During a session yesterday by Mr. Balcom I first saw Piktochart. He says he uses it lots with young children and ELL students. DING! DING! DING! That's me! So when I saw I had an assignment to create a graphic organizer for my class I immediately thought of Piktochart. It's going to take a while for me to get used to using Piktochart but I can do that. I didn't exactly create a graphic organizer in the sense that children use it to organize their thoughts independently, but this is EXACTLY what my students need RIGHT NOW. We are retelling stories and having a strong pictorial representation of character and setting will help them in their quest to retell a story using the characters, setting, and three main details.
I'm excited to print this out and put it up. I could even print it smaller so children can hold a small one as they retell and hold on to the part of the chart that they're retelling as they are retelling it.
I just love finding new things that I can put together and use tomorrow. I'm not the kind of person who waits around for something to happen. I make it happen. That's what we nerds do!
Piktochart and I are going to get along juuuuuuust fine! :-)
I love hearing about teachers who attend Tech EDGE and find a new idea they can implent immediately! I'm proud of you for taking PiktoChart and using it right away! Can't wait to hear how it goes for you and your students. Your presentation was fabulous! Many thanks for sharing the exciting ways you integrate technology with your kindergarteners.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you left with something to use immediately and I wish I could have experienced your presentation!
ReplyDeleteI love your PiktoChart graphic organizers. I need to spend a little more time learning the apps on my IPad. I took your advice and took my iPad home over the weekend and started exploring the apps. Well, I deleted quite a few because they just were not educational or helpful. Thanks for making me think a little harder about intentional instruction using my iPad!
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