{"id":1592,"date":"2013-02-20T11:43:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T15:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2013-03-08T13:18:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T17:18:58","slug":"2nd-grade-states-of-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?p=1592","title":{"rendered":"2nd Grade States of Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Picture<\/a>Second graders at Laburnum Elementary have been studying the three states of matter (solids, liquids, and gasses). So today we discussed the differences between each state, and I gave them a task to draw one of the states of matter using an online drawing tool called DrawSave<\/a>. It’s a great tool because it’s simple to use, there is no login, and it gives you a link to your picture when you are finished. I wanted to create a sorting activity like this one<\/a> that I made using Flash, so I was searching for an online tool that would let students upload their photos and then drag them around. I found a couple that worked, but each one had some limitations that I’ll go over. Scribblar<\/a> is a good one that I’ve used many times. It has a simple login (your name), it allows students to upload their photos, and they can drag the pictures around. You can see a sample I created with the students’ artwork here<\/a>. The only limitation is that it’s too easy for the students to mess it up. They can scribble all over it and delete each others’ pictures. Another site I tried was LinoIt<\/a>. It was easy enough to upload the pictures, but the students could not drag them around and the background chart was repeated. You can see that sample here<\/a>. I also tried RealTimeBoard<\/a>, but that required students to have an email in order to move things around (see my sample here<\/a>). Finally I decided to use Padlet<\/a> (previously Wallwisher). It was easy for students to upload their picture, they were able to add labels, and it looks really sharp. You can see what the students did here<\/a>. The only problem was students could not move each other’s pictures around, only their own (this could be a good thing, but for my lesson I wanted them to be able to sort each others’ pictures). The students enjoyed seeing each others’ pictures pop up instantly on their screens and it was a great way to review the three states of matter. I never did find the perfect tool, but I found some really good ones in the process!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Second graders at Laburnum Elementary have been studying the three states of matter (solids, liquids, and gasses). So today we discussed the differences between each state, and I gave them a task to draw one of the states of matter using an online drawing tool called DrawSave. It’s a great tool because it’s simple to… <\/p>\n

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