Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Tuesday Tips: April 26, 2022

 TECH TIP:  10 Facts Template from Adobe Creative Cloud


I met with Keith Wright yesterday to plan out a research unit he is planning and it is essentially an "everything but the research paper" project.  It got me thinking about other ways students can show their knowledge from research.  Adobe Creative Cloud (which used to be called Adobe Spark) is a great suite of design tools.  They have a template called the 10 Facts sheet.  Students would download this one-pager template and remix it to show their knowledge in a clear, professional manner.  

Here is what the template looks like:




And here is an example of a finished product:




BOOK TIP:  Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner


Michelle Zauner is a Korean American young woman (and lead singer for the pop group Japanese Breakfast) who lost her mother to cancer.   Crying in H Mart is her memoir of that loss and what her mother meant to her.  It is incredible and incredibly sad.  She and her mother connected over their Korean heritage and food in particular.  The descriptions of the food will make you want noodles and bibimbop.