When I saw this idea on “Learning to the Core“, I thought it would make a great activity for the end of the school year. Basically, your students create a Wordle, and then it is made into an online jigsaw puzzle for them to solve. Depending on the ability of your students, the Wordles could: … Read more
For the summer, I have decided to use my Tuesday and Thursday posts to reblog some of my favorite posts that some of my readers may have missed the first time around. Although this iApp is not free, I think that it is one of the few that is well worth the cost for classroom … Read more
For those of you who find it appealing to make pictures out of text, as in the iDevice apps TypeDrawing and WordFoto, there is a website that will also perform this function. You are Your Words, sponsored by American Heritage Dictionary, allows you to upload your photo and text, and meld the two together. There … Read more
“Our Wish for the World” is a creative art idea using the iPad app WordFoto. Tricia Fuglestad posted about this lesson for third graders on the Pop Art of Robert Indiana. Her post includes more pictures and links to an Artsonia gallery of images and a handout. WordFoto is one of my favorite apps … Read more
WordFoto is an iApp ($1.99) with a lot of potential for creative minds. The app allows the user to either take a picture or load a photo from the device’s Photo Gallery. Once loaded, the designer can then crop the picture if necessary. The main appeal, however, is adding words to the picture. There are … Read more