After reading and listening to the
After reading and listening to the Flat Stanley podcast and hearing the excitement coming from the children as they read their story aloud as Flat Stanley but with their names in the place of Stanley’s. It is clear that the children really enjoyed making them. You could really tell the children tried to and did rather well with their grammar and annunciations of the bigger words. I had a lot of fun listening to this not just because of the kids but because of the sound effects. I think it does matter to a six year old who their audience is because they know their parents and their teachers are going to give encouragement enjoy it. they will also be nice as well making sure not to hurt the students feelings but if you ask other students their opinions they will be a little bit more honest not to mention there are students out there who don’t get the positive reinforcement that most do so hearing it from a student is a huge pat on the back.
As far as what I got from Long distance story telling is it’s a great way to teach foreign language to younger children and it speaks volumes on the connections that can be made between adults and children in the understanding process of the languages in this story an aunt read with her five yr. old niece over Skype. They had a blast reading the stories together and everything. Now it’s up to the child’s parent to figure out the new things he can do as far as downloading mp3 for his child from her aunt. My children use Skype to speak with their family that live in another state but of course it is supervised by their dad but they can answer calls and type a few words and everything its good for kids to take an initiative as to what they are going to learn but is there such a thing as learning the wrong thing at the wrong time.
It’s not about the tools. It’s all about the skills. I understand how it is not about the tools but think of this. Some students don’t have access to the same or similar tools they would at school for example maybe the student has an older computer which has an older operating system on it or it don’t have the memory storage for the program maybe it don’t have the right RAM to run the program I think we need to be focused on the skills first then introduce the tools later.
Hey Sally,
ReplyDeleteI thought you brought up an interesting point when you said that all students might not have access to the same tools. I agree with this, and definitely think that’s why the emphasis should be placed on learning skills first. It’s just awesome to be able to incorporate technology and other tools when you can! If we teach students skills that they will truly remember and take with them, they will be able to apply those skills whenever they do have access and opportunities to bigger and better things. Another thing I noticed with your post was at the beginning, “After reading and listening to the” is written twice. I think you might’ve forgotten to edit that bit out! I also noticed a few other grammar mistakes too, but I'm sure those can be fixed by proofreading. I always try to write my post ahead of time so that way I have plenty of time to read through again, and catch my mistakes. If you ever need someone to proofread for you, I’d be more than happy to help! Our group has been trying to proofread each other’s work sometimes to help each other catch mistakes also. I enjoyed reading about all of your thoughts and opinions on this blogpost though!
Unsatisfactory. Incomplete. No summaries or links to your articles. No alt/title modifiers on your picture either. You have a lot of run-on sentences and grammatical errors. I suggest you go see Bailey Hammond in the writing lab. She can help you improve your writing skills!
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