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====There were so many interesting technology tools to use! I really liked the Wordle program. I plan to use this for introducing vocabulary terms with my social studies and reading lessons as well as introducing new words during spelling. There are so many ways you can incorporate this. Tomorrow I am starting a new spelling lesson...I can't wait to see the kids reaction to the program! I also liked the Voki program. I plan to use this as a motivator for my students. They are showing a weakness in their ability to correctly answer open ended reading questions so we are focusing on this a great deal. I plan to use this tool as a motivator by explaining to the students that those who answer the questions correctly - re-state the question in the answer and find specific information in the text to support their answer will be able to type their text into voki and have an avatar read their answer. I plan to make use of this tool this coming Wednesday during reading class. Another tool that I like is Flickr. My cousin uses this a great deal for his budding photography business and it is very easy to use and navigate. ====

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 * ====[[image:http://moodle.iu9.org/user/pix.php/20043/f2.jpg width="35" height="35" caption="Picture of Aaron Clark" link="http://moodle.iu9.org/user/view.php?id=20043&course=1146"]] ==== || ====Re: So many choices... ====

by [|Aaron Clark] - Sunday, December 5, 2010, 07:35 PM
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 * || ====I would love to get more ideas on how to use a wordle...I currently have one idea for my class and that's it...I've racked my brain but just can't seem to find more thoughts... ==== ||