Participation via distance and technology!

We had a "Read With Me Daddy" event on Friday which featured the book Giraffes Can't Dance. One student in my morning class had a dad that was disappointed he couldn't attend because he works every day. A few days before, her mom, who volunteers in our room regularly, said dad was very techy and wanted to record a book reading to show on our Smartboard, and would I be interested in that. Boy, was I! I had a "why-didn't-I-think-of-that?" moment! Mom recorded on her phone, they put it on a flash drive, and I previewed it to make sure the program would work on our Smartboard and that the sound was loud enough. It was great! Mom and Dad kept it a surprise so my student was very excited to see the video of her dad:)

I was so excited about this use of technology to incorporate more parent involvement in the classroom and plan to invite parents to do it anytime in my next newsletter!