Sunday, April 15, 2012

VoiceThread Activity Completion

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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Mindy Threatt

Rozella Sanez 

Maegan  Evans