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Entries from October 31st, 2008

Is there a grammar doctor in the house?

October 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Voicethread

Who says grammar cannot have a personality? Kerry Fleshner’s fifth grade students show their Sentence People in this voicethread.

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Paint + voicethread =success!

October 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Digitial Storytelling, Voicethread

Ever wonder how second graders care for their pets- dogs, cats, and cheetahs?  Meredith Scully and her second graders at Arleth explain it all!  See their voicethread below.

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Time Travel to the English Colonies

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Digitial Storytelling, Voicethread

While working on a coloninal journal project, the students used their text to create a voicethread “Timetravel to the English Colonies “. This was created by Nancy Prysiazny’s talented students (MS – 7th grade)

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Need a new idea for closure?

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments · animoto, Digitial Storytelling

Rather than create a poster to end their study of the civil rights movement, Pam Chartock (MS-eighth grade) had her students work in pairs to create music videos (animotos). Below is one example of using photographs and music to tell the story! The Children’s Crusade (by Dierdre, Karolina, and Mina) <

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