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Integrating FableVision Software into the Curriculum
Watertown Public Schools
WPS 3rd Grades Pilot FableVision
T-I-P (Technology in Practice) course for all 3rd grade teachers across district.
Trained in SmartMoves, Stationery Studio, and Animation-ish.
All programs work together to create a learning environment that is rich in 21st century skills.
SmartMoves
What is SmartMoves?
Stand up and try!
SmartMoves
“SmartMoves™ is an award-winning cognitive fitness program that combines music and movement to transform the classroom and change the way students learn.
Improves focus, attention, and retention. Activates students’ brains for optimal learning. Immediately reduces stress and improves mood.”
Stationery Studio
“What is Stationery Studio? Stationery Studio is an easy-to-use writing tool that
inspires even the most reluctant writer. It supports the writing process by hand and at the computer.
Gets children writing! Provides curriculum-based activities and inspirational
designs. Helps students create books, essays, reports,
letters, and more. Boosts technology literacy skills.”
Examples
Animation-ish
What is Animation-ish? “Animation-ish is the world's easiest animation
software program, designed to have users animating their drawings in minutes. The program's simple-to-use tools, engaging design, and multiple levels offer a fun, rewarding experience that gives even a novice animator or reluctant artist the courage to create.”
Animation-ish
Animation-ish promotes the integration of technology into all subject areas as it encourages students’ creativity and self-expression…important 21st century skills.
Examples from the Classroom
Maggie Mattson’s 3rd grade class animates and writes about magnetism as an end of unit science project assessment.
Examples from the Classroom
BJ Feeney utilized the tool to illustrate simple machines. This project, by a third grade student, was done to map new vocabulary of an expository book with a visual representation of the concept.
Examples From the Classroom
Vicky Kherlopian’s 3rd grade class wrote science poems about “curiosity” and animated them using Animation-ish. These poems were entered into MIT’s Curiosity Challenge. Three students won and received a plaque in a ceremony at Walker Memorial in Cambridge!
Mrs. Kherlopian’s VoiceThread
http://voicethread.com/share/1031230/
FableVision software has been an excellent opportunity for teachers to allow seamless integration of 21st century skills and technology into the curriculum. Thank you to the 3rd grade teachers who participated in the T-I-P course this year for all their work and creativity. Also, thank you to FableVision for the opportunity afforded to WPS to use this tool.
Thank You
Image Citations
FableVision Images
FableVision Learning, http://www.fablevision.com/education/
Getty Images
Getty Images Royalty-Free http://www.gettyimages.com/creativeimages/royaltyfree
Text Citations
Smart Moves, Body Puzzles for the Mind http://www.fablevision.com/smartmoves/
Stationery Studio, The Irresistible Tool To Encourage Writing http://www.fablevision.com/stationerystudio/index.php
Animation-ish, Make Your Mark…Move! http://www.fablevision.com/stationerystudio/index.php
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