that you may find a purpose for their use.


This photo was from The Hero Factory and I'm quite sure students would love to play with all the choices. Yep . . . the hero is supposed to be me - can you see the resemblance?








Here is yet another attempt at creating myself - in the likeliness of Homer Simpson - using ToonDoo. My personal opinion - wow - it takes a looong time to figure it out! I didn't find it overly user friendly - as a matter of fact - it frustrated me. Sad to admit - but I think I'll have to get an elementary kid to explain it to me! I hope you have better luck than me!

Now this was easy to use and fun! Switchzoo has a number of activities that would hold younger people's interest. I plan on using this when I teach a French unit on animals with the Grade 5s. There are even some pretty cool games that had me thinking!

Wordle is amazing! You can do so many neat projects with it! I highly recommend you trying it with your students - or even for yourself!