Hi,
I have just read the blog:  http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/06/2013-honor-roll-edtechs-must-read-k-12-it-blogs
Which lead me to a very interesting teacher's blog: http://www.purelypaperless.com/
Then when I started reading she was talking about the app: Chatter Pix Kids for Ipad and iphone:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=481iiMwgugM

It looks like a fabulous app - you use it to take a picture of something , then you bring it to life.
For example if you want to ask the kids for a book report they can photograph the cover page or any picture from the book and make it come alive with their own voices.
This is very exciting for me to make them speak for 30 seconds about what ever they want to tell me about the picture.

Take a look,
Debbie

Hi, just watched a fabulous and inspiring video posted by :
http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/downloadable-goodies/
It was about ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
The link to the video:
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=6252
I would like to play the video for my students while they listen and enjoy it the first time.
Second listening they will have to write down who they recognize and why they are in the video.
Then they choose one of the people from the video and search them in the tablets in the classroom.
At home they have to write one or two paragraphs about the person they choose and then they can present it in class.
Thanks Naomi - great idea from the video that you posted.
If Naomi is reading this - please tell me what you did with the video.
Have a great Shabbat.
Debbie

Flipped classroom

Hi everyone,
I have just read a blog about the Flipped Classroom.
What they recommended was to video record the lessons and then review in the classroom.
This is wonderful for kids home-bound for sickness or injury and if some review is needed.
However, more than that I felt from the article is too much freedom for the kids. Because what happens - according to a mom whose teenager uses this type of learning -  is that the kids either don't watch the video or watch and waste their time at school.  The teachers expect the kids to come prepared and only practice in the classroom. Then the teacher helps who ever asks for help and many of the others just talk among themselves.
I actually would like to prepare videos for my students - when they miss a class, I have a little stage fright must learn how to do it.
That's all for now.
Debbie
 http://teach.com/teach100/blogs/382-Free-eLearning-Resources