I'm Alex Perry. I am in my 7th year as a Special Education/Mathematics teacher in the district. I currently work at the Leadership Academy. A coworker told me about this program and all of the cool things that it offered, so I decided to check it out. I was drawn to the freedom of choosing topics of interest that Cool Tools allows. I'm looking forward to learning some new things that I can use in my practices.
I had a fun time playing around with Bitmoji. There were so many different options, I did not find it difficult to make a character that resembled me. The one thing that a really like about Bitmoji, along with the customizable avatar, is the countless number of emotions the avatar can convey. I think these would be awesome to use as stickers to provide feedback to my students. They provide light hearted feedback that I think students can relate to. I know several of my students have their own Bitmoji's that they use in texts and other forms of social media (snapchat, facebook, etc.) I can see how a student would find more enjoyment and value in being awarded with a tiny sticker of a cartoon version of their teacher to acknowledge a job well done rather than a traditional gold star. I also found it really helpful that Chrome allows you to install Bitmoji directly onto it, making it easy to insert them within documents. Just writing this blog I was easily able to search
Thanks for joining the workshop!
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