This is Sooooo Cool!
I think that I had goose bumps this whole week at school! We started our new social studies unit on “Power” and decided as a class that the Holocaust is a fabulous example of Power and how it can be used and abused in any situation. Our class unit blog is up and running and I have all my students with “academic only” gmail accounts. They love it because their parents can use the same email and it’s primary use is for school purposes. The kids have started blogging – some more naturally than others – but they are getting there. I even had a parent ask to post to the blog! I embedded a Voki on the sidebar and they love it – most have created their own Vokiand are constantly looking for more web 2.0 tools to play around with. I am having trouble embedding the Voki into my post though, so if anyone has some tips please pass my way. Now I have to run and get my Animotoholocaust vid ready for Monday’s class! I love school.
p.s. and my students do too!!
lgatzke replied:
Way to go Angie. It’s great to see your students blogging.
March 9, 2008 at 10:02 pm. Permalink.
Rosanne replied:
Sounds like you’re having fun and so are your students and parents. Can’t wait to see what they put up. Have fun!
March 10, 2008 at 2:35 am. Permalink.
Kimberly Brown replied:
Hi, This looks like a great project. I’ll be following it for ideas to use with my class in the fall. I plan on studying the Holocaust in Social Studies and Language Arts.
I’ve started building a wiki for my resources:
http://language-arts1.wikispaces.com/Holocaust
March 11, 2008 at 2:53 am. Permalink.
ryanflood replied:
That’s excellent… the Voki is a nice touch. I think students love to be introduced to stuff like this from their teachers. It shows them that you aren’t disconnected or disengaged by new tech. and that they can talk to you about stuff like that. Plus Vokis and such just make web spaces more interesting, especially for kids.
March 11, 2008 at 6:37 pm. Permalink.
Becky replied:
Hey Angie,
I’m Becky from Animoto. Awesome to see you using Animoto in the classroom. I’m actually starting a new program called “Animoto for Education.” Feel free to e-mail me to chat about it. Trying to get as many educators signed up as possible!
Take care,
Becky
April 1, 2008 at 5:50 pm. Permalink.