 Welcome everyone to this session of PD in your PJs. Today we are talking all about ways that you can create a Valentine message with CISA. So as you know, we've got a holiday coming up soon if you celebrate, so we thought it would be fun to showcase how some of the creative tools in CISA can enhance what you are already doing in your classroom to make an even more special surprise for loved ones surrounding your students. So I'm Angela, I lead the community team here at CISA. I'd love for you to connect with me on Twitter. I'm at Mrs. Gagki. And as you may know, I was also a classroom teacher for 15 years in the kindergarten setting. So some of these ideas are things that I actually did in my classroom and I'm excited to share them with you here today as well. So a couple of things we're gonna do first is I'm going to share some behind the scenes tips and setup to make things a little bit easier if you are embarking on a big project and you wanna take advantage of our QR code feature available in CISA. So if you're not yet aware, every time something is added to CISA, a student posts, you can always tap the three dots under that student post and generate a QR code that leads to that item in CISA. So CISA does all the work for you. We're actually gonna demo that a little bit. But as part of the process getting set up to use that feature and some of the projects we're going to be talking about today, I wanna show you kind of a pro tip about using folders. So here are the steps outlined for creating a valentine folder and I'm actually going to demo this. So this slide will be a great reference for you when you actually get to, if you're thinking, oh my gosh, how did you do this exactly? So this will be a great reference for you when you kind of peek back at the slides that will get emailed to you. But basically by creating a folder, what this does is all of your student work that is associated with a valentine project can go in that folder and then you can print an entire folder of work with just a few clicks, which is totally awesome and you'll have your QR codes ready to go. So let me demonstrate this first and then we're gonna hop into our ideas. So what I have right now is I'm gonna switch into one of my many classes that I use for doing demonstrations through our professional development here. So I'm in this third grade class and what I'm going to do is in the upper right, I'm gonna tap on my wrench to get into my class settings because I don't think this classroom has any folders yet actually. So I'm gonna scroll all the way down to folders right here. Now I can go into managed folders in your, oh, I did have a recording spot folder, interesting. Well, there we go. I'm gonna create a new folder though. So let's create a folder and we are gonna call this folder valentines and I'm going to start it with a period and that is going to allow me to have that folder be the very first one that shows up on the list. The other tip I'm gonna give you and I'm on a MacBook right now and if you're using any device, you can also use emojis but on a MacBook, this is kind of a tip. I go to this getemoji.com, copy this. I'm gonna come back here and I'm actually going to paste this emoji with, oh my goodness, with my folder name because if you're working with littles like I was, it's always nice to kind of have a picture queue as well if they're going to be choosing the folder. So again, you can insert emojis anytime you're typing in CSOT just as I did or it works on Chromebooks as well and of course on iPads, you have the emoji keyboard available too. So I've got my folder named, I have a dot in front of it, I'm gonna tap the green check right here. So you'll notice it is now at the top of my list of folders. So that's important if you have lots of folders in your class, let's just make a math one so you can kind of see what I'm talking about here that your students will be easily able to have that at the top if they're gonna be choosing where it goes. Okay, so we have some folders set up. Now what I wanna show you is the awesome, the awesome part here that has been created. So now what I can do as a teacher when I go to my class journal, this first on the right here, this thing that's highlighted in gray, if I tap on folder, I can then choose the folder that I wanna look into. Now, because I have this recording spots folder and it already has three items in it, for the sake of showing you stuff that's already in the folder, I'm gonna click on that folder. Now, because I am on the CESAW website, I'm at app.csaw.me, I'm gonna have this option right here to print a PDF of everything that is in this folder. So this is what you would do with your Valentine project. So I'm gonna go to print PDF because I wanna show you what happens. So CESAW does all this work for you. It will actually print up to 80 posts in a folder. So this is just an easy way. Let's go to view and print PDF. And you're gonna kind of see what happens because this is going to give you the QR code that leads to that post in CESAW. So it has a nice little cover page and then you'll see the post with the QR code here. Now, in the first example that I'm gonna go into, you're going to see where this QR code comes into place or into play and you might be thinking, Angela, why would I be doing this? Because families are going to see this in CESAW. Well, you might choose to have your students create a Valentine for someone that is not connected to their CESAW class. So keep that in mind. So again, just a little bit of logistics there before we hop in to our ideas. Okay, so first idea, handmade Valentine's with voice. So many of you, I'm sure, might be thinking of ways to create Valentine's in your classroom, but I'm going to add a layer to that and enhance it a little bit with CESAW. So this is really, really simple. You see here a picture of a real Valentine that was created with construction paper and colored pencils. And then the students take a picture of this and record their voice. Now I'm gonna play this example so you can see what I'm talking about here. Dear Grandma, I love doing all of you happy, happy Valentine's Day. Right? So the idea in this, in this idea, the idea in this idea, oh my goodness, the idea behind this activity is that your students will still be sending and delivering physical Valentine's, but you're actually going to glue that QR code to the back of the Valentine. So that when it arrives, maybe it's going to Grandma, maybe it's going to an uncle, maybe it's going to a friend that lives far away, they will be able to not only physically hold that Valentine, but they could scan that QR code on the back of it with any QR reader and then hear that lovely, adorable, amazing little voice as well, which will make that Valentine extra special. So I've made this really easy for you. If you want to give this a go, I've actually created this as an activity. So it is in the CESA activity library right now. If you look up Handmade Valentine with Voice, it'll be there waiting for you. You'll also get the link in the slides and you can just save this activity to your CESA class and then share it with your students. Now what I want to show you is a really important step in this process that will save you a lot of time. If you're again, as we said, trying to gather these all in one folder so that it's easier for you just to hit those, tap three buttons and print all of the QR codes in one swoop. So I'm going to go back into my class right now. I'm going to go to the green add button and go to share activity. Now here's my activity, right? That I had saved and what you will probably save as well. So I'm just going to click here and I'm going to tap this share button. Now we are in third grade rock star, so I'm going to choose that class. But notice right here, I have the option to edit students, folders and skills. So, oh my goodness, we're totally going to edit folders right now because if I tap on edit folders right here, I can choose the Valentine folder so my students don't have to, right? Especially if we're working with younger students or even older students, if we save them a step in the process, that's amazing. So now I'm going to tap the green check. I'm going to share it with my class. So now if I go back into my CSOT class and I want to, let's say I'm going to respond to this as a student. So you can see the instructions for this activity. Again, activities are a great way to, you know, prompt your students, remind your students what maybe you've already shared and modeled in your classroom. But here we go, it says use paper markers and crayons to make a Valentine card. We've already got that done, right? Now they're ready to record their voice. So I, as a student, am going to tap that green add button. We're going to be a sample student here today. And I would take a photo of my Valentine that I created and that I would record my voice. Now once that is shared in CSOT, then of course it's going to show up in that folder. Because as you can see right here, it's already tagged to that Valentine's folder. So when you sign in on the web at app.csot.me, you can filter to that folder in your class and easily print all of that, which is huge time saver and just quite exciting. So again, if you forget for some reason to add it to the Valentine folder, your students could also add it to the folder as well. So again, you're going to cut out that QR code. You can glue that to the back of the physical Valentine that you're going to mail. So that's idea number one, okay? Idea number two, this is a fun one. And I did this with my kindergarteners and it was just a classroom of joy, I must say. So this is talking Valentine's. So again, what we're going to talk about is still potentially approaching a Valentine like maybe you do in your classroom right now, but we are going to use another app called Chatterpits, which is only available on iOS devices to make it talk. So here's an example of that. Let's listen up. Do you love snuggling with you and telling story and playing games happy Valentine's Day? Again, so this is, my students have created Valentine's. They use construction paper. They had their Valentine. They put it on a table and took a picture of it. So once they took that photo, they went into the Chatterpits app. And again, here's kind of how to steps. And Marnie, my friend Marnie had created this awesome step-by-step directions. If you've never used Chatterpits that I have borrowed her visuals here, which is great. So again, within the Chatterpits app, students would just take a picture of their Valentine and then they just draw a little mouth on it and they push a button and they start to talk. And then that creates the little mouth on their Valentine and then it's exported to their camera roll. When you choose on this third photo here, you'll see this little button that kind of looks like a, I don't know, it's a down arrow with a device that saves it to export it to your camera roll. And then the students will actually, when they are in CESA and completing this activity, they'll just choose to add that from their camera roll, okay? So I'm gonna go back to this slide for a moment because when you get the slides, or if you just can't wait, you can also look in CESA right now because this is waiting. If you go into the activity library and search talking Valentine's, this will also be in there for you as well. Now, keep in mind, you could do the same thing with this one. If you wanna tag it with a Valentine folder before you share the activity and if you wanted to add the physical QR code to the back of this and share it with someone that's not connected to your student's CESA portfolio, like maybe it's a grandparent or like I said, someone that is not connected that could be fun as well. Okay, idea number three, photo Valentine. So this is for any age group. I actually have an example with a fourth grader right here. So I'm gonna play this. So basically what they're doing is they're taking a picture of themselves. They're creating that photo and then they're using labels in CESA to draw and then record and talk. So let's listen to this example. So you kind of get an idea of what's happening here. Happy Valentine's Day, Dad. And I wanna say that I really like when you read books with me and play soccer and tell me funny jokes and just want to wish you happy Valentine's Day. All right, so again, all of those tools are right in CESA so your students can play and get really creative with what their Valentine looks like. And I have right here activity links for specific grade levels. So again, if you search message of love in the CESA activity library right now you're gonna find this one. If you're second through fifth grade and you're looking for a little bit older version that has a few more steps you'll search for photo Valentine that is ready for you to explore and use with your students as well. So let's go to my next idea. My fourth one, and I never, I didn't do this with Valentine's but I thought, oh, so brilliant, it would be so fun is to use this as really a great opportunity to get started with CESA blogs and maybe find a class to connect with. So I had seen teachers that had been thinking, oh, I've gotta start blogs, I don't know. I need kind of a specific way to get started. And I thought, boy, this would be a great way to exchange Valentine's or something like that or share and connect that way. So when you get the slides, if you click on this link you're actually going to go to a huge document that shows all of the different classrooms from around the world that have signed up on this connected blogs document. That means that they are eager for their class to connect with other classrooms from around the globe. So definitely check this document out. If you go to our help center, help.csat.me and search connected blogs, you're also going to find this document as well. So if you can't wait for the slides you can just hop on right now and search that as well. Now this is something that I came across that I thought looked amazing as well. If you go to virtualvalentines.weebly.com this is actually a global project that gives a little bit, I think, more structure around this idea of connecting with classes around Valentine's. And of course, CSOP blogs would be a great platform to use to get connected with other classrooms. So this might be another way that you find classrooms to connect with. So, boy, I just went through all sorts of ideas but I want to show you one more that is really a great spot to peek. So inside CSOP in the activity library, again, when you're signing in as a teacher if you go to that green add button and then just choose browse activity library, one of the collections you're going to see right away on the top is our newest collection, friendship, kindness and community. So really there are already over 50 activities waiting for you to browse and peruse and use with your students in your classroom or get inspired and you can edit them and modify them and make them work for the students that you work with each and every day. So we kind of want to make it easy for you to try something new. So we hope that that is really valuable for you as well. So definitely check that out. And we're really eager to see what your students create. So make sure you let us know if you're on Twitter or you can tag at CSOP. We love to see all of their creations and collaborations and sharing. And of course, if you're not yet connected with our community of teachers on Facebook or Instagram make sure you check out those platforms as well. Now I've gone pretty quickly here but I want to take some time to answer some questions for those of you that are here live. I also want to just take a moment to let you know that we really love feedback. So if you would be so kind to fill out the survey that pops up at the end of this webinar, we would love that. It makes us better. It lets us know what you want to see or hear in upcoming sessions. So make sure you do that as well. So I'm looking for questions coming in. So let's take a peek.