Summertimeweb 2.0

My daughter, Beth, is visiting from Utah with my 7 month old grandson, William, whom I don't see nearly enough. In the morning he is happy and curious and wiggly and cute and I can barely stand to leave him. In the description of this course there was not one word that I recognized so I was not sure that it was something I would benefit from. The first day I came with an "I'll see how it goes" attitude. Even though I was very cold, I learned so much great stuff the first day that I couldn't wait to come back. I now have a blog and a pbwiki. Who would have thought? Cheryl and Bob were great presenters and gave us lots of time to try things out. I feel like they have opened up a whole new world for me. It was worth every minute away from William (but don't tell his mother i said that!) Thank you Bob and Cheryl!

How would you use a tool like Voice Thread in your classroom to transform learning?

Oh, the possibilities seem endless!! The first thing that came to mind was spelling, which is a challenge for many of our 6th grade special education students. A picture with the word typed under it and someone pronouncing the word would be very valuable. Often we find that students are working with spelling words that they cannot pronounce. (My biggest concern is the availability of computers.)