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This camping-themed Breakout Edu was created using 1st grade standards, but could be adapted for any grade level. You'll need a Breakout box and the locks listed in the directions. To find the set up instructions, printable materials and instructions CLICK HERE .

Click the image to download a PDF. Don't forget this fun end of the year Seesaw Go game! Print, hang around the room and let your kids reflect on the year using Seesaw tools. bit.ly/EOYSeesaw

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PicCollage Kids is such a versatile, creative and fun app for students, that it�s a perfect tool to celebrate the end of the year! This post will share three of my favorite ways to use it with K-2nd grade students. Digital Selfie Scoot from Erintegration This idea from Erintegration is so awesome and makes a terrific end of the year keepsake for students. I modified it a bit for the young learners I work with, and here�s what I did! Mrs. Tieszen began this activity by reading the story One Word Pearl by Nicole Groeneweg , which is a wonderful introduction to generating describing words about their friends. After reading the story, the first graders created an anchor chart of adjectives we can use to describe one another. We then used the app PicCollage Kids to begin our digital selfie project. Students began by taking a selfie, then used the clip tool by double tapping the image and chose the scissors to trim the background off of their selfie photo. Once done, they clicked the chec...

One of my absolute favorite apps for the classroom is Book Creator. This is such a versatile app that can be used across a variety of grade, subject and topic areas, making it definitely worth the $4.99 price (available at half price if using Volume Purchasing Program).  Book Creator recently created a collection of resources for teachers, which can be found on its website at  https://bookcreator.com/education/resources/ . This is a great way to search for lesson ideas, gain some inspiration, or view a quick tutorial. I also love this simple anchor chart Mrs. Tieszen created for her first graders. Visual reminders are key for young learners. This simple prompts help her students be able to work independently on their Book Creator books.

MCCE is thrilled to announce that registration is now open for the 2017 Summer Tech Summit! We hope that you will be able to join us...we're sure its going to be a BLAST! If you've joined us in the past, you know that our annual Summit features hands-on technology training opportunities. We want you to leave the Summit energized and ready for a new school year! This year we will be changing it up, just a little bit so the Tech Summit will be a two-day, 12 OPI hour, adventure! Each day you will be able to attend 3 two-hour sessions (for a total of six hours a day). Who: ANY educator looking for high-quality, BYOD training opportunities When: Monday, July 31st & Tuesday, August 1st Where: Eileen Johnson Middle School, Lockwood Please visit mtmcce.org/2017-summit.html to register for the 2017 MCCE Summer Tech Summit. (Be sure to fill out the appropriate forms if you are a BPS teacher using the Summit for MEA trade and/or you are using the hours for step-up in your district!)

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A huge shout out to Ms. Avery at Highland, and the awesome acrostic poems her 1st/2nd grade combo kids made using the free app PicCollage Kids . Check out the amazingly creative examples below. If you need help using PicCollage or PicCollage Kids, check out the awesome video tutorials on their YouTube channel . You can also search my blog for other PicCollage ideas and step by step instructions.

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We converted this fun Mother's Day idea into a digital project using the FREE app PicCollage Kids . The first graders loved making these fun keepsakes for mom, then sharing onto their Seesaw journals. Keep reading to find out how we did it! Students worked together to take photos of one another blowing kisses to mom, then double tapped the photo and used the clip tool to crop their photo. Students then positioned their cropped photo into the corner, and chose a solid color background for their collage by tapping + and opening the background options. To add their hearts, students used the web search tool and searched "heart png". Adding the png allows them to search for images with transparent backgrounds that look nicer in their pictures.  I also gave the students options of using a fun trick I learned from Anita Goodwin . In the web search tool, they searched for scrapbook paper. Once they chose a few fun patterns, they added these to their collages and used the clip to...