I am excited to say that I completed my VoiceThread activity with my students! It went really well! The students were able to understand how to use VoiceThread with only minimal instruction. I feel what helped the students the most was allowing them to go up to the computer and record their comments in pairs. They were able to help each other use VoiceThread. I created a step by step picture guide for the students to refer to if they got stuck.
The next time I use VoiceThread, I will make sure that it compliments the content well. VoiceThread should be used as a tool for communication between students and I feel an ongoing activity might bet better suited for VoiceThread. I would like to have adequate time to allow all of my students to interact with each other on VoiceThread.
Our final product:
VoiceThreading:
1. to communicate ideas using more than one of the senses 2. to connect
with an audience in an authentic and simple manner 3. a discussion that
simulates a live presence.
How did you achieve this type of communication in your lesson?
How were your students able to effectively use VoiceThread?
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
VoiceThread Activity Preparation
The work begins! I am planning to complete a VoiceThread with my students in late March. They will be studying measurement in Math. I feel this will be perfect opportunity to use VoiceThread. I have started writing my lesson plan, setting up my affordances, and started thinking of Bloom's questions to ask. I will be creating my story board soon once I have worked out the details a bit more. Here is a link to my VoiceThread. Wish me luck!! I have the luck of the Irish with me this month!
Friday, February 3, 2012
My Exploration of VoiceThread
Wow! What an intense past 3 hours working with VoiceThread! Now I know how to do all sorts of cool things with this fantantic educational tool! I also learned a lot of the things this application will NOT do!
My fellow education major Lesley created the VoiceThread entitled Cope it!!! We dicovered how to invite fellow editors to the creation so an entire group can work on one Thread. She invited Kassandra and I to be co-editors.
This tool allows you to upload video and images straight from your computer or by using a url. VoiceThread, however, will NOT let you add an entire webpage. The url uploads need to be a single image.
I enjoyed being able to invite others to view the VoiceThread and comment! You can leave a comment by phone, record an audio on your computer, write a text comment, or record a video comment. I always love good feedback!!
The BEST thing I learned today, at the recommendation of Dr. Elwood, is how to download videos from sites such as YouTube. Go to PwnYouTube and add the bookmarklet link to your favorites. When you come across a YouTube video you would like to use (make sure not to infringe upon any copyright laws), go to your favorites and click the PwnYouTube link and it will ask you if you want to download the file. I download videos in the high quality MP4 format. Make sure you Save As and pick where you want it to save or you will never find it!
VoiceThread is going to be so much fun to use in the classroom. There are so many possibilities with with the educational tool. My second grade students will have the opportunity to explore this program too since I will be using this application during my TIE lesson plan. I am eager to use this application during my next Science lesson.
My fellow education major Lesley created the VoiceThread entitled Cope it!!! We dicovered how to invite fellow editors to the creation so an entire group can work on one Thread. She invited Kassandra and I to be co-editors.
This tool allows you to upload video and images straight from your computer or by using a url. VoiceThread, however, will NOT let you add an entire webpage. The url uploads need to be a single image.
I enjoyed being able to invite others to view the VoiceThread and comment! You can leave a comment by phone, record an audio on your computer, write a text comment, or record a video comment. I always love good feedback!!
The BEST thing I learned today, at the recommendation of Dr. Elwood, is how to download videos from sites such as YouTube. Go to PwnYouTube and add the bookmarklet link to your favorites. When you come across a YouTube video you would like to use (make sure not to infringe upon any copyright laws), go to your favorites and click the PwnYouTube link and it will ask you if you want to download the file. I download videos in the high quality MP4 format. Make sure you Save As and pick where you want it to save or you will never find it!
VoiceThread is going to be so much fun to use in the classroom. There are so many possibilities with with the educational tool. My second grade students will have the opportunity to explore this program too since I will be using this application during my TIE lesson plan. I am eager to use this application during my next Science lesson.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Technology Integration Experience (TIE) Thoughts
Today I was introduced to VoiceThread and had the opportunity to view two creations. Exploring Bodies of Water and Shared Stories are both very good examples of the amazing things you can do with VoiceThread. Exploring bodies of Water shows you the different modalities students can use to express their ideas. VoiceThread uses video, audio, and text along with graphics. Shared Stories demonstrates how students can use the doodle tool to point to, circle, and mark out directly on the displayed image. I am excited to use this to create a VideoThread with my class and create a VideoThread that not only shows what the class has learned, but teaches others as well.
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