Hi Everyone! Here is my final blog post for the course. I am hoping this will not be the last time you see me on here-I have high hopes that I will continue to blog and I hope that you will continue to follow :) I created this short video on goanimate.com. Since I used a free account, I was limited in the amount of info that I could input (and I think it actually cut off my last line!) however I loved using the tool and could see this as being something that I use with my students. I think that they would love it too!
Hi Everyone! Lauren and I created the final project on voicethread (thanks to Mari Beth's recommendations!) and we loved using this program! Our students had been working on creating a class research book on sharks, to share with students at an upcoming Author's Breakfast. The students have been very excited to learn about sharks, and we thought that this would be a great opportunity for a literacy/technology project! Once the students had created their writing, we took photographs of their work and input them in voicethread. It was SO easy to use. After that, we showed the students the program and told them that we were going to record their voice reading their work, and make it into a real movie. They loved using the microphone, and one student even thought it was "magic." Given the fact that our students (even at 5 and 6 years old) are so tech-savvy, it was exciting to see them learn about a new piece of technology available to them. Many of them even said they were going to make their own videos at home, and we are planning on sharing the program (and video) with parents at parent/teacher conferences next week. I will definitely be using voicethread again in the future, and recommend that you try it as well!
