This assignment sure added a lot of stress into my life lol. I've done power points many times, but have never had to narrate a story or add sound. After scanning all of my pictures for my book, I took my voice recorder, downloaded my narrations for each page onto my computer, then inserted them into each corresponding page. I thought I was done....but little did I know that 1) my pictures were too large and took up too much memory to post my ppt onto the Vista website 2) that my sounds would not work on other people's computers because they weren't embedded or linked into the power point itself. So...I basically started from scratch, and uploaded each picture, then compressed the sizes, and added them into the power point. Then I was informed about the narration piece, which was super simple, to get my voice on to each corresponding page. After all the stress, numerous phone conversations (Big thanks to Judy and Megan!!!!), text messages to various friends with tech knowledge, and emails back and forth to colleagues regarding all of the random issues I was encountering...I figured it out :) And even with all the stress...this is something I will actually use in the future, because it turned out to be pretty simple after I knew what I was doing!
So...Tabby Tiger's Treats is one of my students' overall favorite Big Books at circle time. I decided to turn this assignment into an activity that can be done at an independent listening station to help teach early reading skills, concepts of print, directionality, and independent learning strategies.
