Tip of the Month - April 2020 - Pobble 365 and Clicker for Writing
What is Pobble?
Pobble is a free website which provides a weird, wonderful or thought provoking image each day to inspire writing creativity. There are 365 images to choose from leaving no chance for boredom! With images that capture alternative viewpoints of fairytales and interesting set ups with super heroes to animals to mythical creatures causing madness and mayhem as well as many many more, the writing opportunities are endless! If the image itself doesn’t spark a thousand ideas, simply scroll down and use the activities we provide.
How to use Pobble for writing in Clicker
· Go to www.pobble365.com and select the photo you want to write about
· Select the down arrow to see a smaller version of the photo
· Right click on the photo
· Copy image
· Open Clicker
· Paste the photo into your document by clicking on the clipboard image on the clicker toolbar
· Resize as needed by clicking on the image and dragging from the bottom right corner
· Open the word prediction window and start your great writing.
· Use the 5W prompt card to help think about what to write about
Extra writing ideas on Pobble
Pobble has several pre-made lesson plan ideas, e.g. questions about the picture, sentence challenges, story starter, etc.
To download this Tip of the Month as a PDF, please click here
What is Pobble?
Pobble is a free website which provides a weird, wonderful or thought provoking image each day to inspire writing creativity. There are 365 images to choose from leaving no chance for boredom! With images that capture alternative viewpoints of fairytales and interesting set ups with super heroes to animals to mythical creatures causing madness and mayhem as well as many many more, the writing opportunities are endless! If the image itself doesn’t spark a thousand ideas, simply scroll down and use the activities we provide.
How to use Pobble for writing in Clicker
· Go to www.pobble365.com and select the photo you want to write about
· Select the down arrow to see a smaller version of the photo
· Right click on the photo
· Copy image
· Open Clicker
· Paste the photo into your document by clicking on the clipboard image on the clicker toolbar
· Resize as needed by clicking on the image and dragging from the bottom right corner
· Open the word prediction window and start your great writing.
· Use the 5W prompt card to help think about what to write about
Extra writing ideas on Pobble
Pobble has several pre-made lesson plan ideas, e.g. questions about the picture, sentence challenges, story starter, etc.
To download this Tip of the Month as a PDF, please click here