Faqs how can i use voicethread in knet

Faqs how can i use voicethread in knet

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  Feedback! • “Most programsand methods that worked best were based on heavy dollops of feedback.” • “The most effective forms of feedback provide cues or reinforcement to the learner, are in the form of video, audio or computer-assisted instruction feedback, or relate feedback to learning goals.” John Hattie: Visible Learning
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  The power offeedback • 134 meta-analyses – Whether some influences were more or less influential than others on student achievement • 0.2 small, 0.4 medium, 0.6 large when judging educational outcomes. Teaching Approach: FEEDBACK? Effect Size 0.73 10th highest out of 134
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  KnowledgeNET has capacity fora powerful E-Portfolio - evidence of learning - feedback and feedforward - goal setting - collaboration
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  E-PORTFOLIOS: Upload orEmbed… • Word documents or PDFs • Powerpoints or Slideshows • Spreadsheets or graphs It helps to have a toolkit of alternative things to use • Video • Movies • Photos • Brainstorms, Mind maps • Collaborative Document • Voiceovers • E-Books • Avatars • The list is endless…
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  Voice Thread a greattool for an E-Portfolio
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  What is VoiceThread? • A collaborative, multimedia slide show for images, documents, and videos • Allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). • You can Share a VoiceThread with others for them to record comments too. • Users can doodle while commenting • You can set up your whole class with a voicethread “identity” • VoiceThreads can be embedded in KNet to show and receive comments
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  contexts for voicethreads But there’s a bajillion more! (it’s in the urban dictionary) 1. WRITING: Upload photos of different stages of the writing Students process – first draft, next draft, final… give, receive 2. THINKING: Upload a mind map or concept map at the and respond to beginning and end of an inquiry journey feedback and 3. VISUAL ART: Upload photos of students’ art work feedforward 4. READING: Responding to a shared story/novel 5. SCIENCE: Record a video of students explaining their science fair investigation from start to finish 6. MATHS: Demonstrate different strategies for solving maths problems. 7. VISUAL LANGUAGE: Find evidence of persuasion on adverts 8. SOCIAL SCIENCE: Record students explaining their understanding of key concepts at different times during a learning process 9. PE: Video of students working towards their goals 10. SCHOOL EVENTS: Upload a slideshow of photos of school event and student reflections of the event.
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  What can youput in it? • You can upload – Images – Photos – Video – Documents – PDF, word, excel, powerpoint
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  How do youcomment? You can comment in 5 ways 1. Microphone 2. Webcam 3. Type Text 4. Phone 5. MP3 file
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  Can you write/drawon it as you comment? • Yes - with Doodling, you can draw on top of the media as you record your comment • You can doodle on specific parts of a video by pressing pause.
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  Does my wholeclass need a logon? Nope! • One VoiceThread account can have many identities (commenting avatars) associated with it. • No need to logout, login…
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  Can I embedit in KnowledgeNET YEP! • And you don’t need the kids to go out to voicethread, it can all be done in KNet – then you have evidence of learning right there!
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  Can you makeit private? YEP! • there are different security options
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  What hardware doyou need? • Microphone and Headset • Computer and Internet • Webcam 
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  So what? Nowwhat? 1. Sign up for an account – K12 2. Create Identities for your students 3. Choose a context or task for your voicethread 4. Create it! (Upload something) 5. Embed in KNet 6. Get your students collaborating on it