Mashups

This morning I did a bit of playing around with the various mashup resources that were suggested.  One of my favorite resources was the Trading Card Maker.  In an elementary classroom the possibilities for this are endless.  I'll focus on reading, since it's one of the two subjects that I teach.

What I plan to do:

• Students create trading cards for the characters in the book.  Right now we are reading Catching Fire and my students have been asked to create their own districts and competitors.  They could create trading cards for their new characters or districts, or could create cards for the actual characters (Katniss, Peeta, Gale).

Here's my silly trading card creation....