Recording a fairy tale

Objective:  Students will be able to read aloud using appropriate expression and pacing.

Students are going to choose from six simple fairy tale retellings from the MeeGenius app and listen to them being read aloud to them.  They will be instructed to listen carefully to how it's read and the inflection and tone used.
Then they will use iTalk to record themselves reading the same story aloud getting feedback from their partner about their expression and pacing.
They did a pretty good job with this task, though we did have a little trouble getting all of their recordings uploaded to Dropbox.  I spent some time after they left making sure we had a copy of each of their recordings saved in Dropbox.  I had students answer this question on an Exit Card:  Do you think it helps your reading to record your reading aloud and listen to it?  Almost all of the students wrote "yes" and focused mainly and how it helped them to hear their expression or lack of expression in their reading.  Only one of the students wrote "no" because "I have to point to follow along but I also skipped a page."  I think she will feel better as we go along and she gets comfortable "swiping" on an iPad.