Blog Post 7 How Do We All Become Learners

When I started this class in August, I never heard of Record MP3, QR Code Monkey Software, Discovery Education, and Popplet. After watching these videos, I have a long way to go in researching different resources online. I believe all ages will benefit from using these sites. Young and old will teach each other how to use these websites to explore different concepts and places. In today's world I will continue to learn new websites that are being created to help teach my students. These sites will be a fun learning tool to motivate the students to explore more.

In the video How to Make Audio QR Code by Michele Bennett a librarian at Gulf Shores Elementary School is teaching the students how to make their own QR Codes using  www.recordmp3.org and www.qrcode.monkey.com. The students are recording themselves reading stories, so they can return back later and listen to them. Ms. Michele Bennett explained that the students will listen to the story 2 or 3 times after recording their stories. After recording the stories the students copy it to a URL, then go to www.qrcodemonkey.com which makes a code for students to use later. Finally the students copy the code onto a word document and print for later use. If the parents want to listen to the audio all they have to do is scan the code, by using a scanner.

In the video  iPad Reading Center Ms. Ginger Tuck explains one of the uses iPads can be used in the classroom. The students record themselves reading on the iPad so they can improve their reading skills. This way the students can listen to the story as many times as they need too. The instructor walks around the classroom encouraging and helping the students.

Ginger Tuck in the video  Poplet with Ginger Tuck demonstrates how to use Popplets . Using the iPad student start with a blank screen, then they press a spot and a box appears. In this box they can type a script, Veterinarian was used in the video. After adding other boxes to the screen the students download pictures from the internet or take pictures with the camera.

In the video AVL and Kindergarten Students, Mrs. Tuck shows us how to use the Alabama Virtual Library. The students choose a word from a list, type it in and AVL shows them pictures, videos, information, and audio on that subject. Once they have done their research they work on their worksheets, by drawing  pictures and writing sentences.


I watched three videos that described how to create a board on Discovery Education. These videos included Tammy Shirleys' Moon Project, Mrs. Tassin 2nd Grade Video on Glacier Park. and Mrs. Tassin's 2nd Grade Video on Animal Foundations. The students downloaded pictures with information on the boards. One group was raising money to help the animal foundations, and the other group went on a virtual field trip to Glacier Park, Alaska.

In the video Using iMovie and the Alabama Virtual Library in Kindergarten John Strange interviews Michele Bennett and Elizabeth Davis.  Michele Bennett explained how kindergarten students enjoy iMovies to create book trailers.The students downloads pictures from a book and write their own script for the trailer. Elizabeth Davis explained that the kindergarten students use Alabama Virtual Library, and how safe it is to use. She has the students pick a word and research it as an activity.According to Bennett and Davis the students really enjoy these activities.

In the last video We All Become Learners  John Strange interviews Michele Bennett and Elizabeth Davis on how devices make us all learners. Michele Davis explained that using devices such as Padlet and Popplets  changes the way we teach and learn. By using these devices the "teachers teach the students, students teach students, and students teach teachers".