![]() I hope these ideas will be fun and easy for you try with your little learners during these last couple days or weeks of school!Ī kindergarten teacher at heart, Traci Piltz now work as a technology integration specialist for K-2 teachers in our district. I have PicCollage installed on my phone to quickly create collages and share with parents via Seesaw. PicCollage is a great way to collect photos from a fun end of the year event, like a trip to the zoo, music performance, field day or end of the year party. They could also add text explaining their summer activities, or upload to Seesaw and add their voice to explain.Įnd of the Year Photo Collages to Share with Parents They each chose a pair of sunglasses to add to their collages, then used the same web search trick (using png) to search fun things they plan to do this summer. This allows students to find images with a transparent background, and helps them to build some super creative collages! Adding the “png” is a fun trick I learned from fellow PicCollage Ambassador Erintegration. Students then used the web search tool to search “sunglasses png”. They could use the text formatting tools to change the font and color. I then had each student use the text tool to type “My Summer Looks Bright!” on the top of their collage. We started by taking a selfie and trimming it using the clip tool (double tap the image and use a finger to trim away the background). They could also be printed and given to students as an end of the year keepsake.įor this activity, I adapted this fun writing project from the blog into a digital collage. The finished projects turned out fantastic, and we shared them on Seesaw. They were seriously SO ENGAGED while typing on their friends’ collages. We did this until every student had written a describing word on each friend’s collage.ĭoing them this way helped manage these young learners and allowed me to provide them the support they needed. When given the “go” signal, everyone passed an iPad to their left, added a kind adjective about their friend (Just one word! The anchor chart was a huge help!) using the text tool, and then when I said “Pass!” they passed again. We played Scoot by scooting the iPads instead of ourselves. I let students add whatever background they liked, and choose TWO stickers to decorate their collage with.Īfter the collages were created, students joined me at carpet and sat in a circle with their iPads on the floor in front of them. Once done, they clicked the checkmark to insert the photo into their collages, and then used the + sign to access the background and stickers. ![]() ![]() Students began by taking a selfie, then use the clip tool by double tapping the image and used their finger to trim the background off of their selfie photos. We then used the app PicCollage Kids to begin our digital selfie projects. After reading the story, we created an anchor chart of adjectives we can use to describe one another. ![]() We began this activity by reading the story One Word Pearl by Nicole Groeneweg, which is a wonderful introduction to generating describing words about their friends. I modified it just a bit for the young learners I work with, and here’s what I did! This idea from Erin at Erintegration is so awesome and makes a terrific end of the year keepsake for students. For this publication we decided to also make printed color copies for a hall display and to eventually send home with kids.PicCollage Kids is such a versatile, creative and fun app for students, that it’s a perfect tool to celebrate the end of the year! This post will share three of my favorite ways to use it with K-2nd grade students. I enabled students to view each others’ work (a setting change in Seesaw), to “like” and make comments so they could get to know kids in other groups, classes and grades. Once there, students recorded themselves reading their pieces. We took a step further by uploading the final collages to Seesaw. They shared orally with their groups then drafted sloppy copies on paper templates before publishing illustrated versions on Pic Collage. After sharing student samples from past years, I asked students to begin thinking about their own identities using a simple framework - what they love, hate, fear and hope for. It has endless uses in education.Įarlier this year we used it to build community as 4th and 5th graders started working in small language development groups. Users create visually striking posters with varied layouts, interesting backgrounds, web pictures or photos, and text with fun fonts. It’s a simple collage-making app that can be used for many projects or publications.
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