Voice+Thread+REviews

[|Review #1]-This video was made by a kindergarten class and is very well done. The video was all about animals and their habitats. The students put together different pictures and scenes of places or in this case, habitats, then placed pictures of the animals that live there. They did a good job and included lots of different types of animals from fish to insects. Pretty much everything was covered. In doing so, students learned all about the different types of habitats and the types of animals that live in these places. I think this was a good voice thread and better than most projects because it was simple, but still creative and fun to learn. I'm sure the students had a lot of fun making this which made learning fun too!

[|Review #2]- This video was very different and interesting. Different fourth grade __classes__ thought up questions about mammals and made a video of themselves asking their questions about the different mammals. Then they swapped videos with the other fourth grade classes and answered the questions. The students are learning in a very unique way by doing this. They are basically learning about their favorite mammals. And not only are the students who asked the questions learning about those mammals, the students that have to research and answer the questions are learning about the mammals too. I absolutely love this idea and would use it in my classroom. I think it's a great and fun way for a large number of students to learn.

[|Review #3]- I really thought this video was interesting and creative as well. The 1st grade students who made the video about the animals and the habitats they lived in, sent their video and pictures to an 8th grade classroom. The eight graders had to watch the video, then each eight __grader__ wrote a rhyming poem about the picture and the animal in it. So now not only do you have a young group of 1st graders learning, you have a group of older eight graders learning too. The 1st graders are learning about animals and their habitats, and the 8th graders are learning about the animals and habitats too, as well as different poem structures and how to write poems. I think this is better than some projects because this gets a big range of kids to learn and be creative. Kids always learn better when they are being creative and having fun, no matter what their age is. I think this project was a very good idea and should be used more often, with all kinds of grade levels and subjects.