During our class on Tuesday, it was exciting hearing about others' favourite Apps. As they talked, I was thinking about the students that I know that would benefit from the various Apps suggested. "Model Me Going Places" would be great for my students who need that explicit teaching for behaviour and support for anxiety when going into new situations. "Dictionary . com" would make looking a word up a lot more doable for my reluctant readers and writers to build their vocabulary. "Speech Tutor" would help my kids with severe phonological deficits Such possibilities!
After having an opportunity to play with Pictello in creating a social story, I was really enthused to share it with my students. A quick trip to Walmart, and within an hour, it and a dozen other Apps were loaded. Soon my son was making a photo story of my husband making authentic tortillas with our international students. Today, my adult student, a volunteer firefighter, created a virtual tour of the Lunenburg Firehall where he hangs out with his buddies. Tomorrow it will be in the hands of struggling readers and writer who I know will be thrilled to create stories with it. This little tool will open avenues of learning and communication. How wonderful to have the opportunity to facilitate that!
Here is a list of possible uses for "Pictello" that we brainstormed.
1. Social Stories
2. Visual Schedules
3. Mini-lessons
4. Story board to draft a story.
5. Reading Responses
6. Science Lab Report
7. ABC book finding objects that begin with the letter
8. Assignment/assessment to show what students know e.g. levers, right angles ec.
9. Portable writer's notebook
10. Memory aid
11. Organization tool
12 Time lines
After having an opportunity to play with Pictello in creating a social story, I was really enthused to share it with my students. A quick trip to Walmart, and within an hour, it and a dozen other Apps were loaded. Soon my son was making a photo story of my husband making authentic tortillas with our international students. Today, my adult student, a volunteer firefighter, created a virtual tour of the Lunenburg Firehall where he hangs out with his buddies. Tomorrow it will be in the hands of struggling readers and writer who I know will be thrilled to create stories with it. This little tool will open avenues of learning and communication. How wonderful to have the opportunity to facilitate that!
Here is a list of possible uses for "Pictello" that we brainstormed.
1. Social Stories
2. Visual Schedules
3. Mini-lessons
4. Story board to draft a story.
5. Reading Responses
6. Science Lab Report
7. ABC book finding objects that begin with the letter
8. Assignment/assessment to show what students know e.g. levers, right angles ec.
9. Portable writer's notebook
10. Memory aid
11. Organization tool
12 Time lines
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