Some days your plans are perfect and the learning objectives are top notch. The students enter ready for your challenges... it seems nothing can mess up the magic that is about to happen. Then, "oops" happens! My giant "oops" is that I somehow managed to lose the key to my laptop cart. This is a major glitch in my impeccable plans to use them all day! That cart sure is secure! It took several adults, a drill, tenacity, and elbow grease to get them free a couple of days later. In the meantime, I was going to have to figure something out. What ended up happening was some "free choice" time for the students to work on other projects in the room. What I learned is that when kids have some time to freely explore projects they enjoy, they tend to make magic happen. It ended up being so much fun for all of us! I captured some photos of what they did. Plans are great, but sometimes mistakes end up with amazing results, too.
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| Tangrams with Osmo |
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| They made a digital story with Toontastic. |
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| They made a digital story with Toontastic and they made a digital book! |
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| They are animating their story in Toontastic. |
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| These boys built spinners and engaged a large group of spinning competition! They built, tested, and improved each one to see what made them spin the best. Super cool! |
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