I loved exploring these tools! I found Voki, Animoto, and Wordle to be particularly interesting. There are just so many ways I could use these tools in my first grade classroom!
Wordle is an excellent tool for displaying new vocabulary. Whenever we begin a new unit, I always start by introducing the vocabulary of the unit. Then I remind the students of those vocabulary words throughout the lesson so that students can begin to make connections. Wordle would make a beautiful display for the vocabulary!
Each year, I do an animal research project with my students. We go through all the stages of the writing process to get a complete paragraph in which students are required to present information about their animal. After playing around with Voki, I thought it might be cool for them to create a talking "avatar" to present the information!
I will definitely use Animoto to create video clips and TEASEs. I made a video at the end of last year featuring video clips and pictures of my students. I took a video clip of each of them showing their favorite thing to do in First Grade. I added pictures I had taken throughout the year. I tried to use Windows Movie Maker to put them together and set them to music, but ran into some technical difficulties. :) This year, I may try again and use Animoto....hopefully I'll have better luck!
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