Reading 2.0: Bluebonnet Books + Moodle + Video Conferencing

Presenter:  Roxanne Glaser

Partnered with Baylor University

Overview:  Baylor students partner with local elementary students using Bluebonnet Books.  Baylor students act as reading mentors for children and final project is a seven minute dramatization of the book.

The Big Picture:

• Teachers select books (Bluebonnet Books)
  
• Baylor students meet their partner classes via video conference
• Each class and their Baylor partners Moodle
• Each class creates 7 minute presentation to sell their books

The First Meeting:

• Quick intro from Baylor students and elementary kids using VC  if you dont have a cart use Skype
  
• The Balyor students were reading mentors to the students
  
• From the face to face virtual meeting they moved straight into the Moodle course

Student Presentations:

• Students do a dramatization of the book
• They write a script
• Preform for their Baylor mentor

Where is the learning:

• Classroom students
• Baylor Students
• Classroom Teachers
• Project Coordinators

Helpful hints...

• Ease students in

Google Apps for Education: TCEA 2010

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Distance Learning 2.0 (TCEA 2010)

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