Learning+about+voicethreads

What is a VoiceThread?
"A [|VoiceThread] is an online media album that allows people to make comments, either audio or text, and share them with anyone they wish. A VoiceThread allows an entire group's story to be told and collected in one place." media type="custom" key="3699319" =What can you and your students do with VoiceThread?= [|VoiceThreads In The Classroom] View this example of a third grade reader's theater group from Jana Schultz's class at Henderson media type="custom" key="3764437"
 * 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 Trip
 * 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. **
 * [|WCHS Online Art Exhibit]
 * 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.
 * [|Great Book Stories]
 * [|Book Review]
 * [|Thanksgiving Paragraphs]


 * Social Studies**
 * Use for Oral Histories
 * Have students bring in an old photo of their family 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.
 * [|Many Voices on Darfur]


 * Math**
 * Have students explain a new concept.
 * [|K-7 Mathcasts 500 Project]
 * [|Measuring Angles]


 * Science**
 * Use as a way to report on an experiment.

Other ideas:
 * [|Using Voicethreads as a digital portfolio for student led conference]s
 * [|Christmas around the world]

Comment on our T3 Voicethread by clicking on the link below:

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