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Happy 2016! I haven’t been diligent about DigiLit Sunday during the holiday, but Tara Smith has set a new resolution and this posting is a part of it. Thanks, Tara, for waking me up with your “Emazing” post about Ralph Fletcher’s book, Making Nonfiction from Scratch.
Many are thinking about resolutions and hopes and dreams for 2016. I am working on my One Little Word. I plan to reveal it commit to it on Tuesday’s Slice of Life post. Last year I introduced the concept of One Little Word to my students. I plan to do this again when we return to school tomorrow. I created an Emaze presentation using Tara’s chart and poetry from Mary Lee Hahn and Ramona Behnke. The lesson worked well. You may use this with your own classes to get them thinking about their OLWs.
Last year we used thesaurus.com to find a word cloud of related words. This was fun for the kids. The Tagxedo app, however, did not work well on our old PCs, so I will likely not try that again. I think I’ll give that task over to the kids and let them choose their own way of illustrating. When I don’t know what to do, I give it back to them. They usually figure it out better than I could have done alone.
Here’s the link to the Emaze: https://www.emaze.com/@AOFLCWZL/one-little-word
Here’s the link up if you are setting a new resolution to participate in this round up. Go for it!
This is fantastic and perfect for my GT kids who really take to this kind of work. I love emaze. I tend to use Haiku Deck which is the same basic structure, but I just like the idea of creating slides. My students will like it too for sure. I’ll have them share them on their blogs.
It’s fun to watch the gradual unveiling of everyone’s One Little Word. I can’t wait to see what you choose. Thanks for the reminder about emaze. I need to return to it again.
As always, thanks for hosting.
Cathy
I’ll look forward to seeing your word on Tuesday. 🙂
Thanks for sharing, Margaret- here’s to another you-led DigiLit year!
It’s good to be back on DigiLit Sunday! I’m so glad you provide this space for everyone because I learn so much. I am getting ready to have my students do their OLW tomorrow. We’ll have to be sure to connect through our blogs. I have not explored emaze yet. It looks like something I definitely need to check out. Happy New Year!
I FINALLY have my 2016 OLW and will be sharing it Tues., as well. I like the idea of leaving it up to students on how to visually show their words.
Thanks for re posting the emaze on OLW. I used it last year and will again!
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Margaret, thank you for opening up the 2016 One Word discussion. Please join me at #NYEDChat tomorrow to discuss your showcasing of the initiative on DigiLit Sunday.
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