**If you are unfamiliar with this project, check out my first post introducing my pilot project with LearnPads and comparing them to iPads. My first graders have been working on writing dialogue. This can be a tricky task for any grade level. Figuring out where to put quotation marks, commas, periods, questions marks can be a nightmare. In an attempt to make this more relative to their lives as well as integrate our tablets, we utilized a couple apps to create short videos showcasing dialogue. I will outline the process for both the LearnPad and iPad below, as well as add a video explanation at the end of this post. In a nutshell, students used a paper template to record a question they would ask mom or dad as well as their mom or dad's response. After having their paper script, they used the Tellagami app to create their avatars and record their paper scripts. After creating their two Tellagami videos, they used a video editing app to mash both video clips together. Their merged video clips were then posted to their blogs to showcase their understanding of dialogue when writing. LearnPad: Dialogue Writing Steps Students began by writing out their scripts using a paper template. You can see it below and download it for yourself here. After completing their paper script, they opened up the Tellagami App. This app allows you to create an avatar. After you have created your avatar you are able to record up to a 30 second message which your avatar will speak when all done. After recording a message for both of their characters (themselves and mom or dad), they opened up the Movie Studio Video Maker app to merge both of their video clips into one final movie. Once they had both video clips merged into one movie, they then opened up Edublogs to post their video and share their understanding with dialogue. Below is a sample that a student created. **Within the video editing app, you can trim your videos. We could have trimmed the Tellagami brand at the end of each video. However, with this being our first experience with the video editing app, we chose to keep the steps simple. iPad: Dialogue Writing Steps The steps on the iPad would be identical up until video editing. Students would have started with their paper scripts. Once their paper scripts were done, they would then open the Tellagami app, customize their avatars, record their message and save to the camera roll. When they got to the video editing, they would open up the Perfect Video app. Once opened, they would create a new project. Once in their new project, they would be able to add in their two video clips. After they had merged their video clips into one movie file and exported it to their camera roll, they would then open up their Kidblog app. Once in the Kidblog app, they would create a new post, add their movie file from the camera roll and publish their post to share their understanding of dialogue. Video Comparison of processShare This:
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**If you are unfamiliar with this project, check out my first post introducing my pilot project with LearnPads and comparing them to iPads. My first graders have been working with bossy "r" combinations. Recently we spent some time sorting images based on having the bossy "r" vowel sound or not. Check out my previous post about Bossy "R" sorting. To continue integrating the LearnPads into our daily instruction, students created Pic Collages of images representing bossy "r" combinations. The images we used are accessible below. These images were posted around the classroom. Before starting, students had to determine which bossy "r" combination they would be "hunting" for during this activity (ar-images, or-images, ir, er, ur-images). After they decided on a bossy "r" combination, they used the Pic Collage app to snap pictures of only those images that represented their chosen bossy "r" combination. Once their Pic Collage was created, it was then posted to their blog. The following day, students spent time accessing their peers' blog posts with their Pic Collages. It was then their job to comment with their guess as to which bossy "r" combination was represented in the Pic Collage. LearnPad: Bossy "R" Pic COllages Steps for Bossy "R" pic collages Below are the apps we used on the LearnPad. 1) Open the Pic Collage app to get started. 2) Snap pictures using the built in camera. Click share icon when done with collage. 3) Share to Edublogs. 4) Give it a title and tap the airplane to publish live. iPad: Bossy "R" Pic Collages Steps for Bossy "R" Pic Collages Below are the apps we would use on the iPad. *The steps for creating the collage would be identical to the LearnPad until you got to the blog post step. One big difference would be saving your completed Pic Collage to the camera roll before being able to post it to Kidblog. Once the image was saved to your camera roll, you would then be able to open up the Kidblog app and create a new post. Insert the collage from the camera roll, give the post a title and click Publish to make it live. Share This: **If you are unfamiliar with this project, check out my first post introducing my pilot project with LearnPads and comparing them to iPads. When learning to read in first grade, we spend time learning about the bossy "r" or "r" controlled vowels. To utilize our tablets and provide practice, we completed a sorting activity with bossy "r" combinations. The goal of this activity was for students to demonstrate their understanding of bossy "ar" combinations by sorting pictures based on having the bossy "ar" sound or not. Students would insert a background image into a sceencasting app. After the background image was inserted, students then inserted some pre-selected images. Once these images were inserted, students spent time sorting the pictures into a bossy "r" or "other" category. When all images were sorted, a screen shot was captured and in turn posted to their blog. The process is highlighted below for both the LearnPad and iPad. LearnPad: Bossy "R" Sorting I had to do some backend work prior to this activity so that the images were all accessible for students. You can download the images that I used by clicking here. We used the apps below to complete this sorting activity on the LearnPad. Steps on the LearnPad 1) Open the Lensoo app and click create new recording. 2) Click on the landscape icon to insert images from Dropbox. 3) Sort pictures and then take a screenshot. 4) Access your screenshot from the Gallery. 5) Share image to Edublog. Student Sample of completed sort iPad: Bossy "R" Sorting The backend work for setting up images would be identical on the iPad. The big differences would be the apps used for this activity. Below are the apps that would be used on the iPad. *You could use Edublogs as the blog platform as well. My students are familiar with Kidblog on the iPad so we would have used Kidblog to post. Steps on the iPad 1) Open up the Educreations app and click New Lesson. 2) Click the landscape icon to access Dropbox. Insert background first then all other images. 3) After images are sorted capture a screen shot. 4) Open the Kidblog app, New Post, add photo from Library. 5) Add a title and click Publish to make it live. Share This: **If you are unfamiliar with this project, check out my first post introducing my pilot project with LearnPads and comparing them to iPads. I had previously posted about using QR Codes with the LearnPad for my students to collaboratively build compound words. While we continued to work on our understanding of compound words, my students used the LearnPads to show their understanding of building compound words independently. To do this, students used the following three apps: 1) Lensoo Create 2) Dropbox 3) Edublogs Lensoo Create This app was used as a white board for students to manipulate pictures and annotate the names of each picture. Dropbox This app allowed us a simple method of sharing images to the devices which in turn made it possible for students to insert images into the Lensoo Create app. Once images were inserted, they were able to manipulate and write to create their compound words. Edublogs When students had finished moving their images around and labeling them to show compound words, they would take a screen shot, open up their Edublogs app and create a new post. They would insert their screenshot and publish their post. Video Tutorial of process on LearnPad & IPAdStudent Samples of final productShare This: **If you are unfamiliar with this project, check out my first post introducing my pilot project with LearnPads and comparing them to iPads. My first graders are spending this week learning about compound words. We began by watching the Compound Word Boogie. After this short video and gaining a better understanding of combining two words together to make one, we moved onto collaboratively practicing compound words. To summarize this activity, we used QR codes to practice building compound words. Students would scan a QR code. Upon scanning, a word would be revealed. After having the word displayed on their tablet, they had to search around the room for other classmates that had the other parts to their compound words. For example, if student one had rain, student two had coat and student three had raincoat, they had to find each other to build their compound word. Check out some of the steps below for this process. QR Codes I began by creating a new blog post for each of the words as well as their compound word. You can see the sample above. After creating a post for each word, I then took that URL and created a QR Code using QR Code Generator. These QR Codes were then saved into a Google Doc for future reference. See examples below for turning URL into QR Code and saving to Google Doc. Building Compound Words After I had created a QR code for all the words that I wanted to use, I then printed them out and gave one to each student. Students scanned their QR Code to reveal their word. When everyone had a picture on their LearnPad, I said, "Go!" and the collaboration began to build compound words. Once everyone had found their group, we read through them as a class. Students returned to their seats, passed their QR Code to their neighbor and the process was repeated again. While we did this activity on the LearnPad, the same thing could be done on the iPad as well. For the iPad, we would have used the app called Qrafter to scan the codes. Regardless of using the LearnPad or iPad, both devices would allow you to complete this activity the exact same. With this being said, I would give a tie to building compound words on the LearnPad and iPad. 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