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Sunday, August 31, 2014

Book Trailers with Tellagami & QR Codes

Students love watching book trailers! They created and recorded trailers with the QR codes using different apps that successfully would record and create an http: link. I have really enjoyed watching the students make their own book trailers!

We started using Croak.it! Croak.it is a voice technology tool that allows users to discover, collect and convey thoughts and expressions on-the-go over voice in 30-second audio snippets. Recently we started to use Tellagami. Tellagami is a mobile app that lets you create and share a quick animated Gami video. Check out a couple of the 4th graders work samples. Here are three examples of how the kids make book trailers using Tellagami.

Telagami

Croak.it!

Love Reading! Record, Link, and Share!

I have enjoyed reader’s workshop more than ever this year by getting my students to read, write, record, send and share. LOVE that kids have enjoyed reading more than ever! Some are easier than others to engage into some of their favorite books but at the same time they LOVE the high expectations of reading. Reporting out to their friends electronically and individually in our conversations is when things start to happen. Honestly, creating a book report online has become a collaborative conversation verses, “Why do we have to do this?” These students enjoy sharing their books verbally and electronically as they have learned to persuade others to read similar books.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Croaking!

Croaking novel summaries and making QR codes is coming right along! Today's focus was reading summaries fluently in the 30 second time period and croaking the summary on the app Croakit. After practicing and recording the students had to navigate the iPad to listen to their recordings, save it and then send the link off. In the next lesson the kids will be using the link to make a QR code. One step at a time! I pushed a few kids that could follow the steps and they were able to create and send me the image of the QR Code! Yay! In the next mini lesson everyone will be on board. :)

My favorite part of the day was listening to students coach each other, "The word is An-tarc-ti-ca, try it!" She broke apart the works by syllables for her partner then she said Antarctica 2-3 times, they decided she was ready to record. It was a loud room of sharing until recording time, over half the kids went out side in different areas to illuminate distractions or extra noise.