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Emoji Summaries

 



😍 I ran across this awesome Twitter post by Amanda Sandoval last week and LOVED that she had her students summarizing The Bill of Rights using emojis. I was so engaged trying to guess what the emojis represented that I actually looked up The Bill of Rights. 

🤔 That got me thinking of other ways student's could use emojis to summarize or show learning. 

📕 I went with a book report summary, as I made my examples pictured above, but I could have easily summarized a video, an article, a lesson, and so much more. 

🛠️ I built a template to share with teachers in my district and thought I would share. You will need to click on "file" and "make a copy" if you wish to edit and assign to students. 

📹 In the template I put a six minute video overview of the project designed for students. In the video I cover: three ways to get emojis, how to resize them, and tips and tricks for searching and being creative.   


💡 The idea to include a video was to give teachers an activity that they could assign immediately and students would have everything they needed to complete it (instructions and the template).

🤞 There were several teachers interested so I am hoping to get some student samples soon. 

✔️ If you try this project please let me know how it goes either in the comments or tag me on Twitter @atechcoachlife. 
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Mrs. Dyer said…
What an amazing resource! Thank you so much for sharing this. I predict my students will 💞 this.
October 27, 2020 at 7:56 AM
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