Tune into Technology Linky

 This has been one fun week of learning! San Antonio hosted the ISTE conference!

20,000 people attending a conference...all talking technology! I'm still in the process of sorting, reflecting and organizing all the new information I learned!
For now, I'm linking up  I Teach 1:1 and Learning to the Core for this linky!
Super fun! 

This week the topic is reading...

I'm putting a  bit of a twist on it. 

Once you write it, you can share it with students to read!

I remember reading them as a child. If you want to ride the rapids, turn to page 15. If you want to go back the other direction turn to page 6. Decisions! Decisions!

I did this with my students using Powerpoint. They started with a HUGE piece of butcher paper to plot out their story. I had them color code it so that it was easier to follow the plot. (I wish I had a pic of this.) It can get pretty confusing!
Once they were ready to start their slides, I showed them how to hyperlink the slides together. My students did a great job! Here are a few slides from one of the stories. Once a story was ready to share, students used "clickers" to send in their choice. The choice with the most votes would be the direction the story would take!

Today, I present to you...Inklewriter!

Inklewriter - Is free, web based, and did I mention FREE!
This digital tool allows students to create their own interactive book-choose your own adventure!

 The Ed Tech Pirates used this to guide their ISTE session on The Digital Natives are Restless: Web Tools that Captivate Students.
We, the participants, got to choose the path of the session by texting in our choice. So fun! Such a great idea for PD!
Check out their site for tons more ideas! Also, I'll be posting more about some of the great things I learned in their session!



You will need to create a teacher account. Students will need their own login which requires an email for each student. Inklewriter will help you create an email account for your students. (It's just a formality.)
It is very simple to follow! I would definitely have your students pre-write before getting started.

For a $10 fee, it can be converted into an e-book for Kindle.

Here is a fun PBS website that gives students a chance to see the format for a "Choose your Own Adventure" story. Click on the picture to take you to the site.

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I love this site because students can read about the tales from other countries.

In the past, I have created a Google doc for them to work on collaboratively. 

Here are a few screenshots.

Giggle Poetry is such a great site for students to explore. There is a section where students read and rate poems. They can see how their rating compares to the majority of kids. 

I can't wait to check out all the great sites available. 

Ready to add them to my massively growing list of resources!