how to make reading (even more!)exciting
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Go to the site: http://voicethread.com and sign up for a free account
If you want an educators account, which you can use with several pupils, that is not free, but not expensive either.
Use it to comment about students work Use it to show pictures and ask for
comments Use it to spark reading ideas
Use Voicethread to comment on books for a book prize like the Carnegie Medal
Use it with AL pupils for commentary on texts
Use it with your primary school partners to do transition work
Use it with other schools as a community project
Use it with partners in other countries Time difference is not an issue!
Livebinders allow you to collect resources in one place that you would like a student to look at
It creates a ‘walled garden’ without overly restricting pupil searches or ‘spoon feeding’ them
It is simple, and the pages update themselves without you having to do any more work!
Skyping is an excellent and free way to collaborate with others. Download Skype for free, and using a simple videocamera or microphone you can use Skype to do all of these wonderful things ….
Talk to another colleague about a problem, anywhere in the world
Have a meeting of local school librarians, some joining you via Skype
Get your pupils to talk to others about books without the bother and expense of a trip out
Talk to your incoming Year 6’s on a regular basis, get them to submit verbal book reports via Skype
Talk to an author, lots of them are on Skype now
http://writepath.ning.com International writing event which takes place
every October, created and led by Bev Humphrey
Every day stories are started by children’s authors, and your pupils have an allotted time slot to comment on their stories
This year lasted two weeks, and had two primary days and one poetry day
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