Ipods In The Classroom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Third Blog!!!!
I have found that using ipods in the classroom have motivated my children to read and write with excitement. They love using the ipod to write and read. They have created class and self assessment. When they read into the ipod, they will self assess! For instance, Was my reading smooth or bumby? Did I read with feelings or like a robot?
They have used the ipods to store ideas. They have used it during math problem solving.
I record the students and listen to them cooperating and generating ideas. I have put them into groups and created a writing train. I divided the children into groups of five. We read fairytales. The children worked on retell. The groups all had a focus. One group did the begining, the second group did the middle and the third group worked on the ending. The children worked on the story, "Three Little Pigs!" We took the three parts of the retell and created a story with three parts.I put an ipod in each group. The children were recorded. They self assessed (how did we work as a group, what was our voice like etc.) My students that struggled with writing used the ipod ,as a tool
to write. I have really enjoyed using the ipods. My class is motivated to write and
read!!!!!!! I did a survey that displayed the increased level of student interest towards reading and writing.
Survey