Today I attended one of the Pre-Con sessions at the METC (Midwest Educational Technology Conference) at the St. Charles Convention Center. I learned of an app that you may or may not already know about called Tellagami. You can only use it on a mobile device, not a computer, but the possibilities are endless. I created a video for my sub to play when I am out tomorrow. The videos can't be too lengthy, but can be short snippets of information. I know the kids will love me in a computer animated form.....lol
- You could read a short story or poem and the students could answer questions about them to help
with listening comprehension
- You could read a word problem, or a math problem of some type and the students would have to
work it out.
- You could pose a behavior/moral situation to the students and they would have to write about how
they might solve the problem.
- You could have the students type a response to a question and have them listen to their response
via their gami.
- The students could create a gami that explains their mathematical reasoning or thinking.
Anyway, hopefully I will have some more fun things to share that I learned, as the conference is two more days. Tomorrow and Wednesday I am presenting Promethean ActivInspire workshops, but I will be attending other sessions when I am not presenting.
I would love to hear how you use Voki or Tellagami in your classroom, or other ideas that you may have of how it could be used to engage your students.