Many teachers are familiar with the Michael Rosen classic, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.  Kindergarten classes at William Ramsay are using this text as inspiration to go on iPad scavenger hunts.  Students are using the iPad camera to walk around the school and take pictures of shapes, numbers, letters, rhyming words, and more.  After collecting pictures of the taught concept, students design a collage with pictures, words, and colors using the app Pic Kids.  Students of all ages can use this app with its simplistic design and icon based features.  What could your students hunt for inside and outside of the school?

In February, students in Ms. Wines 2nd grade class at Charles Barrett investigated weather.  Students identified common storms such as thunderstorms, blizzards and tornadoes; then wrote weather reports that reflected their understanding.  Using an app called Green Screen, students recorded themselves as meteorologists in the storm!  They smashed their Green Screen video into iMovie, adding ‘news’ theme music and ‘news’ captions.