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PicLits, Scratch, and Voki are fabulous resources we can use in the classroom. I really enjoyed PicLits, as a future teacher as well as a students. This program allow you to drag words onto a selected picture to create sentences. I think our visual learners would greatly benefit this program as it can break up the traditional lesson plans that are mundane. This program is free and extremely user-friendly. Perhaps students will enjoy this program to the extent that they will even use it outside of the classroom. In my mind, the more technology you incorporate in the classroom, the more your students will engage with and enjoy the assignment. Kudos PicLits!
In my mind, I think Scratch is geared more towards the elementary school-aged students.
Voki is interesting in the fact that you are allowed to personalize a character, something a student would absolutely love. This program is a bit more detailed and take more time to set up. But, it is more like a game and something that could be assigned on a Friday for students just to have fun. Fun is something we often forget…
I generally agree with your assessments…although I might substitute “engaging” for “fun,” which has a negative connotation to many people in the educational sphere…
dcrovitz - October 20, 2009 at 3:08 pm |