Adobe Spark!

Adobe Spark is a graphic design app that enables you to create 3 types of projects: a post, a web story or a video.

Classroom Uses

• Sight word proficiency
• Narrative prompts /Story starters/Creative storytelling
• Book reports
• An alternative to written assignments 
• Research/Genius Hour reports
• Field-trip reports/ 
• Vacation Journals
• Student portfolios
• Classroom newsletters 

Here are 7 simple steps to create your own a Spark video!

Create an account and log in to https://spark.adobe.com

Adobe Spark Student Log in

Adobe Spark now has an education version for children under 13.  To Access it, have the students click Log in and choose the "Log in with school account option.... NOT the Continue with Google.

They will have to put their email in (possibly two times) and password.   

Spark is an awesome, quick way to create posters and videos.  Click HERE for 7 quick steps to create a movie and some classroom ideas for using Spark.

Reality TV for the Classroom!

Last spring I watched eagles hatch in Decorah, Iowa.  

This fall our second graders watched fruit bats feed in England.  

This fall I watched as 1,000 polar bears migrated to to the Hudson Bay in Canada!  (The polar bears go there to wait for the bay to freeze so they can hunt for seals!)

Live webcams allow you to take your students anywhere in the world - virtually!  They can spark excitement, awaken curiosity and create an emotional bond between students and subject matter that makes learning personal and meaningful!

WebCam Feeds for Use in the Classroom!

Visual Field Trips
 http://mrssmoke.onsugar.com/Visual-Field-Trips---Webcam-Feeds-Classroom-Viewing-2959452 

EarthCam For Kids
http://www.earthcamforkids.com/

EarthCam
http://www.earthcam.com

Teachtopia
 http://teachtopia.com/webcams.html

Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech100.shtml 

Eleanor Amplified!

The Radio Adventures of Eleanor Amplified podcast for kids 8-12 with entertaining, fictional stories about a world-famous radio reporter, Eleanor Amplified.  Designed to get children interested in journalism, spark conversations and make smart choices the episodes are 10-15 minutes of action packed adventures!

Great for a listening station or as a whole group!

Listen to Episode 1