Friday, June 12, 2009

Thing #6

My school's technology coach and librarian introduced us to trading cards this past school year. The 2nd graders made bird trading cards that were reduced to a smaller size of 4" x 2 3/4" and laminated. They were distributed randomly by teachers for good behavior. The kids traded cards every day right before recess. They absolutely loved making the trading cards and trading them! They even made them at home through a link set up on our school's website. The kids also made magazine covers from Big Huge Labs for the covers of their animal reports. They wrote two questions about their animals on the front to tease their readers. They enjoyed this activity, as well.

I tried FX on Big Huge Labs. It lets you play with the picture's appearance. It was fun, but I'm not sure it has any educational value.















Jigsaw was fun, too, but . . . The calendar activity has possibilities. Maybe the kids could create group calendars with animal pictures and facts (by adding text boxes).

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