Taylor used the Nowra Public School NAIDOC Week Creative Challenges Book photo task to have students inquire about the natural world around them and to help create a scene that represented a place of significance for them.
Taylor first introduced students to the activity using an example in Keynote.
Then she led her students on a nature walk around the school. Students used the Camera app on iPad to take photos of leaves, flowers, bark, dirt, and anything natural they could see out in the gardens.
Back in the classroom, students opened a new Keynote presentation and selected shapes from the shapes library to create a natural place that meant something to them.
From the photos taken earlier, students used the Mask tool in Keynote to fill the shapes they used to build their natural scene.
Students built out their natural scene, then added an audio recording explaining the relevance of their chosen place of significance.
Because iPad is so flexible and mobile, students can explore, create, inquire, and capture learning anywhere. These experiences instantly become engaging and meaningful as the students embrace learning that is relevant and does not end at their classroom door.
Taylor Williams
Get the resources.
Get the NAIDOC 2020 Creative Challenges creative journal on Apple Books and try this activity with your students.