7 Habits + Voki.com + Wix.com = Teamwork activity

Today, my students focused on the habit:  SYNERGIZE.  We talked about the importance of teamwork, and then they were divided into small groups and given a quote about teamwork.  They then had to work together to create a Voki that recited their teamwork quote.  I did a short introduction to Voki.com before we got on the computers.

After the Voki were created, I posted them on a website that I created at wix.com.  It was a great way to get the vokis out where they could be seen!  I then linked that webpage to our classroom webpage so that students don't have to remember the wix URL. 

I do nearly everything in SMART Notebook, but it doesn't take HTML, and I needed somewhere to post 8 voki.  I decided I didn't want them right on our class website, and I didn't want to mess with posting them to my blog.  Both of those options would have been a little cumbersome.  Through some exploring, I found wix.com, and I am going to use it now to post our HTML creations.

The kids picked up on the voki creation quickly, and in general, they really did synergize to create them.  I thought this would be a good way to introduce this site in case they decide to use it at a later date for a project.  They will already have a basic understanding of how it works.

If you would like to see my students' vokis about teamwork, click here.

Seven Habits of Happy Kids

At my school, we are working to teach our students the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Many of us have read The Leader in Me by Stephen R. Covey, and we will be holding a book study this year over its concepts.

Part of the use of these ideas is to make kids familiar with the terminology. It did not take my students long to pick up on the terminology last year. This year, I made a pamphlet that I am going to give to parents at our Curriculum Night. The idea behind the pamphlet is for them to be familiar with the language of the habits so that they can work to use it more at home.

The document is made using Publisher. I am having trouble generating a preview in Google Docs, but when I downloaded it opened fine. I hope it works for those of you who are interested. Of course, you must have Publisher on your computer to open it. I left the bulk of the text, and I marked the parts that you would need to change with red font or X's.  Let me know if you have a better idea for a way for me to share. 

Click on the images below to link to the doc.  Because I don't think you will be able to get a preview, you will have to download it and then see what you think.