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Gingerbread Men in PicCollage Kids

This was such a fun, simple way to introduce students (and teachers!) to PicCollage Kids, and the concept of setting an image as a background and having students complete a project. You could either send students an image (via Seesaw or AirDrop), or let them use the web search tool in PicCollage to find a blank gingerbread man template.

I like the idea of using Seesaw Activities to distribute the image to students, plus give them directions. Teachers can give students audio AND visual directions on how to complete the task in PicCollage, then upload to Seesaw under Activities & it will be organized if you tag a skill or folder. I also like that when using Activities, I get the grid view where I can see which students have completed the task, and which I'm still waiting on.

Here's what you'll see:

Here's what they see:

To access this Seesaw activity and add to your own library, click here. 

Once the image is on the iPads, students open PicCollage Kids and set the gingerbread template as a background. They could do a web search for eyes, nose, etc. I let them use the free sticker packs (choosing from the tons of Christmas stickers) and doodle tool in PicCollage Kids to decorate their gingerbread people. The students then used the text tool to add a sentence or two about their creation, then saved to the camera roll and uploaded to Seesaw. They loved this activity!

Weekly Tech-y News December 11-15th

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