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Voice thread
VoiceThread is a tool that allows for group conversations through uploading, commenting on, and sharing images, documents or videos. It provides an asynchronous space for cross-curricular and cross-grade collaboration. Teachers can use VoiceThread in the classroom for activities like science lab reports with images and invited expert commentary, history timelines, foreign language practice, and assessing student understanding through open-ended prompts and scaffolding of ideas.
Voice thread
- 1. Voice Thread forthe Classroom Barbara McLaughlin OCDSB Brenda Sherry UGDSB Feb. 23, 2010
- 2. What is VoiceThread?VoiceThread is: group conversations around images, documents or videos a simple tool that allows you to Upload, Comment , and Share a cross-curricular, cross grade tool asynchronous
- 3. What is aVoice Thread?
- 4. Horizon Report 2009Technology is increasingly a means for empowering students, a method for communication and socializing, and a ubiquitous, transparent part of their lives.
- 5. Traditionally, a learningenvironment has been a physical space, but the idea of what constitutes a learning environment is changing. The "spaces" where students learn are becoming more community-driven, interdisciplinary, and supported by technologies that engage virtual communication and collaboration. This changing concept of the learning environment has clear implications for schools, where learning is the key focus of the space. (Horizon Report, 2010)
- 6. Media Constructions Intrinsicpart of Writing Process and Communication Simple digital tools engage learners throughout process Differentiation implications Narration = Demonstration of Learning for struggling writers, reluctant speakers
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- 11. How to makea VoiceThread
- 12. How could youuse VoiceThread in the classroom?
- 13. Curriculum Connections Sciencelab report with images reporting conflicting hypotheses invite an expert in to contribute to a discussion History timelines reporting on an event newscasts presenting a photo and have people comment in role
- 14. Curriculum Connections FrenchScripts practice with fluency invite a native French speaker to share in a discussion Media Arts posting videos or graphics and inviting comments on perspective, bias, deconstructing the intended and implied messages
- 15. Curriculum Connections Math demo of pythagorean theory with links to bio math talks (ie. Using the whiteboard to explain how a math solution is found) multiple representations of math solutions Language Arts Book talks Reflections Comparisons Comments on issues (eg. Bullying) Tracking independent reading reflections
- 16. Assessment OF Learning"Not all students are able to demonstrate their learning through written assessments." D. Cooper, 2007 Â Assessment FOR Learning Check for understandings of concepts http://farm1.static.flickr.com/7/8395382_f6ae20d648.jpg
- 17. What teachers say…“ Students don’t have to wait until the cool kid has a chance to speak, everyone is free to contribute” Royan Lee Everyone gets to learn from the feedback the teachers gives the students The feedback loop is on-going (assessment for learning) and can involve students, teachers, experts, and invited guests VoiceThread allows opportunities for student voice
- 18. http://digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com/Voicethread Excellent Examplesof scaffolding student thinking using VT: Highlight a comment from our Voicethread conversation that closely matches your own thinking. Why does this comment resonate---or make sense to---you? Highlight a comment from our Voicethread conversation that you respectfully disagree with. If you were to engage in a conversation with the commenter, what evidence/argument would you use to persuade them to change their point of view?
- 19. Highlight a commentfrom our Voicethread conversation that challenged your thinking in a good way and/or made you rethink one of your original ideas. What about the new comment was challenging? What are you going to do now that your original belief was challenged? Will you change your mind? Will you do more researching/thinking/talking with others? Highlight the strand of conversation from our Voicethread conversation that was the most interesting or motivating to you. Which ideas would you like to have more time to talk about? Why? What new topics does this conversation make you want to study next?
- 20. What you needto do to get started… Go to www.voicethread.com and register for your free Educator Account Create a Voice Thread for yourself to get to know how it works Try inviting a few teachers to comment so that you can see how commenting and moderating works on your Voice Thread
- 21. VoiceThread Resources Tech2learn.wikispaces.com Brenda’s site for websites, user guides, rubrics about VT NCS-Tech! Kevin Jarrett’s Site voicethread4education.wikispaces.com digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com/Voicethread