Digital Alternatives to Traditional Book Reports
Are you interested in kicking your next literary adventure up a notch with your students? In this episode of the Techeducator Podcast we share our digital alternatives to traditional book reports that will get your students thinking creatively and really passionate about their favorite characters. The TechEducator Podcast is a weekly round table discussion about current topics in educational technology. For more information, please visit\xa0www.techeducatorpodcast.com. TechEducatorPodcast.com Follow us Live on Video:\xa0http://www.TeacherCast.tv Leave a Voice Mail:\xa0http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail Email:\xa0feedback@Teachercast.net Twitter:\xa0@TechEdShow Hashtag: #TechEducator Hosts Jeff Bradbury -\xa0TeacherCast.net\xa0-\xa0@TeacherCast Sam Patterson -\xa0MyPaperlessClassroom.com\xa0-\xa0@SamPatue Jennifer Judkins -\xa0TeachingForward.net\xa0-\xa0@JennJudkins Show Information 10 Technology Enhanced Alternatives to Book Reports Book Report Alternatives Book Trailer Adobe Spark (Video) is a fantastic and simple option for creating a book trailer with background music, still images and voice-over narration. No time limit, audio recording for each slide, results in downloadable MP4. Adobe Spark (Video):\xa0https://spark.adobe.com/ 16 Ways to use Spark in the Classroom Animoto (link for educators allows for 50 upgrade codes): https://animoto.com/education/classroom Book Creator PowToons:\xa0https://www.powtoon.com/ Graphic Novel: Have students draw scenes from the book, photograph and incorporate into a narrated video summary using Adobe Spark (Video) \xa0 Comics Create a series of comic stips that highlight a significant event in the story & summarize why the event is significant Make Beliefs Comics:\xa0http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/ Character Monologues Focus on an event in the story for which there are different viewpoints from multiple characters. Use Vocaroo (voice only) or Voki (talking avatar) to provide their unique perspective of the event. Voki:\xa0http://www.voki.com/ Vocaroo:\xa0http://vocaroo.com/ http://www.pearltrees.com/shellyterrell/video-creation-tools/id7514336 Timelines http://www.dipity.com/ http://www.timetoast.com/ http://www.capzles.com/ http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/09/7-good-tools-for-creating-timelines.html#.V-sO2fArKUk http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2 http://americantesol.com/blogger/timelinetools https://www.hstry.co Resources that can provide inspiration for book report alternatives: NCTE Article \u201cFifty Alternatives to the Book Report\u201d\xa0http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/EJ/0871-jan98/EJ0871Ideas.PDF Beyond the Book, Edutopia Article http://www.edutopia.org/blog/book-report-alternatives-elena-aguilarv Thank You For Your Podcast Reviews Are you enjoying\xa0Educational Podcasting Today\xa0or other shows on the TeacherCast Network, please share your thoughts with the world by\xa0commenting on iTunes\xa0today. 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