Hi, Check out http://voicethread.com. I think that is the next level you were refering to.
Tony Caroline wrote: > Today I visited a computer lab at a school in Boston where 3-5 year olds > (the PreK class) were using the computers in the computer lab. > > The teacher tried to get them to use Kidspirations to look at and stamp bugs > but they rebelled. All they wanted to do was use KidPix. > > We need a paint program that is as cool as KidPix or we will suffer the same > fate. They will turn off Sugar and go back to Windows to use KidPix! > > In Kidpix the students learned that they need to use the mouse and not the > keyboard. By the time I left all students had managed to learn to use the > mouse to make something on the screen. I saw some kids make the connection > that they had done something with the mouse and it had appeared on the > screen. Some were painting with colors, others were stamping with images. > Some kids had learned how to erase the screen and start over. > > Clearly learning was going on. I thought to myself, "what would take this > lesson to the next level for these students". I think, based on the > interactions the teachers were having as they spent individual time with the > students, that it would be valuable to these students to begin to tell > stories about their pictures. It would be cool if the kids could record a > voice note when they saved a picture in the journal. This could help the > teachers move them towards telling stories about thier pictures. I think > that would in turn motivate them to want to control what they did with the > picture more. > > Our goal with the journal is to get kids to reflect on thier work. For many > of the students in the age range we serve typing that reflection is going to > be a challenge and we might well get more thoughtful reflection if they > could speak it. > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
