Michelle suggested that instead of us typing up the stories, we used Explain Everything to capture their stories by each student talking about their picture as they completed the drawing - this is the first time we have done this, and we would need to demonstrate the activity to the class. Using the Airplay function we were able to do this and I drew a picture of me on stage, talking about my drawing as I did it and adding detail. I modelled turning the recording off while I thought about what I was going to draw next. When I had completed the picture we were able to replay the recording and the students could see the picture being drawn with the voice-over explaining what I was drawing.
The students then went to their own individual iPads and began the activity. I noticed a few things:
- Many of the students copied what I had drawn (eg the stage, lights, costume) and used similar language to what I had used - I'm sure as we do this activity more often they will begin to experiment with their own thoughts and language
- Some students didn't record as they did their drawing, however, with teacher prompting they were happy to record a story to go with their picture.
- Many students were extremely keen to use the AirPlay and watch their work on the big TV
- Teacher Dashboard is great to review the students videos later and assess what each child has done
As this was the first time we've attempted this activity I was extremely pleased with the results and would like to follow up with another session of doing the same thing before the holidays in order for this learning to be embedded.
Check out some of the samples from today's session:
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