Week #4 has been a bit of a challenge

We've had some major technical issues here in the MMC this week.  We can't seem to get a functioning laptop for our SMART board center...which is sort of a problem, since that was the center we were introducing this week!  Thanks to everyone for being flexible while we work through this glitch.  I'm in the process of ordering a new laptop for the MMC, but it will take a little while to arrive...so I am trying to figure out an alternative in the interim.

In the meantime, I am working on some modifications for some of our more challenging groups.  I found some great board books on a shelf, 

and I'm working to get those adapted. 

I started to adapt some of the more simple books using the Storyrobe app (on the iPad).   I took pictures of each of the pages, and then used those pages in Storyrobe to create a "video" of the story.  After I finished one, the teacher in me kicked in and I couldn't let go that there was no text.  That would not do.  We have to have text in the story...have to take every opportunity to expose kids to literacy.  So then I remembered that I found a (free) app that lets you add text to your photos. I pulled all the photos into an album on my iPhone, used that app to add text (using the voice-to-text features of the iPhone made that task a bit quicker).

 

Screenshots of the story adapted using Storyrobe

I really want to get some orders in for new equipment since I have found that many of my old standby companies have now jumped on the iDevice bandwagon, and are carrying switches that will work with our iDevices!

Here are a couple of pictures from our classes this week:
 

Read to Me Center

iListen & iLearn Center