Launching Opinion Writing with Digital Tools

Well that was fun!  I just created a story about why I love fall.  I created this text as a mentor piece for launching opinion writing in second grade. The story would help teach the concept of opinion writing.  The digital component would keep their interest.  The students would love to hear how I published this piece of writing and how they too could publish their own opinion pieces.  I'd love to help in the class to provide extra support because the students ability levels vary greatly. Giving each individual feedback during the writing process is important, yet difficult to manage. I can't wait to give the struggling, succeeding  and excelling students in this class a time to show their writing creativity.

Dot Day in Pre-K

After watching several informative videos and reading blogs on digital storytelling in the classroom, I am planning to use them in my Pre-K class.The goal is to have students demonstrate their work through this technology tool. In a few weeks I will be ready to read The Dot to my class. After the read aloud, reacting to the text and brainstorming students will create a picture that shows how they will make their mark.  I plan to take a picture of each piece of work and have each student narrate their sentence.  A Little Bird digital tool seems simple, creative and a perfect way for my Pre-K students to explore their individual creativity. One particular class book made me definitely want to try this. Check it out.
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This site also has templates to help correlate with the common core state standards.  In addition, it meets the technology standards as presented in the NETS.  For this particular project I am interested in the first two standards 1. Creativity and Innovation 2. Communication and Collaboration.  I can also see other areas of technology being used through this site.