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Dec 05 2012 December 5, 2012 January 23, 2013 1Comment by David

2nd Grade Beeclip Indian Posters

Posted in 2nd Grade, Social Studies

Picture 5Second graders at Laburnum Elementary have been studying the different American Indian tribes (SOL 2.2 & 2.4). So today they chose a tribe and made an online poster using a cool free site called Beeclip (although it was just updated to Biteslide). First I showed them how to select a background from the side menu. Then we added a title using the text button. They wrote the name of their tribe, and I showed them how to change the font, size, and color. Next we used the built-in safe image search to find pictures about the tribes. We discussed various search terms they could use to find specific photos. After dragging their pictures onto the poster, I showed them how to add frames and stickers for decoration. Some of the stickers could even be written on using a text box. Since you can’t save your posters without an account, we clicked the full screen button and took a screenshot. Then we saved those to our folders. The only problem with that is they can’t go back later and edit their work. I took all their screenshots and uploaded them to a CoMemories gallery that you can see by clicking here.


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Sep 19 2012 September 19, 2012 November 8, 2012 NoComment by David

4th Grade Virginia Regions BeeClip Posters

Posted in 4th Grade, Social Studies

I’ve shared several ideas for projects your students could do about the regions of Virginia on this blog (search for “regions” in the search box). Here’s a new one we did today using BeeClip. One of the best things about BeeClip is the safe Google image search that is incorporated within the website. The students used that to find pictures of places, products, and industries for their chosen region. They could also upload photos that I provided for them. Then they added labels using the stickers and the text tool. Finally we entered full screen mode and took a screenshot to save it (Command + Shift + 3). Screenshots are saved to the Documents folder, so students can drag them from there to their own folders. If you would like your students to save their work online so they can keep working on it later, you would have to set up an account. Otherwise it’s free to use with no login required.


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Sep 05 2013 September 5, 2013 November 22, 2013 NoComment by David

First Week of School

Posted in Language Arts

Screen shot 2013-11-22 at 12.21.11 PMIt’s been a good start to the 2013-2014 school year. I have two new schools where I will be serving as the ITRT (technology instructor), Varina and Davis. I’m still at Holladay and Laburnum, where I’ve been for the past eight years. This week we’ve been doing introductory activities with technology. We’ve written notes to our parents in Pages and added a photo, we’ve made Comics and Pixies about ourselves, and we’ve interviewed each other. Since I’ve already posted similar projects, I won’t post them again here, but I’d like to highlight two projects we did at my new schools. The 4th graders in Ms. Cousin’s class at Davis created a video to explain the classroom procedures to their parents. That really grabs parents’ attention at Back-to-School night. The 4th graders in Ms. Hubard’s class at Varina created Biteslide posters about themselves (see photo). Biteslide used to be called Beeclip, so if you’d like to see how I’ve used it in other ways search my blog for Beeclip. Finally, 3rd grade students in Ms. Eller’s class at Davis made Wordle word clouds about their interests and added a photo.


Nov 01 2012 November 1, 2012 January 10, 2013 NoComment by David

3rd Grade Water Conservation Posters

Posted in 3rd Grade, Science

Tamia3Third graders in Ms. Tate’s class at Chamberlayne Elementary have been learning about water conservation (SOL3.6d, 3.9e). Today they made posters to hang around the school encouraging students to conserve water. We decided to make them online using a site called BeeClip so we could share them with others who don’t attend Chamberlayne. First the students decided which were the most important facts from their research to include on their posters. They typed them up using BeeClip’s text feature. Next they used BeeClip’s built in Google Image Safe Search to look for pictures that related to their text. Finally they selected some of BeeClip’s stickers to add decoration to their posters. In order to save the posters without having an account, the students had to take screenshots. Then we uploaded the screenshots to an online photo sharing site called CoMemories. You can see them all by clicking here. The projects turned out great, and the students were proud of their professional looking posters that will be displayed around the school.


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Sep 06 2012 September 6, 2012 September 13, 2012 NoComment by David

4th Grade “About Me” Posters

Posted in 4th Grade, Language Arts

Here at the beginning of the year it’s always a great idea to give your students the opportunity to introduce themselves to you and to each other. There are so many different ways to do this type of project. We’ve done movies, comics, Keynote slideshows, and Pages documents. I’m always on the lookout for new ideas though, and I found a cool website called BeeClip that I wanted to try out with a class. Ms. Waggoner at Chamberlayne Elementary was all for it, so I went to her fourth grade class today, and her students had a good time making posters about themselves. This site is great because it doesn’t require a login to use it. Students can upload their photos, add text and stickers, and even search for pictures online with a built in safe Google image search. Once they created their posters we went to full-screen mode and took a screenshot of it (Apple + Shift + 3). Screenshots are saved to the Documents folder on student computers. Next I uploaded the posters to Comemories which is a great way to share photos instantly. You can see all the posters here.


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