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The Norman Conquest – History Remix with GarageBand
As part of an Apple coaching session, I modelled this creative, cross-curricular lesson for a secondary school history teacher looking to engage students in new ways. Using GarageBand on iPad, the le…
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Moving On Up Podcast
Moving on Up Podcast Moving on Up is a podcast activity designed to help with the transition from Primary to Post Primary school. The students plan and record a podcast with students who have already…
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Freeform Emoji Math Puzzles
Our learners have been exploring the algebraic big idea that both sides of the equal sign must be the same - and that helps us solve missing number problems. To deepen our understanding, we began sol…
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We Need to Talk About Creativity and "Creativity"
Generative AI creates text, images, music, and other expressions we associate with creativity. Sometimes we are surprised by the results. But is it creativity? Is it the same as human creativity? I t…
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Dancing Dots: Art in Motion
Third grade students explored the creative potential of Keynote by designing their own stop motion animations and GIFs. They began by learning about dot pointillism as an art technique, then applied …
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'Design a Bird with Shapes' creative activity
To celebrate World Creativity and Innovation Day, we're excited to share our latest resource, 'Shape Lessons with Style,' a project that empowers students to visualize almost anything they can imagin…
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Sketches School: Big Ideas from a Small Dot
In this lesson with Year 2 and 3 students, I used the story The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds to inspire creativity and critical thinking. We started with a simple dot on the screen in the Sketches School…
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Analyze, Animate and "Reveal" using Keynote.
Historic media messages can lead to interesting discussions and history lessons by prompting learners to think about similarities and differences between those messages and those of today. Keynote, …
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Frankenstein's Creature-Baby Book
My seniors read most of the novel Frankenstein independently. They complete quizzes and writing prompts, but this year I added an opportunity for creative collaboration. In the novel, Victor abandons…
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The Art of Silence: Collaborative Movie-Making
My year 4, 5 and 6 students were inspired by the silent movie Going for a Spin from the Everyone Can Create Video guide. After watching the movie, we explored what made it so effective, sparking grea…
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Using Dance and Technology to Spark Conversation About Online Safety.
In November 2024, Harlow College, an Apple Distinguished school, embarked on a project that has been six years in the making. The project was called ‘Innocence Undressed - A Journey of Digital Descen…
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One Best Thing: Innovation and Creativity in Making Meaning
I have been a writing teacher who writes for many years. As the years have gone by, my understanding of what it means to write and make meaning has expanded to include using different modes: linguist…
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Frankenstein: A visual analysis
How can we make literary analysis more engaging and accessible? In this project, students analyze any novel by visually interpreting key themes and symbols using only Keynote shapes. This method tran…
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Member Made Media: Replacing Hold Music With Youth Voice
Creating a Custom Hold Message with iMovie - A Simple, Impactful Project Using iPad & MacBook Have you ever been stuck on hold, listening to the worst music? We've all been there - and we knew we…
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AI - A Threat to Students' Development?
Both drawings below are made by children. Which one would you want your child to give you for Christmas? For my part, I have no doubt - I would wish for the hand-drawn picture. Let's take a closer lo…
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Magic move: Creative storytelling with a twist
As part of our storytelling and digital creativity focus, I shared the traditional Māori story How the Kiwi Lost Its Wings to my Year 2 and 3 learners. Students were challenged to retell part of the …
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Design a Text Analysis Timeline with Shapes
This project is designed for students to share their understanding of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," through the creation of an animated symbolic timeline focusing on the evolving meaning …
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How do you reset? What helps you find calm?
It was amazing the first time I ever explored Flat Lay photography (aka a picture taken from above) with students. Then we wove in animation; it became magical. The power of stop motion is that anyth…
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Guess Who? Biography Podcast
Learning Objective/Intention + Success Criteria Students will research an individual and find information that is key to who the figure is and how they became the impactful person that history rememb…
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Tiny Creatures, Big Impact: Animating Insect Helpers with Keynote
Kindergartners may be small, but their ideas are mighty—especially when it comes to understanding the natural world. In this project, our littlest learners stepped into the role of environmental scie…
