Collaborating with younger grades can be a challenge because the Common Core Standard is for SHARED research in the primary grades. Many of the teachers in my building use the RAN chart to collect shared research and the students use post-it notes to collect new facts, record prior knowledge, monitor their learning, and to ask questions. This strategy was developed by Tony Stead and is discussed in his books Reality Check: Teaching Reading Comprehension Through Nonfiction and Explorations in Nonfiction Writing. To make the research process more collaborative and portable between the computer lab, library, and classroom, I created RAN charts on 3-panel display boards. This way, teacher are able to bring their shared research to the library where students can add to it, and then fold it up and carry it back to their classrooms. I've done a few trials and it works great! Here are the headings I created, then I just taped them to the board. I can't wait to use this tool for a larger research project. How do you handle shared research in your library or classroom? Share in the comments below.
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Fotor is my go-to online collage maker and I use it in my media lessons a lot as the first step in a larger project. I will have the students whip up a collage to support their blog, ThingLink, VoiceThread project, or just as an assessment of a concept. It is super easy to use, does not require an account/login, and I've had students as young as 1st grade create a collage. You can do traditional, funky, or photo-stitching layouts with lots of fun options! Here are a few examples where students created a photo collage to support their first Kidblog post that described them. Disclaimer: Students used search filters to find images that were licensed for reuse, but we will work on actually citing images in our next lesson. How have you used online photo collages in our media projects? Share in the comments below.
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AuthorMisti Werle is the newly hired Library Media Systems Innovator in Bismarck, North Dakota. Archives
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