Edina Digital Age Learning

Over the last year, I have seen some posts by Bill Ferriter , on using Canva as a tool for creating nice presentations and posters using Creative Commons Licensed photos from Flickr . The Canva site is free (there is also an iPad app), and is a great way to let students demonstrate what they know in creative ways, one of the goals of Digital Age Learning . By using the Creative Commons licensed photos on Flickr, you are getting pretty high quality, and most are licensed for use with attribution. Of course, if the student can use their own picture, that is the prefered option! Here are a couple I came up with: Recently there has been great turmoil in Yemen, and one of the leadership groups there is called Houthi. Reminded me a bit of Darius Rucker! I created this next one during a meeting, sitting next to Doug Johnson . He had just commented on the importance of Visual Literacy, and how sometimes visuals are created that mean very little. I've tweaked it over the last fe...

Students in Kim Caster's French Culture course at Edina High School have been studying French Romantic Comedies, including the movie, Amelie . These senior students have been learning about the use of style, location and comparing French cinema with American films. As an assessment, Caster asked the students to create a product that demonstrated: a)       An understanding of romantic comedies and how they are different from American Romantic Comedies.   b)       An understanding of JP Jeunet’s unique and different filmmaking style.   c)        An understanding of the use of interesting, romantic, and popular sites in Paris and various secondary and tertiary side characters become a part of the major part of Jeunet’s films. d)       An understanding of the use stereotypical roles of men and women in film in order to maintain the formula or break the formula...

Over the past few months, we surveyed our parents, staff and students to get their perceptions of our eLearning2 Initiative . I've put together 3 infographics that share the results of the feedback we received. See the results below, and a reflection on my experience using PiktoChart to create them! To learn more about eLearning2 and our proposal for next year, click here . Parents Staff   Students Piktochart I used Piktochart to create the graphics above, utilizing the free version. There are several other choices to choose from. Here is a nice comparison . I had access to 7 themes, and was able to customize one with colors to fit. I found it to be fairly easy to use, either with the old or new editing tools. There were several choices for pre-made graphics, and it allowed you to insert your own data to create a chart or graph or import your own. I think Piktochart could be a great tool for students in virtually any subject to communicate ideas and information. I ...