Art Edits Film with Cinemagram

Jen Raybourn, our 1/2 time art teacher at Caraway Elementary, and our fourth graders got inspired from...
>their visit to Blanton Museum of Art
>studying the rules of basketball
>studying video installation
>learning about the artist, Paul Pfeiffer.
The fourth graders used the app,Cinemagram (a fun and beautiful way to animate photos), and a smartphone to create and edit their own short films. Check them out by clicking on Ms. Raybourn's Blog Post/Twitter LINK.

Transitions go Techie!

Katie Bone, a Caraway Kindergarten teacher, wants to share her method for transitions.  She is doing this with only her class right now but will soon share with her team.

Katie has set alarms on her smartphone for when her class lines up to go to recess, lunch, specials and dismissal.  A few minutes before those things take place, the alarm which is music goes off.  The students are now understanding that when they hear the specific music (She plays different snippets of songs for the different times), they are supposed to put everything away and line up quickly and quietly!  So far it's still a process ... but she can already see them stopping what they are doing and cleaning up!  It's amazing.