Be a Creator Instead of a Consumer

Today at our TOD we undertook some apple training to look at some different features that could be useful to support student learning and creativity. 

One of the features was the personification of photos using 'mark up' tools that could be used for creative story writing. 

The second was using Keynote to make an animation. My thinking around this was for students to make a pepeha.  Here they could draw themselves, their awa, waka, tipuna ... This could then be animated so that the drawing appeared as the recorded pepeha was played. The stages were pretty straightforward. A photo was taken and opacity added to delete the background. Instant Alpha could also be used. Afterwards the drawing was done and you click 'Build In' to animate. 

The results were really powerful. I used my son's pepeha as inspiration during Tautoko Tuakana Teina Time. It is important to teach Te Reo in a way that engages and inspires our learners. Using different approaches through technology is one way we can do this.

Nga Mihi

Bex