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Indigenized Slam Poetry

Memoir Trailers

April 18, 2018

Students used the ipads to make movie trailers for their memoirs. Below is an example!

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Technology

January 23, 2018

It is interesting that this months topic is on Technology as Kelly and I were surprised to discover that the technology piece is what seems to be causing our delays. The students are just finishing up their worldview mind maps using Canva . This website allows students to create mind maps (as well as other documents). One issue we are having with this website is that you cannot change the size of the canvas so students are having to do more than one canvas as they have typed so much!! The other app we have been using lots is Sketchbook. Students have drawn a rough copy of their Coast Salish inspired art on paper, taken a picture on the iPads and then they are able to add a layer over their picture, trace their image and then delete the photo, leaving behind their drawing. Most students preferred to draw on paper before drawing on the ipad and we found they were often trying to replicate exactly what they did on paper, so tracing was great. One key to success here i...

Where are we at?

April 17, 2018

We are nearing the final push of our project! Students have started looking at slam poetry and are starting to think about their final project. Kelly and I have been busy planning our final evening showcase. We have many things to take into consideration, and one of the most important is figuring out the technology. As we are both new to using iPads in this capacity, we need to troubleshoot getting all the students videos on one iPad and hooking it up to our system in our theatre. We have decided the evening will be by donation, with all donations going toward a set of drums for the school. In addition to entering by donation, students will have the opportunity to pick one piece of their Coast Salish inspired art which we will print on photo paper for parents to purchase and frame. Other things we are deciding on is having a concession of Bannock for sale. Because this is the first time doing this project, we do not want to pack our evening so ful...