Teacher+Suggestions

=Teacher Suggestions =

https://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/

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=What can you and your students do with VoiceThread? =

Foreign Language Art Language Arts History Math Science
 * Teacher creates a series of Voicethreads and students could practice either repeating or responding. Could be used as drill and practice or for assessment.
 * Field Trips
 * Teacher assign groups of students to explain the digital pictures taken during the trip and how they relate to curriculum topics.
 * Scanned images of student artwork could be used for students to critique their own works or that of fellow students.
 * Using scanned images of writing pieces, students could comment as part of a reflective phase of the writing process.
 * Post an image as a prewriting activity and allow students to respond orally in an idea-generating phase. There is a great magnifying feature that would allow text to be read.
 * Use for vocabulary development and oral expression in Speech/Language and ESL/ELL classes.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Great Book Stories
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Book Reviews
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Use for Oral Histories
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Have students bring in an old photo of their family (not studio a photo) to scan and have students record their thoughts and feelings or story behind the image.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Have students provide a picture of a grandparent then narrate what they learned about that grandparent from interviewing him/her. Could also might be used for local history projects (pictures of local sites) or war veteran stories.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Have stduents explain a new concept.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Use as a way to report on an experiment.

=**TIPS for Teachers**=


 * 1) <span style="display: block; line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: none; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Start small. Begin by creating your own VoiceThread on which students may comment. As your students become more comfortable with VoiceThread, they can make an individual project.
 * 2) <span style="display: block; line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: none; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Model appropriate comments for students. Give them prompts to start their comments like, "This reminds me of..." or "I'm surprised that..."
 * 3) <span style="display: block; line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: none; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Make sure to discuss internet safety and copyright issues when starting a VoiceThread project.
 * 4) <span style="display: block; line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: none; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Under one account, you can create several avatars. You can easily monitor students from your account.
 * 5) <span style="display: block; line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: none; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">If your VoiceThread is public, make sure to monitor all comments.

**References**
Dyck, Brenda (10/11/2007).VoiceThread:Capturing and Sharing Student Voice with an Online Twist. EducationWorld.com. Retrieved 17 November, 2008 from http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck019.shtml media type="custom" key="10027313" =<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Digital Storytelling with VoiceThread = One of the best ways to enhance student learning, boost student achievement, and improve student engagement is to incorporate digital storytelling as an instructional strategy. Students can demonstrate their knowledge of content, develop higher order thinking skills, improve their digital literacy skills, and harness the power of visual literacy in digital storytelling projects.

<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline;">Resources

 * 1) <span style="font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|VoiceThread] (main public site)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Bill Ferriter's [|"Using Voicethread for Digital Conversations"] (includes printable handouts)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|VoiceThread for Education]
 * 4) <span style="font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|The Great Book Stories Project] (open to all students and teachers)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Reflections on the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]
 * 6) <span style="font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"> Voicethread 4 Education wiki
 * 7) <span style="font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Mathcasts] (Math247 - A project using VoiceThreads)
 * 8) <span style="font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|VoiceThread Examples from Karl Fisch]