One thing that caught my attention was Over Drive with the Public Library System. This is something I would be interested in using in my personal life, in place of Audible. Also, I thought it would be a fun new way to get students interested in books with the use of technology.
The second thing that I found interesting was Audio Recordings. I thought this would be a helpful tool for students to talk about a story they want to write, and play it back to help them write it. Often times it is easier to tell a story out loud before taking on the challenge of writing it down on paper.
I checked out the "5 Tips for Using Book Creator for Reading Responses" and got a lot of great information from this. Teaching in a fourth grade classroom I am always looking for new and exciting ways for the students to have opportunities to respond to the texts we are both reading in the classroom and they are reading on their own outside of the classroom. Daily Journals and Video Reflections would be a great thing to incorporate into our daily ELA time. This not only will aide in their understanding of the text, but also aide in their ability to write about what they are reading by recording their voice first, and replaying that so they can then type up a response in paragraph form.
Lastly, I noticed the Free Books to Title One Schools. I thought this would be an awesome way to get books in students home for both children and parents to enjoy. Instilling a love and interest in reading books at home would be a great way for students to follow this example and carry it back and forth from school to home.
Lots of great ideas!
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