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VoiceThreads: Extending the Classroom with Interactive Multimedia Albums

Videos

Just what is a VoiceThread? Watch this short introduction to VoiceThreads to find out.

Ideas for Using Voicethread

Assessment

• As an assessment tool, VT allows a student to orally comment on and make written notations on the picture.
• Creating portfolios and tracking goals on VoiceThreads allows parents, students and teachers to continue the conversation throughout the entire term, rather than limiting the conversation to report card/conference time. Students can upload regular updates, including their most recent work samples. Teachers could leave comments as a form of assessment. Parents can leave their own thoughts, and hear (first-hand) the feedback their child has received from the teacher. VoiceThreads could sustain the dialogue in a simple, accessible and authentic way.

Foreign Language

• 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.

Art

• Scanned images of student artwork could be used for students to critique their own works or that of fellow students.
• Students can present research projects from art history, presenting their information.
• Teachers can create a presentations on a Elements of Art or the Principles of Design for Art I students.

Language Arts

• 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.
• ESOL students write and record where they come from on a world map.
• Great Book Stories
• Use VoiceThread for pre-reading/making predictions before starting a new novel. Have students make predictions about the plot of a novel by posting a picture of an object from the novel.
• Have students write poems and then find an image that represents/symbolizes their poem and read the poem aloud. Other students may comment on their poem.

   

Social Studies

• Use for Oral Histories
• 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.
• 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.

Math

• Have stduents explain a new concept.
• K-7 Mathcasts 500 Project
• In elementary math, students are having to show multiple strategies for solving problems. On VT picture could have multiple entries with each new student entry being a different strategy or comment about an already-posted strategy. It promotes student ownership and authentic math language.

Science

• Use as a way to report on an experiment.

Back to School Night

• Tour of your classroom: Take photos of your classroom and students working and then post on your website for parents who are unable to come to Back to School Night. Let parents record their thoughts at BTS night over the VoiceThread or have students record what they are excited about learning this coming school year ad play it at BTS night.

Taken from:  http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/Best+Practices