Bill Atkinson PhotoCard - Postcards

Bill Atkinson PhotoCard - Postcards

iTunes Link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bill-atkinson-photocard-postcards/id333208430?mt=8

Website Link: http://www.billatkinson.com/aboutPhotoCard.html

Description: Create photo postcards with Bill Atkinson's nature photos, or insert photos/screenshots of your own.

Hints/Tips:

• We cannot sent the postcards via email on our CISD Guest Wireless Network.
• The voice option only works when you email the postcards.
• The postcards don't appear to be saved in any sort of gallery within the app.
• When finished the students could take a screenshot of their completed post card. You could then pull the screen shots off using a sync cable or they could "bump" the screenshots to you.
• There are many great photos by Bill Atkinson you could use. However, students could take their own photos or screenshots of an image to use instead.

Integration Ideas:

• Math
• Take a photo of a shape. Students write the postcard from the point of view of the shape including sharing the attributes of the shape.
• Take a photo of a math workmat. Students write postcards to explain the concept they have learned.
• Science
• Take a photo of a science experiment. Write the postcard from the point of view of one of the necessary materials.
• Social Studies
• Take screen shots of landform photos. Students write a postcard as if they are visiting that landform.
• Language Arts
• Students choose a photo and write a postcard from the point of view of a character in a story.
• Students choose a photo and practice letter writing skills.
• Other
• Students take a photo/screenshot of an instrument/composer and write what they have learned about that concept.
• Students take a photo/screenshot of a piece of artwork and write from the point of view of the artist/subject.

Feeling inspired? Comment below with your ideas!  OR try it out with your class and leave comments about what you did and how it went!