Voice Threads

I really liked the voice thread of the young boy describing his monster. Voice Threads can be used a lot in the classroom for all subjects areas. One idea I had was the students can create a story can either be about something they have learned or just anything they want to write about. The students can be recorded as they read their story. Other student can listen to the story being read by the student who wrote it. This can be a good strategy to build student fluency. Students learn better at times when they hear themselves or their peers read or talk about something. Voices threads can also be used by teachers and incorporated in their lesson.

Google Docs

I have never used Google docs before, this was my first experience with using it. Google Docs has so many wonderful features that is very useful for both students and teachers. The students can use this to work on projects together. Google Docs allows them to make changes from any computer, which come in handy. I like the draw feature, students can practice making different things with shapes. Students can also use this feature to make different types of graphic organizers. The spread sheet tool can help teachers organize students grades as well as attendance.

HOTS integration

My Ideas:
You can have a class blog. For morning work the teacher can post a sentence that has some grammar and spelling mistakes, like D.O.L. The students can correct the sentence using the blog.
I am teaching a second grade class now and they were working on adjectives, I was thinking that the blog can be used to practice this. The students can make up sentences that describe something in the classroom using adjectives. The students can comment on each others sentences, pointing out the adjectives they used and try to guess what object they are describing in the classroom.
Blogs can also be used for students to post quick writes and than can comment on others. Students can also right a reflection about a book they just read writing what they thought about it and can recommend it to others.

I saw this blog that looked pretty neat http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337