Saturday, April 19, 2014

Thisissand

Artists, creatives and teachers, check this out! Cool graphics and sound effects make you feel like you are really sprinkling a bit of sand onto your screen in this free app.  (Did anyone else ever do this craft when you were a kid??) Seriously, try this one out and satisfy your inner child! Thank you, Bridgette, for the suggestion!

I'm still trying to figure out how to use this in class, maybe with colors (I'm thinking kids would say light or dark, colors or compare color to an object (like, this green is the color of grass, this blue is the color of the sky)? Or get students to make a design and describe what it looks like? Do they like it?  What is their favorite part?  I wonder if you could add an element of numbers to it, like roll the dice (see my post on Make Dice Lite) and add the color for that number?  Any other ideas?  Add to comments below!

Chose your colors from the rainbow or upgrade for .99 to make a new color from anything your camera can catch!

Here are some samples from the app: