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At the Heart of ELA
In my seventh grade ELA class my students created a Valentine's Day story using Keynote and conversation Valentine’s Day hearts candy. They created three slides and on the first slide the students w…
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Exploring Theme in Things Fall Apart
After a short unit to read and study the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, grade 10 English students were asked to explore various themes, and to demonstrate their understanding by producing …
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Creativity, Literacy and Generative AI
If you are in education, you are probably talking about generative AI. If you have any influence over young people, you are probably worrying about AI. I teach English to senior students and we have …
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Create your own I Spy Book
Students use tools within Keynote to create their own I Spy book. #dptech
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Texting GIFs with Keynote!
#DPtech This assignment has evolved so much since I first created it. As an 11th grade English teacher, we read The Crucible by Arthur Miller and every year I try to think of ways to get this “old-fa…
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Story Events/ Setting Lesson
I love using Keynote with Kindergarten and Grade 1. I feel like it is the perfect iPad app for primary students to explore, learn, and play. I have used this lesson in the past with paper and penci…
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Foldables in a New Way
In 21 years of teaching Geometry, I have amassed quite the collection of resources and strategies for my toolkit. One of my favorites for vocabulary acquisition was the foldable. For those who do not…
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Long and Short U Activity
Help recognize words with the Short U sound. & begin and introduction to the Magic E (Long U) sound.
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Making Predictions in Keynote
I introduced Keynote to my first graders by making predictions. I first taught my students how to add shapes and change the color of these shapes. I also introduced the drawing tool so they were able…
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Using Padlet for Staff Planning
I, like many others, have favoured using Padlets with my students as a visual representation of their learning. The ease of access and the fact that they can see their work displayed alongside that o…
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Using Markup in Photos to teach Imagery!
Hello! I created this short activity to review the concept of imagery with students. The directions include the information below. I have also attached my assignment directions, which include my exam…
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AI is Everywhere
Learn more about artificial intelligence and how to integrate this new technology into your teaching practice.
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Challenge: Write to Change the World!
Persuasive writing skills can be connected to purposeful experiences through the process of Challenge Based Learning. Students choose topics that personally matter to them and create written solution…
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The Alchemist Project Based Assessment
After completing our reading and study of The Alchemist, students were asked to create a digital poster for one of the main literary elements we studied, as described below: You must demonstrate know…
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Create Dialogue in "Messages"
I used Keynote to create an animated Gif to capture part of a conversation two fictional characters were having for part of an activity. With Magic Move and other animation effects, this type of acti…
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Instagram Journal Template
The following resource is a journal entry template that was revamped into a fake Instagram page using a Canva template. The first page is an Instagram Profile page and the following three pages are I…
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A World of What If- Introduction to Fahrenheit 451 and Speculative Fiction
Kicking off novels that challenge students to the extent that Fahrenheit 451 does can be difficult. Really difficult. It's imperative to have a strong hook to capture students' interests early. One w…
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Using AI and Keynote for Storytelling- Māui and Kupe
I have started using AI images through Padlet to support my students with storytelling, especially around Aotearoa New Zealand Histories and Legends. I was inspired by some of Paul Hamilton's work an…
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Supporting First Nations languages with simple Keynote templates
I am very fortunate, in my work as an Apple Professional Learning Specialist, to work with many First Nations teachers and students, who do not speak English as their first language. I also work with…
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iCan with Clips! - Video series to support learning at home
To support my early elementary English as a Second Language students learning outside of the classroom I have created a video series called "iCan with Clips". These are simple, teaching videos rolled…
