Web 2.0 Weekday Webinars
VoiceThreadCreate, Collaborate, Communicate
Web 2.0 Weekday Webinars Sponsored by:
Calgary Regional Consortium
Leslie Snyder
NRLC
Wanda Dechant
NRLC
Brenda Dyck
CRC
Northwest Regional Learning Consortium
What is a VoiceThread?
“A VoiceThread is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways -- using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) -- and share them with anyone they wish.
A VoiceThread allows group conversations to be collected and shared in one place, from anywhere in the world." ~ From Voice Threads basics
2.1.4 - Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use and assess.
3.3.4 - Create products that apply to authentic, real-world context
4.1.8 - Use creative and artistic formats to express personal learning
VoiceThread Covers the following Standards for the 21st Century Learner:
http://voicethread.com/#q.b409
•2.1.4 - Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and und understanding in ways that others can view, use and assess.•3.3.4 - Create products that apply to authentic, real-world context•4.1.8 - Use creative and artistic formats to express personal learning
Rationale for Using VoiceThread
Tool for differentiation Captures student voice Supports metacognitive thought Develops visual literacy skills Extends the classroom walls Connects the students to experts
VoiceThread is the New…
KWL Tool Debating Tool Teacher/Student Presentation Tool Digital Storytelling Tool Discussion Tool Literature Circle Reflection Tool Tutorial Tool Peer Feedback/Assessment Visual and Oral assessment Digital Portfolio Tool Foreign and English Language Practice
Book Talk
http://tinyurl.com/ljqalq
Great Books project http://greatbookstories.pbworks.com
Grade 11 Social Studies
The Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism?
http://tinyurl.com/my79kw
Critiquing a Photograph
http://tinyurl.com/mbsqaq
Digital Dialogue
http://tinyurl.com/mggwen
Political Cartoon
VoiceThread Considerations
Provides a secure environment for students
The need to teach digital dialogue skills
How do you assess VoiceThreads? Intellectual Property
Where to Get Images?
Create your own (take photos, scan student work)
Bring photos from home (scan) Upload documents (Word, PDF, Excel,
PowerPoint) Use images from Flickr Storm, Creative
Commons, Wikimedia Commons
Flickr Storm http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/
Creative Commons http://search.creativecommons.org/intro.php
Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/
Follow up Wiki
* Go back to map and talk about how we could use VT with the map
http://weekdaywebinars.pbworks.com
* See VoiceThread Libraryhttp://voicethread.com/library/
* Be sure to check out:• Letters from the Internment Camps
http://voicethread.com/library/23/
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