Literacy Learning Zone

A few weeks ago, I shared an awesome prezi that my colleague, Chris, created.  Well, we just knew we had to share it at school to motivate our students to read this summer. Our school day starts off with a morning broadcast.  A team of fifth grade students and our awesome LRC teacher work together to share daily school news updates, reminders, birthday announcements, and occasionally, they also introduce guest anchors.  Chris and I have become part of the news "family" and are quite comfortable going on the broadcast  -- even though their budget doesn't include hair and makeup.   Time to reach all the students and teachers.  The last week of school, we made yet another debut on the news.  We shared the prezi .  We promoted summertime reading.  We suggested fun places to read.  We encouraged everyone to take a picture. To spark some creative thinking, we also created a bulletin board asking:  Where will you read this summer?...

Motivation comes in all shapes and sizes. My colleague (and great friend), Chris , and I have been pushing each other this year.  Not only do we have great conversations about kids and reaching all learners, we have blogged and twittered our way into the 21st century.  A new genre of learning.  We are not only the teachers incorporating technology into our daily lessons, but we are the learners of this inspiring technology as well.  Learning together. Check out what Chris created:  a prezi.   An online presentation motivating students to read this summer.  I L.O.V.E this!  And, of course, I can't WAIT to try it out for myself!  I could easily make a prezi about where we can catch our students writing this summer! What do you think?   I'm motivated.  What about you?