Reader Theater Podcast

Our class used GarageBand to record our own Reader Theater adaptations of our favorite children's storybooks.

Listen to each story:
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
The Umbrella by Jan Brett
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff

More Ideas for Integrating Technology

Amazing Websites to Checkout:

• Little Bird Tales
• Free Reading
• Kids Research Portal
• Citation Machine

Publish Video Online

• Vimeo (use free iPhone app if you have iPhone or iPod touch available, see tutorial)
• Vimeo School

Google Voice

• Get Started with Google Voice
• Using Google Voice in the Classroom:
• The Scoop on Google Voice for Newbies
• Let Google Voice Rock the Classroom!
• Using Google Voice for Fluency: 2nd Grade Fluency with Google Voice
• Share Google Voice recordings on your blog

Sharing Your Materials

Sharing files from your Google Drive

• If you are sharing the file as a link on your blog or in a lesson you will want to choose the visibility to be "Anyone with the link."
• Copy the link of a file, folder, or Google Doc to create a link on your blog.

Manually upload files and folders to Google Drive

• You can create files for your Out of Class Portfolio using programs such as Microsoft Word, but make sure to upload those to the Lesson folders on your Google Drive.

Tips for sharing online resources:

• Create links in your lesson to all the online resources you use.
• If you are creating a resource, such as a blog, that requires a password to access you can either provide Debbie and Donna with a password or screenshot the resource and include the image in your lesson plan or another file. 
• If you use Little Bird Tales use the email sharing option to email the video to your own email. Copy the link that is in the email and include this in your lesson.

Submitting your Out of Class Portfolio

Your Out of Class Portfolio project should be completely submitted by September 23 at 6:00pm. Everything you submit for grading should be put in your shared Google Drive folder.

Your folder should be setup like this:

Inside each lesson's folder should be the lesson cover page, the lesson plan and any ancillary materials for the lesson. Remember to hyper-link to any resources that are mentioned in your lessons. Also, anything that you produce that is posted online somewhere other than your Google Drive (like a blog or wiki) should be linked in your lessons.

Don't forget to include:
* All the standards covered in each lesson, including the Technology Standards!
* Anytime your lesson mentions that a student creates something (ANYTHING) you should include a model of the work.
* If your lesson mentions a handout, worksheet, graphic organizer, rubric, etc. this should be included in the lesson folder - or be linked in the lesson plan.

Dialogue Poem

My Dialogue Poem with Donna

Comment on Last night's response blog

Take a few moments this morning to respond to the blog you have been paired with below. Write a short paragraph commenting on your partner's response to the article Too Dumb for Complex Text? Include whether you agree or disagree with their response.

1. Marnie, Lindsay
2. Lauren, Angela
3. Jill, Katie
4. Ed, Becca
5. Kimberly, Katherine
6. Michelle, Mary-Rita
7. Sarah, Ashley
8. Paula, Robin

Blog Assignment Wednesday Night

Please complete this assignment on your personal blog (due by start of class Thursday).

Continuing our discussion of Too Dumb for Complex Text? Respond to question 1. Post should be 250-300 words.

Tomorrow morning you will have the opportunity to respond to your classmate's blogs.

Skype an Author

 

Thanks to Jeremy Robinson for spending
time with us via Skype!

Email Jeremy if you have any more questions about how he uses technology when he writes.

Try Skype with your class...
Download Skype
Resources:
Skype in the Classroom
Skype an Author Network

Vocabulary Word Sort

1. Open the Word Sort file.
2. Go to File-Make a Copy.
3. Complete the Word Sort with your partner.

Wikipedia Blog Post Response Partners

Take a few moments this morning to respond to the blog you have been paired with below. Write a short paragraph commenting on the post, and one follow-up question for your partner. Then go back to your own blog and respond to the question that your partner left for you in a new comment. As time allows feel free to comment on any other blog posts you would like. 

Blog Response Team 1

Angela, Marni

Blog Response Team 2

Robin, Paula

Blog Response Team 3

Mary-Rita, Ed

Blog Response Team 4

Ashley, Lindsay

Blog Response Team 5

Kimberly, Katherine

Blog Response Team 6

Becca, Michelle

Blog Response Team 7

Jill, Kathryn

Blog Response Team 8

Lauren, Sarah

Questions?

Do you have any questions or concerns? Ask them here...add a comment below. We will respond here or address your questions in class.

Blog Post Assignment - Tuesday Night

Write a response to the article that we discussed today, Wikipedia: Friend, Not Foe (by Darren Crovitz and W. Scott Smoot). Is Wikipedia a friend or foe to teachers? Make your case. Did your opinion regarding Wikipedia change after reading this article or participating in today's discussion? How could you see yourself using Wikipedia in your classroom?

Your response should be posted on your own blog and be approximately 250-300 words.

Snack Time Sign-up!

Sign-up to bring a snack in for either a morning or afternoon break. Think about healthy foods that will keep you energized as you work, such as cut fruit. Please post in the comments a day you would like to bring something.