Here are some ways educators in New York State are using Bitmoji classrooms:īonnie Cazer, principal at Middlesex Valley Elementary School in the Marcus Whitman Central School District, has created a Bitmoji office, complete with colorful posters on the wall and an apple sitting on her desk. Finally, and most importantly, teachers add links to various classroom objects to connect students to such things as weekly lesson plans, assignments, instructional videos and content specific websites.

Using a program such as Google Slides, they place their avatar into a classroom they build by grabbing images from the internet of bookcases, desks, posters and other classroom items. Teachers use an app such as Bitmoji to create wide-eyed cartoon images of themselves. 'Instead of opening physical doors to their classrooms, teachers are opening virtual doors.' 'Bitmoji is an answer for that,' she said. 'It gets them excited about doing their work.'Īs COVID-19 has forced schools to use distance learning routinely, teachers have found a way to offer a warm and welcoming online classroom environment, said Dodie Ainslie, a technology integration specialist with Broome-Tioga BOCES. 'It's a fun way to teach them at home,' said elementary music teacher Jennifer Knecht. So have many other teachers in the Broome County district. At Homer Brink Elementary School in the Maine-Endwell Central School District, all five third-grade teachers have created interactive virtual classrooms called Bitmoji classrooms.

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