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Why Technology?
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Student Examples
[|Almost Paradise] This digital story tells the story of how a Korean mother brought her family from South Korea to America, in search of a better life. It outlines the difficulties of growing up in a different culture, as well as the clashes between a mother and daughter. [|PhotoStory1 - Linda.wmv] [|Check it Out] [|bundle of joy.wmv]
 * Digital Stories**

MVP Voki [|Uglies]
 * Book Trailers**

[|Early English Settlements in North America]
 * Podcasts**

[|It's a Classic: MyCharacterSpace] [|Spice it Up a Notch MVP Book Discussions] [|Example of a student posted question about MVP] [|Wolf Brother Wiki Page] [|Hall School Genre Study Wiki]
 * Wikis**

[|Kathy Cassidy's Classroom Blog] Grade One classroom shares their learning through their blog. [|Super Students Blog] Students take turns reporting the daily happenings in their classroom. [|Town Legends] Blogs provide an audience for student writing. [|Global Issues and US History] A high school teacher posts material on a blog for students to discuss. [|Traders in Time] A project that partners with the author of the book, Traders in Time.
 * Blogs**

[|Our Character Traits]
 * Voice Thread**

This student product was created by a 10 year old in an after school program. She wanted to share her learning about the dangers of tobacco using the Comic Life program. The project was converted to a slide show and then uploaded to Slideshare. media type="custom" key="3628603"
 * Comic Life**

More Resources
[|Writing in the 21st Century?] NCTE Report Wikis in Plain English media type="youtube" key="-dnL00TdmLY" width="425" height="350"