2 by 2 Digit Multiplication

I have discovered a new app for the iPad that I think is pretty neat. It is called ShowMe and it allows me to create a little lesson with sound that is recorded. I could send this lesson to all the kids in my class, their families and even post it here on the blog for them to refer to when they are working at home. Awesome!

Halloween Silhouette Art

This week we created Halloween silhouette art as seen on ThatArtistWoman's Blog. She has so many fantastic ideas and explains them all step by step. After I used the Artsonia app to load our artwork to our student art gallery, I created an Animoto video of our art work using the Animoto app on my iPhone. It was so easy to do, the only hiccup was that I couldn't rotate the photos so some of them are sideways :( Check out our video...

Publishing With Book Creator

This week i finished my frist story in daily 5. So I got to publish it on the ipad. The ipad is from a group that Mrs.Dent Scarcello is in. I got to publish it on a app on the ipad called "Book creater". Book Creater is where you get to type your book, when you are publishing you get to put pictures in your book. Its very cool and when you are done your book it goes strate into "ibooks" (if you have it) but if you dont have it, it just stays in book creater. Book creater is a great way to share your storys and to get your friends to read them. I  love doing book creater and I can't wait to finish my other book in daily 5.

- Jada :)

iClassroom {phoster}

As I continue to wrap up things from grade 2, I thought I would post our Phosters that were created by students at school. This is another easy to use app that the children used independently after one demo. Select a template, add your image, change the text and presto, a phoster!

Goodbye Friend, We Miss You!

Our friend Araya moved to Vancouver Island this month. We really miss her. We recorded these video clips on her last day using my iPhone. Alyssa P put the video together using the iMovie app. Hopefully Araya will watch this and remember us and maybe even call us on Skype!

Goodbye Araya from LeslieDent on Vimeo.

iClassroom {iMovie}

I can't believe I forgot to post this! This video was created on an iPod using the iMovie app. It is incredibly easy to use and then share. The video was all taken using my iPhone at Dance in the Park, enjoy!

Dancing In The Park from LeslieDent on Vimeo.

a great day with ipods and ipads

Last  week  we had two diffrint tachers from two dirffint schools. we showed how we use  ipods and ipads .we had lots of stachons  it was SSSSSOOOOO FUN!!!!!!the tachers walked around  l ooking at us ues the ipods.the tachers names were mrs.klenk and mrs hughes.mrs klenk school is H.S. Paul mrs.hughes school is margaret park. some tables had thease apps. uzu ,unblock me ,rush hour,phoster and story kit.

by anna and taylor t

iClassroom {Storykit}

We explore many ways to publish our writing in grade 2. A few students are working with Storykit, an app available at the app store. They write and edit  their story in their writers notebook and then move to an iPad to publish it. Text is typed in and then illustrations can be drawn write in the app or a photo can be used. Once the story is complete, it is shared online and can be emailed. My students are highly motivated to publish their writing using Storykit.

iClassroom {WordFoto}

This weeks app of the week on iTunes is WordFoto. I heard of it through a fellow educator on Twitter just last week! One of our classmates is moving to B.C. today so I just tried it out and made a "we will miss you" WordFoto for her.

To create your WordFoto you simply pick a photo from your library or take a photo with your device, choose the words you want to apply and presto! A very cool mash-up of words and an image. There are even different styles to pick from. It took a matter of minutes!
Here is another sample using one of our butterflies just before it was released into the real world.

iClassroom ~ Taking it Outside

We took advantage of the mobility of our iClassroom and took our learning outside. We had caterpillars in our classroom and wanted to do some refelcting about what we had learned so far about caterpillars and what we were still wondering about.


First, the children wrote in their writer's notebooks using a T-chart. When their thoughts were clear they video recorded their "knows" and "wonders" using the iPods and iPads. Each iPod and iPad comes with a still and video camera and records HD video.

Once all the recordings were synced to each device, students (grade 2) were able to use the iMovie app to put the clips together into a movie!
Note: all photos have been taken and processed with my iPhone using the instagram app.

-Leslie Dent Scarcello :)

Our iClassroom

Thanks to the Manitoba Association of Multiage Educators (MAME), my students will be participating in an iPods and iPads in the Classroom Project. These tools will be incorporated into our daily learning activities and will help create information and communication technology (ICT) rich learning and teaching opportunities. My students and I will be blogging about our learning experiences with the iPods and iPads here and I will also blog about our experiences on the MAME blog at http://multiagemanitoba.org/.


In a classroom with devices such as iPods and iPads, contemporary methods of learning can be optimized. Through the use of these devices and some apps, students can be supported to:

•Use video clips, audio clips, and photos for gathering info

•Take video and photos; create slideshows using iPhoto and edit video using iMovie

•Record readings using Voicememo to track progress; engage in collaborative story telling, and record audiobooks for others to listen to

•Create original music

•Listen to and/or read ebooks, audiobooks, and Tumblebooks to go with the Belkin Rockstar

•Create books from scratch using Storybooks

•Brainstorm webs, mind maps, idea cards and organize, manage and summarize information.

•Use Puppetpals to write, create, publish puppet shows

•Illustrate stories with drawing pads•Use the calculator

•Use Math board to practice math facts

•Gather data and statistical analysis using Polldaddy

•Use the Notepad for reflection, self-assessment, brainstorming, and publishing

Please stay tuned to the MAME blog as well as this blog to read updates on what we’ve learned and experienced. Posts related to this project will be tagged iClassroom, click iClassroom in the tag cloud to see our posts.

- Mrs. Dent Scarcello

We Went to Fort Whyte...

As we mentioned a couple of days ago, we went to Fort Whyte. It was fantastic! We decided to use Voki to share what we saw, what we learned and what we did while we were at Fort Whyte. This activity was a blast!
When we got back to school, we brainstormed our ideas and took a photo of it with our iPods so we could save the ideas for the next day. When we were ready to write, each table had an iPod to reference the brainstorm session. We wrote our reflections in our Writer's Notebooks and made sure to include what we saw, what we learned and what we did at Fort Whyte. Each of us recorded our reflection using a digital voice recorder, created our avatar on Voki and uploaded our reflection.

Here is a sample of how it turned out!





Click on your name to see your Fort Whyte Voki.
Anna, Brayden, Noah, Brody, Matthew, Taylor T, Taylor P, Alyssa S, Alyssa P, Hailey, Haley, Cole, Carter Y, Carter F, Jayden, Madison, Morgun, Brooke, Keanna, Araya.