Guest Post: Let’s Talk About Captions!
The Perfect Captions app is a great way to incorporate technology in your classroom in an engaging way! This free apps allows students to extend their thinking on a variety of topics.
I love using this app with primary source documents, but it’s also perfect for reinforcing literacy skills. Students can add captions to demonstrate their understanding of what a fiction character or historical figure might be thinking. Have students create captions to record their predictions, to jot questions that they have, or write dialogue for the main character.
They can use a picture found on the Internet, saved on a student’s iPad or taken with their iPad camera. I have students email me their work, I print it out, and it goes straight on my bulletin board!
Customize the size, shape and color of the talk bubbles and text!
Examples
Check out my common core aligned lesson plan using this app!
Here’s another common core aligned lesson plan using this app!
Monica Burns is a NYC educator, EdTech Blogger and Apple Distinguished Educator with a passion for using technology with her students. Check out her website ClassTechTips.com for technology lesson plans aligned to the Common Core Standards and more ways to become a tech-savvy teacher!