International Dot Day : Get Inspired!

I signed our school up to participate in International Dot Day 2014!  Last years celebration was amazing. After reading Peter H. Reynolds story about a girl name Vashti who thinks she can't draw.  Her teacher inspires her to "Make a Mark and See Where it Takes You."  The book is all about creativity, inspiration, taking risks, believing in yourself and learning.  All the things we want our students to do! 

So far 4 other Elementaries in BISD have signed up to participate as well so the intradistrict collaboration can start! We will Make our Mark and See Where it Takes Us!

Thing #10

I love the Wordle tool. I can see so many different uses for this! I like the fact that you can put in random words all about one main topic and get something so interesting. I can see this being used with students doing short research projects. For example you could have students research 10 facts about a topic, and put the facts into as few words as possible and create a wordle to share with others. I can also see this as an alternative to book reports. What a great tool. The one I created was about the library that I work in and some of my favorite books and authors.