Dr. Seuss ThingLink
What a great tool and so easy to use! Of all the tech tools we have explored, ThingLink is my favorite one. Searching for examples, I found a large collection of educational ThingLinks incorporating all subjects. So many great ideas that pertained to education.
I was able to navigate the site easily and create a Dr. Seuss ThingLink quickly. I found an image with several Dr. Seuss characters so I was able to put a tag for the corresponding book on each character. Finding the read aloud Dr. Seuss stories was easy on youtube as there was a large selection for each book. It may be more difficult to find read aloud stories for different authors but then I could create my own videos using iMovie. My students struggle with reading and benefit from listening to audio books. I'd like them to read along as they listen so I used examples showing the words on the page. I could develop ThingLinks for a variety of authors and load them on my classroom website (once I make one) and my students could choose from a selection of books on the ThingLink of a particular author. I look forward to using ThingLink with my students.
Great idea, Lynn. My kindergartners would definitely benefit from your Dr. Seuss creation when we celebrate Theodore Geisel's birthday in March. I never thought to search for pre-made ThingLinks. Thanks to you I will check them out!
ReplyDeleteIt was so easy! I hope to make more of them as it would be great for special education students. Glad you will be able to use it!
ReplyDeleteI love this! As we do our author studies in kindergarten, I will keep this in mind and share with you any that we create!
ReplyDeleteGreat way to use Thinglink! This could also be sent to parents as a resource.
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