For my third project, the students planned to use only the iPod's to complete all of their recording. This was challenging because they cannot go back and rerecord if they only messed up a small portion. We had not downloaded iTalk yet. The assignment for them was to use the beautiful illustrations in Black Cowboy, Wild Horses to complete a picture walk on their own of the story. They went beyond just predicting what the story would be about, to making up a story on their own. This was done independently. Here is an example of a picture walk:
When we finished reading the selection, students worked in groups to retell their stories, again using the pictures, but this time correcting their predictions with the actual events.
This was a fun project for the students to do. I added an extra piece in my instructions to the students asking them to use as much figurative language in their recordings as possible. I was really pleased with the outcomes.