Completing my voicethread was a great learning experience. Before this course my only experience with using technology to present information was on Microsoft PowerPoint and an ELMO. Including audio in video presentation was a totally foreign idea and I must admit I recorded, re-recorded, re-re-recorded and re-re-re-recorded my voicethread before I thought I sounded somewhat like myself!
I would like to use the voicethread program with the students in my future classroom to create an end-of-the-year presentation that I could make available to the students families. Perhaps we could create a classroom blog so my students’ families can follow our adventures throughout the school year and keep up-to-date with what is happening each week. Depending on the ability of my students, I would like to teach them to create their own voicethreads to post on our classrooms’ blog. This would enhance the sense of community in our classroom and give the students to a chance to publish a story we all can see that includes not only their illustrations and writing, but also their voices.
Again, depending on the ability level of my students, I could use the voicethread program with them for so much more than story telling. I could have students work in groups to research different geographic regions of Alaska, for example, and present their findings to the rest of the class using photos, illustrations, writing, and their voices. Having my students complete projects such as these allows them to collaborate with one another because they can easily view each others’ work and can receive feedback from their peers. It will be my job as the teacher to facilitate the voicethread activities but I want to give my students more responsibility of their own learning by allowing them to collaborate with their peers as well. Having my students create these voicethread presentations and posting them on our classroom blog will be a powerful tool in giving my students a sense of belonging and accomplishment.
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