March+29+homework

New Teacher Boot Camp Week 2- Using VoiceThread

VoiceThread is a very diverse multimedia slideshow which can allow the students to comment on images and documents. Students can also use videos and audio files to comment on images and documents. Teachers can use VoiceThreads to set up groups and classes so that the students can comment on their work and other students' work and they can export audio files. It helps students to engage in the conversation and provides different ways to assess students' learning. VoiceThread is also valuable to the classroom because it offers students the ability to listen and reflect on the text through text, audio or video. It is also valuable because some students can do videos but others can just type if that is what they are more comfortable with. When Megan Palevich used this in her 8th grade English class she found that her students were more engaged in discussing their summer reading novels and produced better work. She also found out that students were also more interested in listening to other students' projects when they used VoiceThread. She also said that the students were always asking to use VoiceThread whenever they could. She said that she used all of this feedback to create projects that were involving VoiceThread. VoiceThread is a great tool because it is able to enhance a student's learning experience and create a new and exciting way for students to learn.

Dabbs, Lisa M. "New Teacher Boot Camp Week 2 - Using VoiceThread." //Edutopia//. 12 July 2011. Web. 28 Mar. 2012. .