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A few weeks ago I wrote about using the app Canva.com to respond to reading. I made a Canva to write about some of the female characters in Lost in the Sun. This week I asked students to give it a try. I offered Canva as a technology option for their reader response. My response rubric requires the students to respond in three different ways, per Aimee Buckner’s Notebook Know How. I also require a TAG-TT (Title, author, genre, theme, and tone.)
I watched my students go through some of the same frustrations I had with the app, manipulating text boxes. And on some computers, the app froze, and we’d have to restart. Canva does save the draft automatically, so not all was lost.
I called the assignment Canva Characters. The students had to choose three characters and write about their interactions with the main character. Not all results are in, but I think these two show that the assignment was a success. Using technology can motivate students to move beyond their usual interpretation of text and create something new.
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Margaret,
These responses are fantastic. I love this idea! How often to you require a reading response like this?
Reader response is a weekly requirement. I like to give choices for ways to respond.
I love the different “look” of these as well as what you’ve had them do, perhaps to learn a little more about Canva. I don’t have a post today, Margaret, but I found a link for everyone to check out. This person on FreeTech4Teachers is sharing an app new to me called Scribble Maps. It seems that there will be many uses for this during the school year. The video “how-to” in this post is good. Hope everyone will enjoy learning about a new app! Have a wonderful rest of the weekend! http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/09/how-to-create-custom-multimedia-maps-on.html#.Vew8i-k8Lfi
Margaret, your use of Canva for Reader Responses is to be applauded especially with the tech glitches that occur. (I have also had glitches along the way.) When working with 6th grade teachers, I will share The Lightning Thief Reader Response.