Ms. De Santis’ Blog

Tired of using travel brochures to acquaint your students with other parts of the world? Middle School World Language teacher Eileen Swenticky introduced her students to Peru by creating an animoto. Looking for other animoto uses?  Check out Debbie Pelican’s animal vocabulary animoto. Enjoy Eileen’s images of Peru and leave her a comment.

Today I had a chance to work with Dara Nalven and her fourth graders in Language Arts on a cross curriculum project.  The students had read a story about Angel Island and the obstacles immigrants faced.  I shared information about Ellis Island (as part of my role as an Ellis Island Ambassador) and together we created voicethreads sharing their cultural heritage. This was a closure activity and enabled all students to share their traditions.  Please view their voicethreads and comment.

Become a cartoonist at Funky Ways to Express Yourself.  Upload photos and let your creative juices go!  Here’s a familiar picture of Thumper- I bet my former students wouldn’t recognize him! If you use the site, please send me your creation.

Debbie Pelican (WL teacher at the S.U.E.S.) used the new text feature in animoto to create El vocabulario de los animales.  A clever application of text in animoto- and what a creative way to reinforce vocabulary!