Ideas+Database+-+Sharing+Our+Stories

What story can you tell about your use of technology and its transformative nature in the classroom? We're hoping we can begin to build a database of tools, reflections and contacts for all of us (and future members of the institute) to utilize. Remember what Tom Daccord told us: //**Change happens horizontally -- from colleague to colleague**//. Let's begin to model that for others.

Here's how this can work. Choose a row in the table and fill in the information as best as you can. If you can embed media, that's great. If not, then maybe just provide the link. Try to provide as much information as possible. //(Note: to use this wiki, you must have a Wikispaces account, and then click on the Join button, and Jim will make you a member of the site. Then, use the Edit this Page link).//

dogtrax(at)gmail(dot)com || Voicethread || I used voicethread for podcasting and for teaching the idea of voice and collaboration. We used it earlier this year when my students created Vehicles of the Future (as part of a Voices on the Gulf collaborative project). My students did their own artwork, wrote descriptive paragraphs and then recorded their own voices on our voicethreads, which were then embedded into the Voices on the Gulf website for other students to listen to. || Link to one class example of Voices of the Future || Kbuckley@bpsma.org || wikispaces || I use wikispaces to organized presentations and collaboration with teachers and administrators. This is free for educators and an easy way to create many websites for educationa || masscue-education.wikispaces.com || Erica.redner@leominster.mec.edu || animoto || I use animoto.com with my students to help them demonstrate knowledge of events in a book, character's thoughts (vs. reality, etc.), before writing an essay on a novel, as well as a means of assessing some literary elements such as theme and motif. My students have loved it! || This is an example of student work in response to a Macbeth assignment. [] (Editing is going to be a unit later on in the year and a great way to start would be with some of the spelling in the video) ||
 * **Your name and**
 * Contact Info** || **The tool or technology you are sharing out about** || **Your reflection on use of this technology** || **Example of the tool or technology** ||
 * Kevin Hodgson
 * Katy Buckley
 * Erica Redner