With the way our school calendar falls, we end up with three weeks between holidays and we’ve started a tradition of December Shenanigans. After all, tis’ the season to spread some cheer!
Each day comes with a special theme that has a challenge or spirit dress event to boost morale and have fun. Plus, as an instructional leader, it’s a great opportunity to teach or polish some tech with their iPad devices and STEAM skills in a fun way!
Examples of tech integration for various theme days.
Yourself on a Shelf! - Dress (or digitize) as an elf, gingerbread or snow person and hide a a picture of yourself on shelves around the school.
- Markup in Photos
- Capture subject in Photos
Snow Nice! - Using anything but snow, have the most ‘epic’ snowball fight.
- Keynote Live video with Screen recording
- Slo-Motion recording in Camera
- Green Screen in iMovie
Reindeer Games! - Using emojis or objects depict your favorite song or movie of the season.
- fn +e to access the emoji keyboard
Carol of the Bells! - Using a bell(s), recreate a timer tone from your iPad or iPhone.
- Clock timer selections and how to change
- Voice Memos or GarageBand for recording
Holiday Travels - Take a picture of your yourself to create the best holiday postcard.
- Image playgrounds to create a background image
- Satellite and 3D rendering in Maps
- Capture subject in Photos or Remove background in Keynote
- Layering in Keynote with text, shapes and animations
Gingerbread Run! - Design and build (or digitize) the best gingerbread run.
- Animations in Keynote
- Keynote export options movie or animated gifs
- 3D graphics in Canva and animations
- AR Makr or Reality Composer for a augmented reality version
Merry Meme Making - Create your very best holiday season or winter meme.
- Short Cuts Gallery Meme Maker
Merry & Bright! - Design and build (or digitize) the best light display.
- Layering in Keynote with text, shapes and animations
- Export options such as animated gif
- Physical circuit kits
Previous Year’s Fun
Singing Loud for All to Hear! - Masked singer style disguise your voice and share a song.
- Originally done with Clips (😢), now can be done with messages
- Garageband voice recorder options
Gingerbread Yourself! - Use markup to gingerbread yourself. Don’t forget the gumdrop buttons.
- Markup in Photos
Snow Day! - Using anything by snow, build (or digitize) the best snowman.
- Markup in Photos
- Timelapse in Camera
- Stop Motion
Candy Cane Tuesday! - Wearing red and white, do something creative with a candy cane! (Digital tricks encouraged)
- Capturing subject of an image
- Formatting and layering Keynote
We hope to continue these shenanigans next year and maybe other time of the year. If you have an idea, please drop a comment, we’d love to include it!
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