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Kathy Wickline
| Name | Kathy Wickline |
| Location | Tolono, Illinois |
| Role | Librarian and Media Specialist |
| Membership |  |
"ReadWriteThink provides up-to-date resources for teachers to execute step-by-step successful lessons that will impact student learning. I especially like the student interactives that provide pre-made forms to engage students."
Kathy is the librarian and media specialist for grades 6-8 at Unity Junior High School. After teaching nineteen years as a high school English and German teacher, she moved to the school library to combine her love of reading and research with technology. Kathy particularly enjoys collaborating with teachers to develop engaging lessons for their students that feature technology.
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Grades 5 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Following the traditional form of the haiku, students publish their own haikus using Animoto, an online web tool that creates slideshows that blend text and music.
Grades 6 – 10 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Blending the Past with Today’s Technology: Using Prezi to Prepare for Historical Fiction
To prepare for literature circles featuring historical novels, students research the decades of the 1930s to the 1990s and share their information using Prezi, a web application for creating multimedia presentations.
Grades 4 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Book Report Alternative: Creating Reading Excitement with Book Trailers
In this alternative to the traditional book report, students create book trailers using Microsoft Photo Story 3, a free downloadable software program for digital storytelling.
Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Book Report Alternative: Getting Acquainted with Farcebook
In this alternative to the traditional book report, students report on their novel choices using Facebook-like pages.
Grades 5 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Book Report Alternative: Glog That Book!
In this alternative book report, students identify the elements of fiction in books they have read by creating glogs, interactive multimedia posters, and then share their glogs.
Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Book Report Alternative: Rewind the Plot!
In this alternative to the traditional book report, students report on their novel choices by rewinding the plot.
Grades 5 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Digitally Telling the Story of Greek Figures
Learn about Greek gods, heroes, and creatures through digital storytelling produced by students who have learned research techniques.
Grades 5 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Glogging About Natural Disasters
After researching various natural disasters, students share their findings with each other using glogs, or through poster presentations.
Grades 7 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Picture This: Student Created Online Vocabulary Flashcards
Let the students be the vocabulary experts! Prior to whole class instruction, students create online flashcards and teach the class the new vocabulary.
Grades 4 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Talking Poetry with Blabberize
Students will be motivated to share their poetry through an online tool the features recording and animation.
Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Vote for Me! Making Presidential Commercials Using Avatars
After researching political platforms of past presidents through primary sources and other resources, students create commercials for these presidents using Voki, an online web tool that produces speaking avatars.
Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
What Did George Post Today? Learning About People of the American Revolution Through Facebook
After researching famous people of the American Revolution, students create Facebook-like PowerPoint presentations to share their knowledge with classmates.
Grades 5 – 12 | Strategy Guide
Bringing Lessons to Life with Animoto
Using Animoto, a free Web 2.0 tool, students can develop short digital videos that include music, photos, video clips, and text as well as share their creations electronically.
Grades 6 – 12 | Strategy Guide
Speak to Me: Teaching with Voki
Through Voki, a Web 2.0 tool, students create customizable avatars for class presentations for various purposes, such as presenting biographical information, expressing an opinion, or reading a poem.
Grades 6 – 12 | Strategy Guide
Teaching with Zooming Slideshows through Prezi
Through Prezi, a web application, students create "zooming" presentations for various purposes, such as presenting research, defending an opinion, or sharing a digital story.
Grades 3 – 6 | Activity & Project
While enjoying a book that features a journey, children write postcards from the perspective of the main character for each stop along the trip.
Grades K – 2 | Activity & Project
After enjoying an online book about traveling west on a wagon train, children create postcards from the point of view of the main character(s) for one or more stops on the journey.
Grades K – 3 | Activity & Project
Using either a print or online template such as Tikatok, children can honor special people in their lives by creating personalized books.
