Voicethread+training

= Online Publishing and Commenting with Voicethread - Amy Kline = June 7, 2012 Room 245

What is a Voicethread?
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· District license has been purchased · Students should be imported by September, each student will have their own account. · This tool is used by universities and businesses worldwide; it is not an elementary tool · Middle/high school examples media type="custom" key="18984224"media type="custom" key="19104458" media type="custom" key="18984872"media type="custom" key="19121964"

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Great resources for Voicethread ideas and processes
<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Digitally Speaking-Voicethread wiki] This website is great as you work out the logistics of using Voicethread in the classroom. Lots of links to handouts,ideas for the secondary classrooms, and the logistics of encouraging students to comment. There is a lot of direction about how to get the best and most thought-provoking comments from the students.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Voicethread 4 Education wiki-This is a great place to find partner classrooms and to see some amazing voicethreads organized by grades.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Tips for Best Practices
=== Encourage good digital citizenship ethics - use photos found through Creative Commons searches, ones taken yourselves, or photos in the public domain. Ask your library media specialist for more information about finding these image and video sources.===

=== Audio - Make sure the computer/mini is not muted and is turned up. The minis have good microphones built in, but they pick up every rustle of paper or fidgeting of students. You may want to use a headset with a microphone for the best quality. Teach the kids how to properly position the microphone to get the best sound pick-up.===

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Disciplinary Literacy standards: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">o Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information. WHST.11-12.6 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">o Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of the topic. RST.6-8.5 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">o Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g. visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study. SL.7.2 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">o Make strategic use of digital media (e.g. textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. SL.9-10.5