Hey ya'll!
So this week's focus was on pictures.
I found many new interesting sites and ideas I would like to talk about.
The first website is called Photofunia. All you need to do is choose an effect and add your personal picture to it and you're one click away from a fun photo of yourself.
I thought this would be a great tool to give to students as a task they would later on present in class. I thought of a few cool ways to use it:
1. Create your own book cover:
a. The pictures of the students will be used as a "book cover" to a short story about themselves. The pictures they create will have to say something about them. (I love going on trips\I love cooking\ I wish I was a famous singer etc.)
b. Write a personal story about a family trip/a movie you saw/book you read
Their assignment will be to create a picture and write about it. Why they chose it and what is the story behind it.
2. Another idea is to create a new cover to a book they read. Instead of just writing a book report, students can create a cover that they think resembles the story.
For this activity they don't have to use Photofunia. Another great (and free!) website for this would be Canva.
3. Choosing a motto and creating a picture that resembles it. Later you can make a nice wall with all their pictures.
Here are two photos I created with each website:
1. Create your own book cover:
a. The pictures of the students will be used as a "book cover" to a short story about themselves. The pictures they create will have to say something about them. (I love going on trips\I love cooking\ I wish I was a famous singer etc.)
b. Write a personal story about a family trip/a movie you saw/book you read
Their assignment will be to create a picture and write about it. Why they chose it and what is the story behind it.
2. Another idea is to create a new cover to a book they read. Instead of just writing a book report, students can create a cover that they think resembles the story.
For this activity they don't have to use Photofunia. Another great (and free!) website for this would be Canva.
3. Choosing a motto and creating a picture that resembles it. Later you can make a nice wall with all their pictures.
Here are two photos I created with each website:
In The Innovative Educator I found another nice idea that would be great to bring into the classroom as a discussion topic. This site is called Vibe Israel. The site was created in the hope that through social media, Israeli citizens will be able to show the world that there is more to Israel than news related to the conflict in the Middle East.
I would try to do some sort of project with my students towards independence day and have them each work on what Israel is/means to them or what they love about it. They'll tell about the great things our country has to offer in one category (great inventions, special places to visit, great food etc.) and we can make our own "Vibe Israel" in the classroom.
I liked you idea Oryia, my English students don't have notebooks (!!!!) and I was thinking to ask the teacher to have one, at least during my classes. If she agrees, I will use your idea to make their notebooks more personal!
השבמחקI really liked the idea of having them create mottos and finding a picture to match, one might even call this having them make memes
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