Foldables: julio 2015

FOLDABLE ME

Make your Foldables look like anyone!

The story so far

In March 2012, a renegade team from Mint Digital conceived a plan to let the world create their own cardboard friend.

They feared it was an impossible dream... but the first prototype proved just too loveable. After 4 days, locked away in the countryside, they had a crude working version of Foldable.Me.

People were excited but there was one problem. Foldable.Me needed hairdos, lots of hairdos. And chins, beards, eyes, lips and noses too. In order to realise their dream of creating a Foldable of anyone, they needed to draw thousands of facial features and outfits. Not a small task.

They turned to Kickstarter for help. Within a couple of days they’d smashed their funding goal and ended with 1000% of what they needed. Happy days! We could hire a great illustrator.

Over the next 6 months the team cranked out thousands of illustrations, stacks of code and went through a pile of different cutting tools. Along the way, Foldable.Me picked up more than 18,000 signups to their launch mailing list and received press coverage from Manchester to Taiwan.

Along the way, the Foldable.Me team became surprisingly intimate with the details of cardboard manufacture and papercut first aid.

Anyway, Foldable.Me has now launched. We hope you like it!

Why use Foldables ?

WHAT ARE FOLDABLES?

A Foldable is a 3-D interactive graphic organizer based upon a skill that can be made by the student. When making foldables the students develops a fast, kinesthetic activity that helps them organize and retain information in a easier way.

IT IS NOT ORIGAMI

The foldables can be used in any subject as a supporting material to enhance the learning process. They give students an opportunity to create something that they can then refer back to. Foldables can be as simple or as complicated as you want them to be.

ADVANTAGES OF THE FOLDABLES

The student can memorize, organize, remember, review and learn many kinds of information.
The students use their creativity in a kinesthetic learning environment.
They reinforce important thinking.
They enhance communication skills.
Students with memorizing problems can use foldables to memorize easier.
Foldables are graphic organizers that students create with their own ideas, colors, fonts, ect.
They can be used with any subject in any level.
They are a guide when the students is rehearsing or studying.

WHY DO TEACHERS USE FOLDABLES IN THE CURRICULUM?

Fun & motivating, hands-on approach
As a study guide
Note taking to help organize information
Reach all learners
Students retain information
Alternative assessments
Replace the use of worksheets/reduce copy counts
Projects
Integration of subject areas
Improve student note-taking skills
Hold students accountable

WHEN DO WE AS TEACHERS USE FOLDABLES?

Introducing new vocabulary words
Introducing a new skill, topic, or concept
Before a chapter, lesson, story, etc.
During the lesson
After completing the chapter, lesson, story, etc.
Guided Instruction or Guided Reading
Writing process
Review
Anytime- daily

ACCORDING TO RESEARCH

Graphic organizers (such as foldables) can:

Help students focus on text structure as they read
Provide tools used to visually represent relationships in text
Help students write well-organized summaries of text
Students are actively engaged in the instructional process and learning as they create foldables

HOW ARE THE TEACHERS SUPPOSED TO USE FOLDABLES IN THE CLASSROOM?