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Voxer is my current favorite app on my phone. It’s like having a Walkie-Talkie to all your friends in your PLN. Last week, Kathleen Sokolowski from the Two Writing Teachers site posted about her use of Voxer. She then invited us to participate in a Voxer book club around Lisa Eickholdt’s book Learning from Classmates: Using Students’ Writing as Mentor Texts. My copy arrived yesterday. Kathleen is currently collecting participants, so if you’d like to join a lively bunch of writing teachers talking about classroom practices, email Kathleen at mrs.sokolowski at gmail.
Another Voxer group that I love is my Writing about Reading group. This week I had a triumph and a fail, and this group was there for me. I had a place to celebrate and a place to vent.
On Voxer, you can leave text messages or voice messages. The voice is a powerful tool. I’d like to explore this tool with my students. I am participating in Global Read Aloud reading Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. My kids can’t wait to get started. I would like to connect with a class through Voxer. I haven’t quite wrapped my head around how it would work, but my thinking as of now is this. We could pick one student each day to speak for the class. The message could be a notice or a wonder about the book. What do you think? Please email me if you would like to connect our kids through Voxer.
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Margaret, Voxer is a wonderful way to communicate but I cannot keep up on a daily basis. There are so many wonderful opportunities to connect with educators across the globe. I will discuss yesterday’s edcamp experience on Long Island for today’s post.
I can’t say enough about this app. So glad to be a part of it.
I would be very interested in trying out Vox as a different way to connect during the GRA for Fish in a Tree. We have connected to another class via Writeabout.com and I am interested in using an additional technology as well. I teach a group of 24 fifth graders in Iowa who are extremely excited to be a part of the Global Read Aloud. kimberly.mccoyparker@southeastpolk.org
Love, love, love Voxer. Actually considered writing about it today in my post as well. It’s such a great tool for keeping the conversation going.
Thanks for hosting,
Cathy
I am interested in finding someone to Voxer for FIAT…is that something you are looking for?