Snapguide

At the beginning of the year, my Kindergarten 'babies' come to school with a wide range of technology experience.  Well, they really have a wide range of a lot of different experiences.  The beginning of the year is the time where I need to teach expectations from raising your hand to using an iPad.  Enter Snapguide.

Snapguide is a great tool for creating step-by-step instructions as to how to complete a task.  Reflecting on the use of Snapguide in my own classroom, I quickly realized that teaching my students how to use a CD player would be the ideal starting point.  So often, during our Listen to Reading time, I have students who need help with setting up the CD player even though I've showed them before.  Snapguide would alleviate this problem by allowing the students to go through the tutorial in order to complete the task independently.  My Snapguide tutorial can be found here.

To create a tutorial, simply go to Snapguide and create a free profile.  Then, take a peek at other Snapguides or create your own.

Snapguide is so simple to use as you insert your pictures or text into their template. 

Continue through the template and then publish!

There are a many ways teachers and students can use Snapguides in the classroom.  Teachers can do similar to what I've done, create tutorials on how to use technology or how to complete a task.  Students can showcase their learning by creating a tutorial on how to accomplish a task such How to Create a Stomp Rocket!!

Snap guides are a quick and easy tool for teachers and students to use, but they also serve the wonderful purpose of engaging in creative thinking and learning independence.

ISTE-T

1a. Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness

1c. Promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes

2a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity

2b. Develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress

2c. Customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources

ISTE-S

1b. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression

2a. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats

Sources

ISTE standards- students. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards/standards-for-students

ISTE standards- teachers. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards/standards-for-teachers

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