First Grade VoiceThread

Check out this presentation by first graders who are retelling the story of Wangari's Trees of Peace by Winter. I am SO impressed with their drawings, their voices, and their use of technology! You will be, too!

Think what they are learning: reading, writing, speaking, illustrating, presenting, sequencing, summarizing, AND technology!

See more examples of VoiceThread for every grade level at the VoiceThread in Education wiki.

Inspired Dr. Seuss

March 2nd is Dr. Seuss's birthday and Read Across America Day! By that time, you'll have downladed the trial version of Kidspiration or Inspiration, completed the tutorial and submitted your assignment (Project 2, due February 17.). Now you can use Kidspiration activities to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss and provide students a fun workspace to group word families and match antonyms. Watch this demonstration to see how:



See lots more videos with ideas for using these programs with students from K-12 here and here and here.