Silvana's Box

Hi folks! Are you ready for the Spring Break?  I'm sure you are!. But before our holidays start, I want to speak about an awesome resource for the classrooms and very useful for the students. It's name is "Infographic" . An Infographic is a visual representation of information and data. By combining elements of text image, chart and diagram. It's an effective tool to present data an explain complex issues for better understanding. Some of the benefits of using Infographics are:  - Infographics are more "eye-catching". - Infographics help to connect with the audience. - Infographics allow us to be more creative. - Infographics create context. I decided to design my first Infographic using  Canva . This poster was created in order to help students to express their emotions and feelings. It's intended for first graders and the topic of the English Lesson is "Emotions" .  Emotions are something that people ex...

Mindmaps are diagrams used to represent and outline information . It's a dynamic graphic technique we can use to translate what's in our mind into a visual picture. Since mind mapping works like the brain does it allows us to organize and understand the information faster and better. Furthermore, mind mapping enables us to sort through different details a recognize relationships among these details. In this entry, I am going to speak about my experience using  Creately .  First of all, I decided to develop a Geography Project intended for 6º graders. After putting in order my ideas, I arrived to the conclusion that it would be awesome to use a Mind Map   in order to explain to my students the aims of the project and it's procedures. The project is based on the topic  "The 7 New Wonders of the World" and the students have to work in different teams and each team is going to make a 3D Display and they will present their displays in the classroom. By using t...

Hey yaaa mates! You right? It's always a pleasure to share my resources and discoveries with you. In this entry, I will speak about Comics as Educational Resources in the classrooms.  In my opinion,  Comics are useful in the classroom due to three main reasons. The first one, is " Engagement" , students can create characters for their own comics and readers follow a story so we can see a real reading engagement . The second reason is "Efficiency"  , because it gives a lot of information in a short story and in a short period of time. Last but not least, "Effectiveness" is also important because with Comics students not only learn the material faster, they are also learning contents and values better. I used   Storyboard That   for my first creation. I chose this tool because is easy to use and suitable for the students to work in our classroom' projects and they can share and personalize their presentations with the whole class. Of c...