PicCollage is a fantastic App that allows the creation of colourful and attractive posters. It is a great way of showcasing what has been going on in class. Similarly, children can quickly create effective posters showing an aspect of learning (for example see a Year 5 poster based on a trip to a themepark at: http://5tanfieldlea.weebly.com/1/post/2013/10/today-we-visited-a-theme-park.html)
However, PicCollage is also has hidden potential beyond posters. One example of this is the 'frames' function, where the page can be split into equal parts for pictures or photos to be placed. An excellent example of this in a Year 1 classroom can be seen at http://mrparkinsonict.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/pic-collage-more-than-just-making.html.
Here children have used PicCollage to sequence pictures from the Gingerbread man and vocabularly that could be later used in story writing. Similarly, in the same blog post, another good suggestion would be to add photos taken for a particular task that could be then sequences and used as part of instruction writing.
However, PicCollage is also has hidden potential beyond posters. One example of this is the 'frames' function, where the page can be split into equal parts for pictures or photos to be placed. An excellent example of this in a Year 1 classroom can be seen at http://mrparkinsonict.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/pic-collage-more-than-just-making.html.
Here children have used PicCollage to sequence pictures from the Gingerbread man and vocabularly that could be later used in story writing. Similarly, in the same blog post, another good suggestion would be to add photos taken for a particular task that could be then sequences and used as part of instruction writing.
Another useful tool, that can be sometimes overlooked, is the ability to 'Clip' a photo. By double tapping on a photograph, you can draw around the part you wish to keep and crop (or clip) away the rest of the photo. The clipped photo can easily be overlayed onto another photo to completly trasform the original shot. This is a great trick for placing children in places that would be otherwise impossible. Take the photos below where a photo taken in the warmth and safety of the classroom has been transformed into a trip to the North Pole or the Grand Canyon.
By combining the two suggestions above (using the frames and clipping options) it is possible to use PicCollage as a way of planning stories. The screen can be quickly set up into a comic strip appearance using the frames option. Photos can then be added to show the progression of a story and key words, openers or phrases added as prompts for each part. If desired the children could even add themselves as characters in the events of their writing. In the example below, children planned their own adventure story based on the events of the game 'Temple Run'.
For more on our Temple Run lessons, please visit:
http://5tanfieldlea.weebly.com/1/post/2013/11/ipads-in-education-temple-run.html
References:
Many of the ideas here have also been referred to by Mr Parkinson's excellent blog:
http://mrparkinsonict.blogspot.co.uk/
http://5tanfieldlea.weebly.com/1/post/2013/11/ipads-in-education-temple-run.html
References:
Many of the ideas here have also been referred to by Mr Parkinson's excellent blog:
http://mrparkinsonict.blogspot.co.uk/
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