End of the Year Projects with Technology

Looking for a project to end the school year? There are many engaging options incorporating technology. Here are a few ideas:

1. Create and share a comic about your favorite school memories or events during the school year. 
• Strip Designer (app), Comic Touch (app) or Read Write Think (on laptops)
2. Have each student create a virtual poster comparing himself/herself from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. Have students write about how he/she has changed physically, mentally, and academically this year. 
• Pic Collage or Google Draw
3. Have students leave behind advice for those who will follow in their footsteps or for their buddies. 
• iMovie or Podcast
4. Students can create a Wordle using words to describe their favorite moments during the school year. 
• Wordle
5. Create a survey for students about their favorite events of the school year and graph the results. 
• Google Forms (each student has this in their Google Drive) or Create a Graph (as a class)

Email Elizabeth Leddy if you want to brainstorm ideas or need support implementing a project.

Spring Clean Your Phone

1. Delete and Organize Apps: Less visual clutter will reduce visual overload
• Delete apps you don't use
• Put apps that aren't used frequently in folders
2. Manage Photos and Music: Protect your photos by putting them in the cloud
• Save photos and videos in albums
• Delete unwanted photos
• Transfer photos, videos and music to cloud storage
3. Streamline To-Do Lists:
• Create lists on your phone so you have access from various locations
• Use one system to organize your notes (iPhone's Notes, Cozi, other other apps)
4. Clean Up Contacts: Scroll through a letter of the alphabet each day and "clean up" your contacts
• Update your contacts
• Eliminate anyone you don't remember or need anymore
5. Declutter Your Inbox: If your inbox is out of control, you'll be less like to respond to important emails
• Unsubscribe from all of the newsletters and promotional emails you receive and don't need
• Delete old, unwanted emails

Newspaper Clip Generator

Newspaper clip generator

This week’s tip features a website that allows you to generate your own bogus newspaper clippings that look amazingly authentic. Students could share a story about their weekend, write a story about the person they are researching for the biography tea, or share information from their research project. This is a fun way to show their learning.