A recent project my third grade students worked on was a
vocabulary slideshow using Haiku Deck.
Students created slides for all 8 vocabulary words of the week. They wrote a meaningful sentence and chose a
picture from the website to represent each word. Although Haiku Deck is easy for young children to use, this is a resource that I don’t plan on using
with students again because of inappropriate images.
We found out that there are some pictures within the photo search on the
website that are not school-appropriate.
One student added it to her slideshow to be funny. It provided a good opportunity for a teaching
moment about digital citizenship. Because of this experience, I plan
to look for alternate resources to use for reviewing vocabulary.
Thanks for the heads up Angie. That's always an uncomfortable situation. I hope you can find an alternate resource because this lesson sounds fabulous and I'm sure that would really solidify the vocabulary for your students. That's great you made it a teaching moment and discussed digital citizenship.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this - I had just added Haiku Deck to the list of things I still want to try this year. I think I'll move on to the next item on my list.
ReplyDeleteI found this too with Google images- even with the safety features engaged, there are still images that come up. Good teaching moment though!
ReplyDeleteI've wanted to try Haiku Deck...thanks for the heads up with google images. Nice that you could incorporate digital citizenship into your lesson. I have been wanting to do something with vocabulary words...any suggestions on better sites/apps?
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