We
celebrated creativity in our GT Classroom on Dot Day! It was our first
time. I had never heard of Dot Day until
this year. International Dot Day is a global
celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration. It began when teacher Terry Shay introduced
his classroom to Peter H. Reynolds’ book The Dot on
September 15, 2009.
In preparation for Dot Day, I downloaded a Quiver Dot
Day Coloring page ( free) and gave it to my students to color several days prior, although
they didn’t know that it would have an exciting purpose on Dot Day! They knew we would be celebrating Dot Day and
this was just part of day’s special activities.
On Dot Day my
students gained access to BookFLIX through our local library’s web service to
“watch the story” – The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds.
The story is also available in Spanish – which was
great for my Dual language students!
It can also be
found on YouTube – however, I liked the animations on BookFLIX better. The Dot is a
testable book on Accelerated Reading which is another added bonus.
As a
culminating activity I introduced my students to the Quiver App. They launched
it and scanned their coloring pages with it.
Within moments they were amazed to see their artistic creation come to
life! Quiver is a 3D Augmented Reality
app. Student collaborated and communicated
their excitement by sharing their 3D Dots with one another and tried out the various
features of the app. The app rotates the
sphere it creates, spins it like a time clock and create bubbles that can be
popped among other things.
It was truly a day that brought out the students’ creative and collaborative skills through the use of technology integration. We are already looking forward to Fire Prevention week because Quiver.com offers a free Fire Truck page with an extendable ladder, siren, and water hose.
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