Talking Presidents

President's Day has prompted some 2nd graders at Highland Park to do a little research.  Students used their Chromebooks to collect interesting information about the Father of our country, George Washington.  During their research time, these students came across some pretty interesting information.  Did you know that his dentures were made of bone and hippopotamous ivory?  They also learned that he did not actually live in the White House.  Students thought it would be exciting to take this project to the next level by using Vocaroo and a Google extension called Voice Recorder to record themselves reading their research. Since these webtools link their voice to a URL address, students were able to create a QR code and add a personal touch to a President's Day art project. Now HP has it's own hall of "talking" Presidents.