PicCollage by H.A. Year 5 Student, UAE

Welcome to the second student-written app review! H.A. from my Year 5 (Grade 4) class in the UAE is excited to share her views of PicCollage with you. In this post you will find:
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- Student Review
- Teacher Tips
- Student Examples
- My Reflection

Student Review

The app I am reviewing is pic collage.

Hello my name is Hala. I would like to tell you about one of our PYP classroom apps. It is PicCollage. What PicCollage does is help you to make projects about any subject. 

I would recommend the PicCollage app because it helps you work and makes your projects easier! We use PicCollage in all of the units that we took over this year. 
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We can work on PicCollage as a group or by ourselves. We used it to write desert facts, facts about planets, and also to create posters. Last week we made posters about walking in the corridors and we can crop the pictures in the app.

H.A.
Year 5 student, from Lebanon in the UAE

Teacher Tips

1. Use the grid option to help with formatting

2. Use the web search tool inside the app to add other photos

3. Make it move! Use the web search tool to add .gifs! 

Student Examples

My Reflection

PicCollage is a great tool to use in any subject area at school. The student's creativity shines through in their choices. It is also a great starter for "appsmashing." By that I mean using more than one app. Students can create diagrams, reflections, posters, etc. in PicCollage and add them to an iMovie, Keynote, Book Creator iBook, etc. We use it a lot for homework. It is easy and hands on to ask students to find things around their home related to your unit and then upload their PicCollage onto Seesaw.