Weekly Tech Tip - Text-to-Speech Digital Storytelling in k-2

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Related Links:

• - If you can type, you can make movies. Text-to-Movie
• - convert text to speech
• - convert text to speech (spoken by a cartoon avatar)
• vozMe - convert text to speech
• - convert text to speech
• Voki
• Watch some of Ms. Brigham's student research projects on her teacher webpage.

Video Festival:

Link Stew:

• Great example of the use of VoiceThread for primary math instruction/assessment:

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• Want to connect with teachers and scientists Live in Antarctica by webconference? Sign up here.
• Limits to self-organising systems of learning—the Kalikuppam experiment by Sugata Mitra and Ritu Dangwal in the British Journal of Educational Technology
• Glossary of Instructional Strategies
• Social Media Infographic
  

Blog Carnival:

• Voice Threads for Math Journals: An alternative to written communication by Jennifer Brokofskyon A Work in Progress
• The Role of the Educator by Stephen Downes on Huffington Post
• Death of an Awards Ceremony by Chris Wejr on The Wejr Board
• 1 to 1 programs are so 2007 by Dean Shareski on Ideas and Thoughts
• Kids are natural explorers by Scott McLeod on Mind Dump
• Teachers are inauthentic audiences by Scott McLeod on Mind Dump
• From banning to embracing – my thoughts on allowing student owned devices in our schools By Jen Hegna on Grin and Bear "IT"
  

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