The ThingLink Challenge

It's not too late to join us for this summer's ThingLink Challenge 2014!  Those who have dropped by before know that I love ThingLink, and this is a great opportunity to build some useful and innovative things for the coming school year.  This week's challenge is to create a Digital Me.  What a great idea for students in the first weeks of school!  I've already had a flood of ideas on how students could document the productions in the classroom in a virtual Digital class of Avatars!  Cool, right?  So here is my Digital Me...

Imagine what you can accomplish with your first tech lesson-

• A How-to on ThingLink
• A built-in internet safety lesson
• A mini-lesson on copyright
• Huge insight into your kiddos (using only first names, or better, funny AKAs)
• A landing place where students can share goals, accomplishments and tech productions!!

A bonus:  When students update their image, it automatically updates wherever you have gathered this virtual avatar classroom.  I can hardly wait to build mine!

 Won't you join us?

Apps of the Week - Aurasma and Green Screen by Do Ink

Aurasma is a free app that allows your students, or you, to create virtual auras that pop up when someone who is following your channel points his/her Apple device to your target image.  The possibilities are endless!

Follow us at Rm31Corp on Aurasma, and check out  some of our auras!  After opening the app and following us, just point at these target images, and...

Examples using Aurasma and Green Screen by Do Ink....

The Water Boyz Rap-

The Water Boyz wrote the lyrics and produced their own video!

The Water Cycle Documentary-

The Milky Way Today Talk Show-

Please note:  Don't wear a green sweater on production day!

These auras were created by app smashing with a fantastic green screen app!

Green Screen by Do Ink

Green Screen is a paid app, but it is well worth the investment!  The students have been able to app smash, or combine, this app with so many other apps to create innovative productions.

If you are interested in the lesson sheets for these activities, please click the links below for the rubrics.

Characteristics of the Sun, Earth and Moon Talk Show Production

Water Cycle Production Rubric

As always, you are free to use any of the materials from Rm31Corp for classroom use; however, please do not resell or redistribute as your own lessons.