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EdTech Nut - Kelly Fitzgerald: Mash-up: Online Article + Google Drawing = Blackout Poetry

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EdTech Nut - Kelly Fitzgerald: Mash-up: Online Article + Google Drawing = Blackout Poetry

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If you haven't heard of Blackout Poetry, please check out the Austin Kleon website and Newspaper Blackout website. The concept is simple, but loads of fun and I felt empowered after my poetry creation.
You can preselect the newspaper article or allow students to find an article of their choosing. While I am all about allowing students choice, I would be intrigued to see all of the poems that would come from one piece of published writing.
Tools you will need:

Computer with internet a ccess

Newspaper Website (any will do)

Screenshot tool (on the computer or Chrome extension, such as Awesome Screenshot)

Google Drawing

I wouldn't by any means consider myself a poet, but within 10 minutes I was able to take a screenshot of an article - the first one I came across - put it into Google, and create a poem. It might not be the best, but I am proud of my poem.

Here is a video that will show you how students can perform this same activity.

What a fun way to get students engaged in writing and creating masterpieces from someone else's published thoughts.

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Mash-up: Online Article + Google Drawing = Blackout Poetry

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If you haven't heard of Blackout Poetry, please check out the Austin Kleon website and Newspaper Blackout website. The concept is simple, but loads of fun and I felt empowered after my poetry creation. You can preselect the newspaper article or allow students to find an article of their choosing.

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Mash-Up: Google Forms + Flubaroo - YouTube

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Mash-Up: Google Forms + Flubaroo - YouTube

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Uploaded by Kelly Fitzgerald on 2015-11-09.

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-up: Student Created Animated Dictionaries

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-up: Student Created Animated Dictionaries

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I just learned about a new website from Bruce Mercer, called SumoPaint. It is free, online photoshop style website. I love combining tools to create new unique learning experiences and when I saw what SumoPaint could do, I instantly knew this would be great combined with GIFs.

SumoPaint, combined with Google Slides and the MakeGif Video Capture Chrome Extension, will allow students to create animated dictionaries. What a great way for students to take ownership of their learning by creating individual animated dictionaries. You could also turn it into group or whole class collaborative unit dictionary, if limited on devices.
Here is a quick video showing you some examples and the steps I took to create the slides.

Another option: If you find SumoPaint to be too challenging, you can have the students create word art on the Google slide, fill with transparent, and make the line weight a high pixel. It won't have the same look, but you would remove the Sumo Paint step.
Implementation Ideas:

Create a dictionary for each unit, assign in Classroom, and collaboratively as a class have students built based on unit vocabulary.

Group students and assign various roles (example: GIF Maker, Word Maker, Definer).

Have students collaboratively create a whole class animated dictionary.

Have students create individual dictionaries and share with one another.

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Mash-up: Student Created Animated Dictionaries

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I just learned about a new website from Bruce Mercer, called SumoPaint. It is free, online photoshop style website. I love combining tools to create new unique learning experiences and when I saw what SumoPaint could do, I instantly knew this would be great combined with GIFs.

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-Up: Google Doc + g(math) Add-on Handwriting Feature

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-Up: Google Doc + g(math) Add-on Handwriting Feature

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Mash-Up: Google Doc + g(math) Handwriting Feature

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Recorded with ScreenCastify (http://www.screencastify.com), the screen video recorder for Chrome

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-Up: Google Slides + Photos to Create Master Slides

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-Up: Google Slides + Photos to Create Master Slides

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Mash-Up: Google Slides + Photos to Create Master Slides

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Uploaded by Kelly Fitzgerald on 2015-05-12.

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-up: Google Form + Autocrat = Paperless Teacher Observation Form with Instant Feedback

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-up: Google Form + Autocrat = Paperless Teacher Observation Form with Instant Feedback

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Google Form + Autocrat = Paperless Observation Form

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Mash-up Google Forms + Batchgeo.com - YouTube

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Mash-up Google Forms + Batchgeo.com - YouTube

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Uploaded by Kelly Fitzgerald on 2015-04-30.

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-up: Google Classroom + Interactive Whiteboard to Demonstrate Understanding

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-up: Google Classroom + Interactive Whiteboard to Demonstrate Understanding

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This mash-up showcases Google Classroom (or you can use any other LMS) and the interactive whiteboard awwapp.com website. When you combine both of these tools together you make it easy for students to demonstrate understanding of a given concept.
The awwapp.com website has just made a recent update that now allows you to put images on the whiteboard, as well as download the image to your computer.

There are a ton of other ways you can use this new image feature, so make sure to look for more ideas in upcoming videos.

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Mash-up: Google Classroom + Interactive Whiteboard to Demonstrate Understanding

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This mash-up showcases Google Classroom (or you can use any other LMS) and the interactive whiteboard awwapp.com website. When you combine both of these tools together you make it easy for students to demonstrate understanding of a given concept.

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-Up: Spreed Chrome Extension + Online Text = Fluency Companion (for Students)

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-Up: Spreed Chrome Extension + Online Text = Fluency Companion (for Students)

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Allison & Kristen Model Fluency & Chunking of Text

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Mash-Up: Spreed + Online Text = Fluency Companion

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Recorded with ScreenCastify (http://www.screencastify.com), the screen video recorder for Chrome

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-Up: www.newsela.com + Awesome Screenshot = Interacting with Online Text

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-Up: www.newsela.com + Awesome Screenshot = Interacting with Online Text

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Mash-Up: www.newsela.com + Awesome Screenshot = Interacting with Online Text

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Recorded with ScreenCastify (http://www.screencastify.com), the screen video recorder for Chrome

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-Up: awwapp.com + Screencastify = Interactive Whiteboard

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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ EdTech Nut: Mash-Up: awwapp.com + Screencastify = Interactive Whiteboard

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Mash-Up: awwapp.com + Screencastify = Interactive Whiteboard

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Recorded with ScreenCastify (http://www.screencastify.com), the screen video recorder for Chrome