Voki

I created a Voki this week for an early morning reminder to the kids on putting their stuff away when they arrive at school. I will try to play it on the computer when they arrive next week. I used a dog for the character, as they are currently quite taken with a puppet of a puppy that they named Cocoa. I had tried recording my voice in the Voki, but the result was very choppy, so I used the text to speech feature. I don't like the voice, so next time I add a message, I will try a different voice or record my message again. If the children are interested in this I forsee some real possibilities in recording reminders for routines, creating pre-teaching for some children or reminding some children of the instructions to lessons, such as the math activity.

Last Minute Posting

It must be because it's Friday night. I can't get into the iTunes store. I did set up an account with Pandora and create a playlist (one, I don't think the second playlist took). I'll try again later in the weekend. I am curious about podcasts. I can't imagine using one in kindergarten at this point.

Google Docs

I started my own Google doc tonight regarding the meeting that was held on Friday. So far I have only sent it to Renee and Jake, but if all goes well it should go out to the staff on Tuesday. I'll talk with a few people at school on Monday and decide if this is the type of document you would put up on Google docs or not.

Along those lines I question if writings about special education kids would be secure enough on Google docs?

Launching the Blog

Well...it wasn't easy. Thank goodness I had a spare blog waiting in the wings. Special thanks to April who walked many of us through the muddle when we couldn't get out of the "We must have your phone number" Maze. I appreciate the help on finding templates to serve as a colorful background.