204 - Enraged

Day 204. A couple of years ago I helped our Year 3 teachers design a learning task that involved getting the kids to choose an adjective from a list, then come up with an image of an Australian landscape that encapsulates the idea of that adjective. The task has morphed and changed a few times and we've used the basic idea to create a variety of end products, such as presentations, eBooks, etc. This year the teachers wanted to use the same basic idea to get the kids to create a poster using LucidPress, using the word, an image, the definition and a poem. Because I never ask a student to do something that I haven't tried to do myself, I created a poster myself today based on the adjective Enraged.

146 - Lucidity

Day 146. For schools using Google Apps for Education they can largely replace Microsoft Office. However, the missing piece of the puzzle for many is finding a credible replacement for MS Publisher. Look no further than LucidPress. This amazing piece of webapp magic runs entirely in the browser, publishes to both print and digital, is super easy to use, and they give premium plans to schools at no cost. Brilliant!

Here's a quick sample I made when I was showing our Year 3 students how to use it.

I'll write a much more comprehensive review on my other blog in the next week or so.