Planning+Ideas

=Planning Ideas=

Select a topic that will promote conversation and debate between students—and that can be conveyed through images currently available to you. Possible topics include: After collecting a series of images that represent your topic, carefully script out short opening comments for each image that include a question for viewers to consider. Scripting comments prior to recording will allow you to organize your thinking—and your images—in a logical order. This early organization will save time as you produce your final product. Initial comments should be somewhere between 1 and 3 sentences long. Longer comments will discourage viewers from adding their own thoughts—and tend to bore viewers quickly! Remember that your goal is to promote conversation, not to lecture through pictures.
 * //What can you learn about the values of a country or a culture by studying images? //
 * //Is Global Warming having an impact on our world? //
 * //Has urbanization helped or harmed our community? //
 * //Where can evidence of math be found in our daily lives? //
 * //Is graffiti a form of artistic expression or simply vandalism? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Who are heroes? //

=Comment Ideas=

<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Voicethreading requires users to develop the skills that active thinkers bring to any learning experience. Some of the best tips about active thinking have been developed over time by teachers like Kelly Gallagher and Matt Copeland—who have each written books about reading and writing in middle and high schools. They’ve also been developed by an organization called Project CRISS—Creating Independence through Student Owned Strategies. <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The following tips for Voicethreaders are adapted from the collective work of Gallagher, Copeland and Project CRISS: <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To be an active Voicethreader, start by carefully working your way through a presentation. While viewing pictures and listening to the comments that have been added by other users, you should: <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Use the following sentence starters to shape your thoughts and comments while viewing or participating in Voicethread presentations. Comments based on these kinds of statements make Voicethreads interactive and engaging.
 * 1) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">**//<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gather Facts: //**<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Jot down things that are interesting and new to you
 * 2) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">**//<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Make Connections: //**<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Relate and compare things you are viewing and hearing to things that you already know.
 * 3) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">**//<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ask Questions: //**<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> What about the comments and presentation is confusing to you? What don’t you understand? How will you find the answer? Remember that there will ALWAYS be questions in an active thinker’s mind!
 * 4) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">**//<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Give Opinions //**<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">: Make judgments about what you are viewing and hearing. Do you agree? Do you disagree? Like? Dislike? Do you support or oppose anything that you have heard or seen? Why?
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 * Voicethread is technologically sound.** It is simple. Not a lot of bells and whistles to learn. Just an image and your voice. Can be learned in a few minutes and I liken it to the technological, 21st century equivalent of the pencil or maybe a better analogy would be the chalkboard. ..


 * Voicethread is about stories. **Stories are the carbon of education. The element on which all is built. All subjects. We are hardwired visually (which Voicthread addresses) but also orally. Text is such a recent thing, no matter how great is has fostered democratization and educational advances. Stories are about the telling, this is the meat and bones and we learn so well in this fashion and not the dry book, read and write way! I highly recommend Voicethread especially for those students who just don’t learn well with books.**


 * Voicethread allows for diversity, creativity.** Students can take the subject wherever they have an interest, experience, insight. You might be commenting on the story of the three pigs but students could comment on how they view the story, give their own version, draw a picture to show how they feel, make sounds, show others other examples etc….

It is the perfect example of an open ended and user friendly/freedom associative tool. There is no direct outcome and in this way, is very versatile and adaptive. A map of the world could be a lesson in geography but it could also become a lesson in so many other things.


 * It works, it is fun! **With its visual clarity, with it’s click and respond, with it’s great layout and state of the art voip (voice over internet protocol), it is a should become a ubiquitous and common tool of educators.\**


 * Let’s look at some actual examples.\**

1) introduce yourself **– great for the beginning of the year, signing up for anything etc…**

2) geography,**where are you ,where have traveled (see above) [|love this one] of an 4th grade teacher**

3) advice. **One person posts up something and others come and ask for advice. They are responded to and so on…**

4) Art appreciation. **Art is posted and viewers comment.**

5) Explanation, **just like a chalk board**

6) Stories. **Especially with multiple voices. Or each person is asked to continue the story, orally. [|See this amazing version of the 3 pigs] .** 8)Improved social presence: **Students find that the ability to see and hear their instructor and classmates improves the sense of social presence of others in the classroom.** 9)Better understanding of message: **Students are better able to understand the nuances of discussion when they can hear the tone in someone’s voice.** 10) Student Projects:** VoiceThreads are a great way for students to deliver projects and solicit feedback from others.
 * 7)** Student driven discussion: **Discussion originates from the students themselves, and thus students tend to bring more of themselves into the conversation. Discussion is freer and more open, touching on a wider variety of issues.**

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