Wow.. the first blog entry! I want to share the experience of working with Christine on a IT project that linked to Grade 2′s Unit 3 “Stories can be shared and experienced in different ways”. Tired of slideshows with written comments, I wanted a fresh way to share photos and student reflections of the Grade 2′s day trip to the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo. We worked together on creating a Podcast to Animoto to exporting to YouTube and posting to Facebook. Christine introduced the idea of using mp3 recording for audio of student reflections, which included interviewing each other before, during and after the trip. The students were shown how to operate the mp3 recorder by themselves. This then allowed great independence for authentic student reflection. Photos were taken by both the students and myself as a visual recording of the trip and of sketches students did for written reflection. Using a website called Animoto, these photos and an edited version of the mp3 sound recording were created into a video. Grade 2 Trip to the Ghibli Museum was then exported to YouTube where it became part of the YIS channel. It can now be viewed by the world! Please check it out and leave a comment…