One of our first grade classes read the book Flat Stanley by Jim Brown. They sent paper Flat Stanleys to relatives and friends around the country and received images and stories back.
Then, inspired by the “worldwide” success” of the “other first grade class’” podcast episode of the Magic Tree House, the six year olds wanted [...]
If you have not thought of podcasting with your younger elementary school students, I encourage you to think again.
The first graders at my school had listened to the second grade podcast about animals, and had really enjoyed their story.They were especially thrilled that the second graders had received so many comments from teachers around the [...]
Chatrooms have acquired a bad reputation. Children are being warned that entering a chatroom will get them kidnapped, abused and possibly killed.
As with everything, if you use scare tactics and simply tell children “not to do it” , they will automatically been drawn to whatever you are trying to keep them away from.
My philosophy, instead [...]
Second graders at my school are studying animals in their science unit. They learned about the different characteristics of mammals, reptiles and birds.
If their parents ask them tonight at the dinner table if they learned anything today, the students probably will tell them that they recorded a podcast today!
Will the parents know that they practiced:
Collaboration [...]
Students wrote a poem in English class, then logged into Piclits.com to find an image that supported /visualized their poem.
What is a blog? What should it look like? What should it be about? Who are bloggers?
These are some of the questions we are in the process of trying to answer.
Part of the process of becoming a better student blogger is to read other blogs. Read them critically.
How old are the bloggers?
What do you like [...]
First graders have paired up with first graders from the American School of Madrid, Spain. Each student in both schools recorded their “I have a Dream” essay. The students were assigned a “buddy” from the other class. They listened to the dream their buddy described in the audio comment, then illustrated it.
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Each camper had 10 minutes to continue the storyline. Here is our collaborative effort of the story about The Heroic Teenager named Harry.
Once upon a time there was a heroic teenager named Harry… He was a hero but he didn’t have a clue about being a hero… He is 15 years old and loves Lynard [...]
