Phrasr



Phrasr is a program which is designed to allow the user to type in a phrase and align that phrase with photos from Flickr. This allows the user to create a thought provoking and mind provoking idea of what the book or reading topic will be about. I think that this program would be a great addition to any reading assignment. I think if a teacher spends the time to pre-place photos on Flickr this tool would be very useful to mold ideas the teacher wants to get across about a particular book. The following example I created is based on the phrase, "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader". To aid this I have added material and photos which coinside with what we are doing on a daily basis in my classroom and some of the topics we have discussed during Reading Intervention Time. I think it could also be used by teachers to see what part of the book stuck out the most to their students by having them create a Phrasr and then place pictures which they see as relevant to the phrase placed up their.

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I think there are several pros to this topic. The first one is that this program is easy to use and could easily be used by students in the 3rd grade down. A second pro of this is that teachers can use it to create something that they can use to get a point a cross to their students. Although the points far out weigh the con's, I think it is important to mention the cons which are school interent might block this site as there are no filters to prevent inappropriate photos from being added to the site. A second con might be the lack of internet access or computer availablity. Overall, however, I feel this is a great program which should be used by teachers to give their students a higher respect for reading.

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