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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #143: Contemporary Book Study Projects

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Episode Overview –

Episode #143 features a description of different engaging tools and strategies used by a 9 year old in fourth grade to complete monthly book study projects. Each month the student was assigned a genre of book to read. After reading the book the student was asked to complete a worksheet of questions, some form of graphic organizer, and then create his own artifact demonstrating that they understood the book.

A.T.TIPS in this Episode –

A.T.TIP #460: http://dipity.com – Timeline Generator

A.T.TIP #461: http://storyboardthat.com – Comic Strip Generator

Also mentioned in this Episode –

A.T.TIP #330 – http://recordmp3.org – Online sound recorder

A.T.TIP #194 – http://vocaroo.com – Online sound recorder

A.T.TIP #273 – http://toondoo.com – Comic Strip Generator

A.T.TIP #70 – http://blabberize.com – Upload a picture, cut out a mouth, and record a video

Book Study Final Projects

Month – October

Genre – Realistic Fiction

Tool – http://toondoo.com

Live Resource – http://bit.ly/frindletoondoo 

Book – Frindle by Andrew Clements

4 cell comic describing the story Frindle.

Month – November

Genre – Mystery

Tool – http://Glogster.com

Link to Resource – http://bit.ly/pleasingtheghostglog

Book – Pleasing The Ghost by Sharon Creech

Glogster of Pleasing The Ghost

Month – December

Genre – Historical Fiction

Tool – http://dipity.com

Link to Resource – http://bit.ly/pearlharbortimeline

Book – I Survived The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 by Lauren Tarshis

Timeline example using Dipity.com

Month – January

Genre – Fantasy

Tool – http://storyboardthat.com

Link to Resource – http://bit.ly/sa3btstoryboard

Book – Spirit Animals, Book 3: Blood Ties by Garth Nix and Sean Williams

StoryBoardThat example

Month – February

Genre – Biography

Tool – http://Blabberize.com

Link to Resource – http://bit.ly/woodrowblabber 

Book – Woodrow Wilson by Robert Green

Blabberize example with Woodrow Wilson pic

Heritage Dolls

Tool – http://vocaroo.com

Heritage Dolls with QR Codes

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #93: The Traitr Feature of Toondoo.com

Cartoon character wearing grey T-shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers with a voice bubble that reads welcome to Episode 93 of the A.T.TIPSCAST. This episode is all about using the Traitr tool of Toondoo.com to help support students with social-emotional goals.

Episode Overview-

This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by the book The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools. Learn more at http://iste.org/chewat.

Episode #93 features a discussion of how the Traitr feature of Toondoo.com can be used to help students working on social – emotional goals.

This episode also features a bumper from Marsye Kaplan, the Assistive Technology Team Leader for Baltimore County Public Schools.

A.T.TIPS in this Episode:

A.T.TIP 273 – Toondoo.com

four panel comic with each character saying something about universal design for learning. The first panel features a young caucasian woman with blonde hair saying I can use comics to present content to students. Panel 2 contains a woman from India saying I make comics to express what I know. Panel 3 features a caucasian boy wearing an A.T.TIPSCAST shirt that says I like comics because they are engaging. Panel 4 features an little green alien saying Comics are fun!

A.T.TIP 274 – Traitr feature of Toondoo.com

Example 1 – Students create their own avatars based on the traits in the picture.

Screenshot of the Traitr tool with a digital picture of a 4 yo girl uploaded next to a comic avatar of the same girl.Example 2 – Students use uploaded picture to learn about an emotion. By practicing how to create the emotion, students learn how to identify the emotion represented in the picture.

Screenshot of Traitr tool with picture of chris making a sad face next to an avatar of a man who looks like chris making a sad face.

A.T.TIP 275 – ThinkPort.org – Educator tools including downloadable graphic organizing templates, how-to tutorials, a lesson plan builder, and more.

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