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Green Screen Tour Company
This is a fun project that I do frequently, it is fun and easy. The only thing that you will need is a green/blue screen. Just about any bright green will work. I have a green fabric that I bought…
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Art, Analysis & Animation - International Woman’s Day
I love to spark learning lessons with Keynote animations. Example - Animating a poster from the Library of Congress Next, challenge students to create their own art on iPad around this topic (or ot…
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The Resilient Faces of Black History - Book Creation for Heritage Months
I’m a fan of celebrating and recognizing national Heritage Months. As I mentioned here in CBL and Heritage Months, highlighting heritage months broadens the scope of student knowledge, adds to the pi…
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Apple Maps Black History Month Guides
Delighted to read in Apple News about the Apple Maps Guides created by the Smithsonian for Black History Month! Quote from Apple News The Smithsonian created a series of Guides in Apple Maps to spotl…
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Keynote your Valentine Cards
Captivate your students with animated Valentine cards that will get them into researching primary sources as well as inspiring some artistic creativity. Consider making a card from a favorite primar…
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Interactive Maps
This is a fun project that I have been doing with my students using Apple Maps and Keynote. It is a great project to get students thinking about geography. This is a project that can be used in Histo…
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Ordered Card Sort with Keynote
One simple way to use Keynote in your classroom is by creating an ordered card sort for your students to complete! Using Keynote’s light table view, students can easily hold and drag the slides in th…
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An Endless Timeline Throughout History
7th Social Studies Timeline of World War I, World War II, Cold War, & Contemporary Issues. Let students explore history through creating a timeline and adding important details to each event whi…
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South America Travel Plan
6th Grade Social Studies students used this template to create a travel plan for a country of choice in South America. (This could be done with any area). Students were asked to think like a travel g…
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Managing Workflow with Freeform
Last week, I had the chance to play around with Freeform. I absolutely LOVE its potential for collaboration and creativity - and I have so many ideas for how the students and teachers on my campus ca…
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Harlem Renaissance project
I used to think I had advanced this project pretty well, moving from a stand up presentation, to a loaded presentation to cd's, to sharing out and submitting into an email. I have learned that there…
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Fireworks! - Keynote Builds For a New Year’s Start
Our students finish up first semester exams this week before heading off for a winter break.As we head back to school right after the New Year it might be time to set off some fireworks. If you tea…
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A Geographic History Mystery using Apple Maps Look Around
I think it is important for learners to connect geographic location in their study of history and analysis of primary sources. In this way they can better understand the history of a time and place. …
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Lifting Out with iOS 16 + Primary Source Images
I’m practicing creating primary source posters using the new iOS 16 on iPhone.Here is a short demo: Student should cite their sources and use copyright free images, of course! Lots of potential for c…
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Animated Cards and Primary Sources
During the holiday season or anytime when colleagues have worked hard to achieve a goal, I like to send a note with a history twist. It’s important to send a thank you card at any time of the year, …
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Animating a Map for Explorer Journeys in Keynote (The First Fleet)
As an Apple Professional Learning Specialist, I am always conscious of supplying teachers with relevant and specific content that is also engaging for the children. Teachers are constantly looking fo…
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Annotating historic documents with images using Pages.
Diving into historic text is sometimes a struggle for students.However providing a creative activity that encourages engagement and participation helps smooth the road as well as creates a meaningful…
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Christianity Denominations Infographic - Human Geography
Original Plan/Lesson: My original plan for my Human Geography freshmen in our World Religions unit was to have them research and write about the many denominations of Christianity. What I Changed: Tu…
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Goods & Resources Movement GIF
Original Lesson Our original lesson took place in the Movement topic of the Introduction to Geography unit. The goal was to for students to explore how what level of movement of goods and ideas are b…
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Zentangle Flag Project- interdisciplinary ideas included.
Good for digital art class & interdisciplinary learning. My 8th graders used Sketches app to incorporate symbols of our home state Colorado into the state flag design. We used layers to design…
