This past week the fifth graders were introduced to Buncee EDU as a digital writing tool. Buncee EDU is a free web-based tool that students can use to create multimedia writing projects. The Buncee EDU platform offers an interactive digital canvas with thematic background templates for creating stories, books, cartoons/comics, presentations, pamphlets, posters, etc. Students are able to customize the templates by adding animations, pictures, text, drawings, and videos. The Buncee EDU platform also offers an extensive gallery of searchable media that students can add to their projects and students also have the option to import external media from their computers or other websites. The Lakeview fifth graders are using Buncee EDU for a writing project that builds from their recent reading of the book Wonder by author R.J. Palacio. Based on their understanding of the themes addressed in Wonder, the students were asked to select a precept (life rule) to explain OR create their own precept for life. The students are using Buncee EDU to create their precept projects which will be shared with the whole school during Lakeview’s Kindness Week in October.
