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Inspirational Posters, Anyone?




 
I LOVE MEANINGFUL QUOTES. There are so many awesome quotes that I wish I could carry with me at all times, or have someone pop out of nowhere and say them to me. I have had the Word Swag app for a while, but it never occurred to me to use it in the classroom. What I did was go onto Pinterest (can I say enough about Pinterest...) and look up some great quotes. Then, I picked a background and a font that I liked and voila! How can we use this? 
- Posting quotes for a quick write prompt/starting point. Making them into art helps it stick and makes it more memorable as well.
- Beginning a unit or novel with a quote that applies to the themes/ messages. 
- Simply posting them on Edmodo or Google Classroom to give them something to think about. 
- Blow them up as a picture and post them! (Note: I haven't tried this yet, but it looks like the quality is not diminished when making it into a large picture)

Get the Word Swag app here. 

~ Caitlin

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