Weaving VoiceThread

Presented By: Brad Wilson

4th Grade Teacher

Lakeshore Public Schools, Stevensville, MI

Berrien Regional Education Service Agency

TechCamp 2008 Presents:

Image Credit: The Flanders Group

(Research links on the Tech Camp Wiki)

Still in it’s beginnings…

““It is a live entity- it It is a live entity- it is not like a movie is not like a movie or PowerPoint that or PowerPoint that is finished and then is finished and then you shelve it.” you shelve it.”

-Ben Papell-Ben Papell podcast on Edtechtalk.com on Edtechtalk.com

http://flickr.com/photos/brentbat/2111068513

http://flickr.com/photos/eschipul/386762837/

“create original works as a means of personal or group expression”

“transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies”

http://flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/4462965/

http://flickr.com/photos/sukanto_debnath/601366760/

“use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions”

“interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety

of digital environments and media”

Lakeshore Technology Camp ‘08

http://flickr.com/photos/extraketchup/622612084/

“locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of media and sources”

exhibit a positive attitude toward exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports using technology that supports collaborationcollaboration, learning, and , learning, and

productivity.productivity.

http://flickr.com/photos/sean-b/245744537/

http://flickr.com/photos/wishymom/626928580/

Collaboration is a recursive process where two or more people work together toward an intersection of common goals — for example, an intellectual endeavor that is creative in nature—by sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus…

The Herald Palladium, 8/10/08

Students• Book talks• Science investigations• Social Studies projects• Art show

Teachers/Staff• Back to school night• Field trip photos• Project wrap-up• End of the year

review

http://flickr.com/photos/meer/2658968648/

Presentations:

Death By PowerPoint

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wardofsky/224425710

Videos & VoiceThread

Videos & VoiceThread…seriously.

How do I save videos from

•Mozilla Firefox•Download Extension•Link is on Tech Camp wiki

www.creativecommons.org

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cayusa/1445664282

Where to find images?

Digital Pen Pals•Match up with another classroom

…. from anywhere…

•Students SEE & HEAR their new friends

•Share images, video & information about your community

Mathcasts“thinking, reasoning and working

mathematically out loud”

•Study guide: teacher created or peer-to-peer

•Search for strategies from around the world

•Parent resource

•Small group or station assignment

•Study guide: teacher created or peer-to-peer

•Search for strategies from around the world

•Parent resource

•Small group or station assignment

Standards Based!

Grab your students and let’s join in!

A boy from New York changed my instruction…

THE way our students will record THE way our students will record visual, oral and written accounts of visual, oral and written accounts of their lives as they grow up online.their lives as they grow up online.

http://flickr.com/photos/machado17/147294427/

Creative, hands on process

Storyboarding is a natural

part of process writing

Low cost, low tech productio

n

Links are here.

http://flickr.com/photos/harpers/368602172/

Steve & Ben’s response to the overwhelming support and participation from educators using VoiceThread

Register to be a part of the community (view, participate and share within the community)

for $10.

Sign your class up for $60 a year.

“to get past filters, there can be no free accounts…every single person is accountable…mimicking a classroom”

-Steve Muth podcast on Edtechtalk.com

Why is ed.voicethread a pay service?Why is ed.voicethread a pay service?

http://flickr.com/photos/emdot/2418695/

What’s my money

gonna get me?

http://uniqueURL.ed.voicethread

“Add a picture to represent yourself”

“Create your visual identity”

“avatar” or “logo”

Resources for logo creation

• Image search for:– Favorite animal or sports star, etc.

• Paint• KidPix• Digital picture of a pet or something else

significant.

Let’s have a conversation around a digital image!Let’s have a conversation around a digital image!

• Text -audience has to read, good for 2 sentences or less.

• Phone- Audio quality not quite as good. – *time limits*

• Mic- what the tool was designed for.

• Webcam- can be more personal, but also more distracting.

• Doodler- Make a point but not a painting!

Need some guidance?