Have you fallen down that Bitmoji/ Virtual Classroom Craze "rabbit hole" yet? Well, I definitely have! Who wouldn't? It's like playing with a virtual dollhouse, right? Maybe it's being cooped up due to COVID quarantine but anyone else redesign their actual living spaces multiple times as I have? I've made an office, redecorated my kids' rooms, built an outdoor living area, and transformed my 3rd car garage into a workout room. I'm driving my husband nuts!
Added to the huge need for interior design, the unknown of what school will look like in the fall has had me playing with my own version of these virtual classrooms, Makerspace style! I began in May by creating my Summer At Home Virtual Makerspace. Click here to preview and feel free to make a copy for your own. My project now is creating these Virtual Makerspaces for K-5 according to ELA Benchmark Advance themes and adding in the STEAM lessons my friend and fellow STEAM colleague Marla Rosenthal and I create for our district. Click here to see these pretty awesome 7 STEAM Challenges we made to share for distance learning. For any of my fellow STEAM/STEM/Makerspace teachers who are in the same uncertain place, I wanted to share this unfinished project just in case it may help. I'll continue to update here as I go. PHASE 1: Just the Bones Here's my Virtual Makerspace for now. This is the structure of it and am adding this now in case anyone wanted just the structure of it without themes. Note everything is editable, just go to Slide Menu and Edit Master. Preview: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FKEpaFgvLONfT8sW6BdGX7wBNiWzMn0Zrl3cd8zM9Yk/preview Copy: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FKEpaFgvLONfT8sW6BdGX7wBNiWzMn0Zrl3cd8zM9Yk/copy PHASE 2: Virtual Classroom Example- Government Themed Here's a work in progress so you can get an idea of what I'm creating. This one is a Government themed (works for our ELA Benchmark theme but can be really for anyone) The innovation lessons and innovation activities (see whiteboard) aren't linked yet because they are not finished. Stay tuned! Comments are closed.
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