Children, parents, and PK-K 11 teachers helped create our classroom eBook, “Watch Me Grow”, by using the app Book Creator and a voice recorder. Parents were given directions on how to download the classroom eBook on their own devices through our classroom website.
In this video Marcelo and Mateo look at the book and guess whose baby photo they see, listening to the voice recording and then verifying their guess by swiping the page to see if that friend indeed appeared. Mateo and Marcelo independently began repeating the English sentences they heard. They also found similarities between classmates as they listened carefully to their friends speak in English all the while having fun!
This experience allowed children to use technology in a transformative way, as they used the eBook to self-direct meaningful learning.
Monarch butterflies in Nursery 3
It was a busy day at school, and we did not want to take our eyes off the Monarch butterfly chrysalis in the science area, since we suspected the butterfly was going to emerge soon. We had to continue with our daily activities, but “what could we do to not miss out on the birth?”
We let our iPad record the process as a “time lapse” as we continued with our activities. After an hour the butterfly was born. We did not notice until later but luckily, we had everything recorded on video! We reviewed our iPad to see the butterfly emerging from its chrysalis.
It was a busy day at school, and we did not want to take our eyes off the Monarch butterfly chrysalis in the science area, since we suspected the butterfly was going to emerge soon. We had to continue with our daily activities, but “what could we do to not miss out on the birth?”
We let our iPad record the process as a “time lapse” as we continued with our activities. After an hour the butterfly was born. We did not notice until later but luckily, we had everything recorded on video! We reviewed our iPad to see the butterfly emerging from its chrysalis.
Then we played it on the TV and children asked to see it over and over again. It was amazing! Children were able to capture these incredible changes in their environment thanks to the technology available to us.