Hello 603! We hope you enjoyed the readings this week. There are three questions below that you may choose from to answer about this week's readings. Be sure to answer all parts of the question you choose and try to incorporate other students posts into your answer.
Start blogging 603! Sara Sofranko, Anna Alessi, Elizabeth Currlin, Evelyn Gmoser, Danielle Holler
Q2: (10.2) How would you incorporate differentiation into your classroom using Gail Lovely’s Top Ten for Young Learners? Choose 2 or 3 from the list and explain how they could be useful to your future students.
Q3: (10.3-10.5) After viewing all of the examples of different ways to use Voicethread do you believe it is a powerful tool in the classroom? If so, how would you encorporate it into different aspects of your curriculum? Give one authentic/concrete example of how you will use voicethread in your teaching.
Q1: (10.1) After reading Nancy Pratt’s Top 10 Lessons Learned, which lessons do you feel held the most importance in the classroom? Do you think the students will gain more from using digital story telling or writing the stories by hand using the same topics?
ReplyDeleteQ1: (10.1) After reading Nancy Pratt’s Top 10 Lessons Learned, which lessons do you feel held the most importance in the classroom? Do you think the students will gain more from using digital story telling or writing the stories by hand using the same topics?
Out of Nancy Pratt’s Top 10 Lessons Learned, the lesson that I felt had the most importance in the classroom was number 5. Number 5 was “Don’t compromise the writing-get it right before ever starting the media”. This is important because the writing aspect is the most important part in the story, if a student rushes through this then they are not learning necessary material. While the digital media is an important part of a story it is not as essential for the students to learn as basic writing skills.
As for whether the students will gain more from using digital story telling or writing the stories by hand there are pros and cons for each. By doing the story by hand the students are able to illustrate their own pictures and express themselves more artistically. For those students who are more artistic this is something that they would enjoy. For students that are more digital natives the digital story telling would be more fun and productive.
Q1: (10.1) After reading Nancy Pratt’s Top 10 Lessons Learned, which lessons do you feel held the most importance in the classroom? Do you think the students will gain more from using digital story telling or writing the stories by hand using the same topics?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Andrea that one of the most important lessons learned was number 5; that what is actually written down is the most important thing...not how appealing the story is (although this is important too!). I found a couple more of the lessons learned that Nancy Pratt talked about to be of importance as well. One is number 10, which is to do another digital story soon after the first one. I found this to be important because people in general tend to get better at something the more they use it. I am personally not that great with technology, so it is important that I use something like the DST over and over again in order to gain a better understanding of the technology. A second learned lesson I found to be of importance is number 8, which is to involve parents in the DST (making sure to train them so they know what they are doing and know how to help the students). I found this to be important because getting parents involved in their children's education is (many times) a difficulty for teachers. This is a great way to show parents that they are needed (hand-on!) in the classroom and can help out a lot. The third learned lesson I thought was important was number 1, in which Pratt says that the prompt is the most important thing about the DST. I found this to be important because the storyteller needs to be able to write a good story, and this may not be possible if the prompt is lame (for lack of a better word). The prompt needs to be insightful and personal in order for the students to be excited to write the story.
I personally feel that students will benefit more by using the DST versus writing the story out because they are learning not only how to write a good story, but also how to use technology to their advantage. More than likely, students will have written a couple of stories out on paper and will already be familiar with this way of expressing a story. It is important for students to experience new things, and the DST will be this for them. The only disadvantage to the DST versus writing a story out that I can see is what Andrea pointed out: that students will not be able to be creative and illustrate their own pictures by hand. Otherwise, the DST is the way to go!
Andrea, I agree with #5 being one of the most important lessons because as teachers we have to remind students that the media part of DST is fun and very engaging but it will not be a good story if students did not put much effort into the writing. I also think that you make a good point by saying that writing a story by hand enables the students to use their creativity and imaginations to illustrate their own pictures, which is very true. I feel the same way, but maybe the students had opportunities to create stories by hand previously in the year or in younger grades. I think the next step to explore the writing process would be to introduce DST to the students. Using digital story telling in our classrooms, as the top 10 list showed us, will benefit students in more ways than one. Rikki, as you pointed out, it will help students improve their writing skills as well as their technology skills and what teacher doesn't enjoy getting multiple objectives done with one activity!
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ReplyDeleteGreat job to everyone so far! Andrea, you make very strong points in your response that is important for the students to grasp the writing aspect before moving the media aspect. Rikki, you also state several important factors of Nancy Pratt's Top 10 Lessons Learned. You make a strong point in that students should get a lot of practice using DST so that they may master it. What other benefits may starting a second DST project immediately after the first one have in the classroom?
ReplyDeleteQ3: (10.3-10.5) Yes, I believe Voicethread is a powerful tool to use in the classroom. I can use Voicethread by having students create their own books and narrate them. This is also a powerful tool I can use to assess students. Some students may not like to write; consequently, I can have them demonstrate their knowledge through Voicethread. For example, I may want to know that my students understand the different classes of animals. Instead of writing an essay on the classes, they can find pictures on the internet and say what they know about the different classes. They can even draw on the picture if it helps them to demonstrate their knowledge.
ReplyDeleteQ1: (10.1) After reading Nancy Pratt’s Top 10 Lessons Learned, which lessons do you feel held the most importance in the classroom? Do you think the students will gain more from using digital story telling or writing the stories by hand using the same topics?
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this article, I feel that all of the lessons were very important and helpful. I think that number 10 is very important, not just for digital storytelling, but for any project in the classroom. Number 10 says to do another project soon after the first one, to solidify the skills. I think this is a great idea, because not only will the students be more advanced in their technological skills, but their projects will be more improved or enhanced. I also think that number 7 is very important. Number 7 says to keep a schedule chart that will help keep the students on track. I think that in big projects like digital storytelling, both teachers and students need to stay organized. If everyone is on the right track, then the final product will be much better. Lastly, as stated in the article, I think number 1 is the most important lesson. Number 1 says that the prompt is the most important thing. Pratt gives examples of a good prompt versus a bad prompt. For example, a bad prompt would be, “Write about your favorite memory”. A good prompt would be, “Write about a memory that you have that made the most impact on you. What happened, and why was it important? How did it change you”? The better prompt clearly will get the students more active and interested. They are being asked multiple and specific questions, which I think is important in keeping them interested and engaged in the project.
I definitely think that the students will gain much more from using digital storytelling rather than writing the stories by hand. Digital storytelling allows so many different elements to be a part of one story. The students can add pictures, sounds, and voiceovers. The story will be more interesting, and the students will be gaining a rich technological experience. I do see Andrea’s point about how the students will get to illustrate their own pictures and express themselves more artistically by writing their stories by hand. However, I still think that the students will be able to express themselves artistically through writing the story digitally, it would just be very new and different for them.
Q1: (10.1) After reading Nancy Pratt’s Top 10 Lessons Learned, which lessons do you feel held the most importance in the classroom? Do you think the students will gain more from using digital story telling or writing the stories by hand using the same topics?
ReplyDeleteThis article presented many great tips and lessons for teachers that want to teach how to use Digital Storytelling to their students. I agree with Lori that one of the most important lessons that Nancy presented was number 10, stating that students should do another project to practice using the new skills they learned. This lesson would be useful in any subject area. I also found that number 5 was a great lesson, just as Rikki, Andrea and Danielle stated. Technology is a great way for students to enhance their work and allow their work to reach global audiences, but the technology should not be getting in the way of the students' work itself. The writing is the most important part and teachers should remember that throughout the process. I also loved the idea to use parents as a resource as this would create a great relationship between home and school and I also agreed with Nancy's idea to use a chart to map the students' progress. I believe these were great ideas for a classroom when teaching Digital Storytelling or any other lesson.
The second question posed is hard to answer. While I believe that technology and programs like Digital Storytelling are great ways to enhance writing and post it for feedback from various audiences, I am still inclined to believe that the physical writing process of drafts and corrections and final copies that are handwritten and that do not involve "spell check" are more valuable than using a computer. I think I will have a better understanding of which part is more important, or if they are equally important, when I first get into my classroom and see the students working and learning hands on using both approaches.
I agree with Jen that Voicethread can be a powerful tool in the classroom. Every student is different with how they learn and how they express themselves. Having the students express their knowledge through Voicethread is a great idea! It is also nice for students to have a change from the every day essay and ditto. They can be creative with the Voicethread and make it their own.
ReplyDeleteQ2: (10.2) How would you incorporate differentiation into your classroom using Gail Lovely’s Top Ten for Young Learners? Choose 2 or 3 from the list and explain how they could be useful to your future students.
ReplyDeleteGail Lovely's Top Ten for Young Learners provides a number of different online resources teachers can use in their classrooms. Out of the ten choices, I feel as if I would be interested in incorporating all of them at one point or another in my teaching career.
One in particular that really stood out to me was Storybird. Storybird allows students to create online books through their own creativity. I feel as if Storybird would be great in a young classroom, such as 1st-4th grade. Students are encouraged to come up with creative stories through the use of illustrations already on the site. This forces the students to think outside of the box about a topic they may not have come up with on their own.
Another site that I would use are blogs. Blogs allow students to communicate not only with the teacher, but also with other students. This is important for students to learn good communication skills. One blog site that I would incorporate into my classroom is kidblog.org. This site is safe and simple, making it easy for the teacher to control what's going on.
Although these are just some of the examples provided by Gail, I definitely would like to learn more about all of her choices. I believe it is important to incorporate the use of the computer in the classroom in order to differentiate the instruction. Since not all students learn the same, teachers need to understand how to meet the needs of all of their students. With technology as new and upcoming as it is, it will most likely be used in the future a lot. I know that I may not use every site at once, but it will be important for me to realize how many good technology tools there are for my students.
Myriah, great post! After reading your post i went to kidblog.org and agree with you that it is a safe, simple, and easy way to encorporate blogs into your classroom. I think that her top 10 does cover a wide variety of learning styles that can be used interchangably to incorporate different learning styles in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteJen, I think you made a really great point about using voice thread as an assessment tool. I also agree that it could help with students who do not enjoy to write. I think it could be a great tool to use for differentiation as we asked about in question 2. Great ideas and good post.
ReplyDeleteQ2: (10.2) How would you incorporate differentiation into your classroom using Gail Lovely’s Top Ten for Young Learners? Choose 2 or 3 from the list and explain how they could be useful to your future students.
ReplyDeleteOne of the ones that I think that would be useful to use for differentiation is Glogster. By using Glogster you can create an interactive poster to share ideas, information, or thoughts. You can even include various media types. I think this would be a useful tool because in my first grade class I am working with a group to research under water animals. This would especially be good to use since it is a simple tool to organize information, display it, and then share it with the class. It is an easy way to combine all the information they gather into a fun "poster". This allows students to break away from the standard way of writing information down on a piece of paper, and it allows them to be creative.
I also think Skype would be a beneficial differentiation tool for the classroom. In my second grade classroom the students are working on writing letters to their pen pals. I have noticed that some students are not motivated or excited to be writing to their pen pal. Possibly because they do not have good handwriting and then they have to do numerous rewrites to be able to send a letter. If they were able to use Skype in addition to writing letters, they would be more excited to actually be able to see who they are writing to. Also even if they did not do a video call they could still Skype and read their pen pal their letter that they wrote.
Q1: After reading Nancy Pratt’s Top 10 Lessons Learned, I feel that lesson number 10 and lesson number 9 should be considered important when it comes to teaching digital story telling. Lesson 9 discusses collaboration with multiple team members in a secondary level speeding up the process and enhances the learning for everyone. Teaming up students based on skill level will help the students to learn more efficiently and quickly as they teach each other how to navigate and construct digital storytelling. Students should always be given the opportunity to teach one another what they know. Lesson 10 discusses doing another project soon after the first one, to solidify the skills. Students need the opportunity to practice their skills over and over again which is why I feel this lesson is very important. Many teachers teach content that is gone over once and never used again, so the students quickly forget the skills they have learned. Like we have all heard many times, “practice makes perfect.” Students may not be able to become “perfect” in digital storytelling but should be provided with the opportunity to practice many times and become fluent in the skills they have been taught.
ReplyDeleteQ3: (10.3-10.5) After viewing all of the examples of different ways to use Voicethread do you believe it is a powerful tool in the classroom? If so, how would you encorporate it into different aspects of your curriculum? Give one authentic/concrete example of how you will use voicethread in your teaching.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely believe that Voicethread is an important tool for teachers to incorporate. I agree with Jen that it could be used as an assessment tool in a way. For children who fear public speaking, they can publish their work through Voicethread and get the same practice. I think Voicethread is extremely versatile and can be incorporated into any subject. Children could all comment on a specific mathematical concept or math problem, which would encourage collaboration and cooperation. Personally, I would like to use Voicethread regarding literacy. I think a huge factor in learning to read fluently is listening to yourself or others proncounce words correctly. With this in mind, I would have my students practice reading onto Voicethread. They would then be able to listen to themselves reading and make their own corrections while also listening to their peers for assistance. I was really impressed with Voicethread especially because of how easy it is to use. This makes it so much easier to incorporate into all other parts of a curriculum.
Q2: (10.2) How would you incorporate differentiation into your classroom using Gail Lovely’s Top Ten for Young Learners? Choose 2 or 3 from the list and explain how they could be useful to your future students.
ReplyDeleteDifferentiation can be incorporated into my classroom by using the story bird application. I feel that this is an easy and exciting way to engage students in the classroom and get them to pay more attention to what is taking place. It also helps the students who are visual learners to get more involved. Digital story telling engages all the students in the classroom because it is colorful and contains characters that the students will enjoy.
Another website i would use is Kerpoof. I was playing around with this website and it is very easy to use and i feel it would get encourage children to get on the computer more. It also will help the students to learn beginning skills for future video and editing, which is something some of the students may take up in the future. This website may encourage the students to want to get into this field and will also help them to create stories on their own.
Q1: (10.1) After reading Nancy Pratt’s Top 10 Lessons Learned, which lessons do you feel held the most importance in the classroom? Do you think the students will gain more from using digital story telling or writing the stories by hand using the same topics?
ReplyDeleteI feel that number 7, keeping a schedule chart, would be very important in the classroom. I feel that keeping a chart will help both the students and teacher stay organized and know where there are regarding content, what they have finished, and what they need to accomplish. I feel that when you have organizational skills, it will deffinitly benefit the student because you are setting an example, and being organized will help you throughout your life. I feel that the students will gain more from writing the stories than from digital imaging because it will help them learn how to spell better and use their imagination much more. Although technology is getting better and is much more effecient and faster, children need to learn how to use their imagination and creativity. They also should learn how to print and do cursive. I feel that it is more beneficial if the students were to write it out.
Q1: (10.1) After reading Nancy Pratt’s Top 10 Lessons Learned, which lessons do you feel held the most importance in the classroom? Do you think the students will gain more from using digital story telling or writing the stories by hand using the same topics?
ReplyDeleteAll of these lessons that Nancy Pratt has learned while teaching DST are very useful to us future teachers who do not know how to use it yet. I agree with everyone who stated that lesson 10 is one of the important lessons learned for digital storytelling. You can never have too much practice! For any lesson that you are introducing to the students, if you don't review the material, how does the children remember it? If you do another digital story with them a few months later, chances are they probably forgot a lot of steps involved because they only practiced with it once. You can't learn how to do something once and expect to always remember it for the future so don't make your kids try to do that. Give them a chance to do many stories back to back while the procedures are fresh in their minds.
Another important lesson was number 7. Organization and planning is the key to any project. It is kind of like when your managing a classroom. If you do not have classroom management, the children will not learn and everything goes down the drain. Same with organization, without it, nothing else works out. You need to stick to a plan to accomplish something effectively.
I think that students will learn more from digital storytelling rather than writing the story out. This way here, they are incorporating technology into the learning. Technology is blooming rapidly in today's society so it is important for children to grasp an understanding of how to use it. It is also great to teach children using technology because then they will use the computer more for educational purposes rather than other reasons.
Q3: (10.3-10.5) After viewing all of the examples of different ways to use Voicethread do you believe it is a powerful tool in the classroom? If so, how would you encorporate it into different aspects of your curriculum? Give one authentic/concrete example of how you will use voicethread in your teaching.
ReplyDeleteAfter viewing all the examples of different ways to use Voicethread, I firmly believe it is a powerful tool to use in the classroom. There are so many things the students can do with Voicethread and because of the many options it has to offer, I feel like it can be used for any subject including math, social studies, and literacy. However, like Jen and Kristen, I think Voicethread would be a great way to incorporate literacy. I could have the students write their own books and narrate them while other classmates can comment on them, draw on them, etc. This enables them to learn from each other. I think the students would enjoy writing their own books this way because it is something different rather than the traditional way of them writing it. I also feel that they would like to hear themselves read their story. I liked what Kristen wrote about how it is good for children to practice reading so they are able to hear themselves.
I like how Voicethread is so easy to use. When we learned about it last week and made our own Voicethreads, I really enjoyed it and found it to be very fun. I think students would enjoy it and have fun with it too!
Q1: (10.1) After reading Nancy Pratt’s Top 10 Lessons Learned, which lessons do you feel held the most importance in the classroom? Do you think the students will gain more from using digital story telling or writing the stories by hand using the same topics?
ReplyDeleteI feel that lesson number 7 is very important in the classroom because often it is difficult to grasp a new concept, especially when it comes to technology. Allowing students to see a sample and discuss the strengths of the sample will allow for them to become familiar with digital story telling. I feel that using samples can be very helpful because often they can say a lot more than simply giving directions and explaining the task.
As others have mentioned, I also feel it is difficult to determine whether students will gain more from using digital story telling or writing the stories by hand. I feel that because all students have different learning styles, one student may gain more from using digital story telling while another may gain more from writing stories by hand.
Q3: (10.3-10.5) After viewing all of the examples of different ways to use Voicethread do you believe it is a powerful tool in the classroom? If so, how would you incorporate it into different aspects of your curriculum? Give one authentic/concrete example of how you will use voicethread in your teaching.
ReplyDeleteVoicethread seems to have a lot of potential of being used in elementary school classrooms throughout the world. It is easy to use, very interactive, and can hold great educational value. After reading through the different examples of how voicethread has been used, I thought of a way in which I would use it in my classroom. I would work with my students to create a slide show with pictures from a class trip. I would allow every student take part by recording their thoughts about a particular picture, and add music. Social interaction, creativity, reflection, all combined through the use of voicethread.
Everyone has great posts! Nick I love the idea you came up with the slide show, music and allowing the students to record their thoughts on the pictures. It allows them to recap on class events. This is a great way to get the parents involved as well. They can see what their child learned and did on the field trip. You can do that with other things going on in the classroom as well. Sarah you made some good points about voicethread as well. I think the children would love to be able to write their own stories and narrate them. I agree that they would love to be able to hear their own voices reading their story. Doing the voicethread is definitely a great way for the children to get feedback from their peers.
ReplyDeleteSarah, I think you had a great example of how voice thread can be used in the classroom by future students. I think that students learn very well from each other which is what we can see in our block one classes and also with younger students. As you pointed out voice thread can be used in many subjects and students can comment and draw on each others stories so illustrate parts they liked or something they learned from the story. I also agree with you and Kristen that children hearing themselves read can benefit them. Overall, I think you had great Ideas for using Voicethread in our future classrooms.
ReplyDeleteGreat posts everyone! Katy, I think you made a great point about how each student learns differently so it is hard to tell which would be more useful. This tool could be used to help students who struggle writing stories by hand. Has anyone seen any of these techniques used in the practicum classrooms?
ReplyDeleteQ1: (10.1) After reading Nancy Pratt’s Top 10 Lessons Learned, which lessons do you feel held the most importance in the classroom? Do you think the students will gain more from using digital story telling or writing the stories by hand using the same topics?
ReplyDeleteI feel that all of the top 10 Lessons Learned are important, but one that stuck out to me was number 7. Since many students get off track on their work they have a visual to see where they are at in the classroom. It shows their progress of what they need to complete and what they have completed. I also feel that showing samples is highly important to students. Every child learns a different way and showing them visually along with telling them can connect what is required to be done better then just telling them. All the tools hold importance in the classroom. I feel also that there should be a mix between writing stories and digital story telling. You do not have to pick one or the other so incorporate both into your classroom. That way children can have a different feel for what they like to do as well.
Great responses everyone! I agree with those who said that it is important for students to concentrate on the writing aspect of their work before the media part. I also agree that using tools like Voicethreads is very helpful in the classroom because everyone learns in different ways. Students could be using tools on the computer and not even realize they are learning because they are having so much fun! Not many people had a response to Question #2. How else could we incorporate the top 10 into the classroom for differentiation?
ReplyDeleteQ1: (10.1) After reading Nancy Pratt’s Top 10 Lessons Learned, which lessons do you feel held the most importance in the classroom? Do you think the students will gain more from using digital story telling or writing the stories by hand using the same topics?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Krista, number 7 stuck out to me for the same reasons BUT I think the best was number 5. It's extremely important not to use this as a substitution for writing itself. Also students learn more when they reflect and revise. It's like editing an essay it's gets better the more you read through it and make it better. I think writing itself is very important but couldn't you combine the two? Write the story then do the digital story telling. Kids can have fun with the technology but still helps their writing styles and grammar.
Q3: (10.3-10.5) After viewing all of the examples of different ways to use Voicethread do you believe it is a powerful tool in the classroom? If so, how would you encorporate it into different aspects of your curriculum? Give one authentic/concrete example of how you will use voicethread in your teaching.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jen that Voice Threads are an excellent resource to incorporate into the classroom. As Jen stated previously, having children narrate their own personal stories is a superb idea on how to incorporate voice threads into the classroom. Voice Threading also is a wonderful tool for hosting online conversations about pictures or documents posted by the students or teachers. To expand on Jens idea of having the children narrate their own books, the children can also strike up an elaborate conversation based on what their peers have posted. This is so the students are not only contributing their work, they are also sharing about their classmates work. The conversation can remain strictly within their classroom; however, it can also be used to connect to other classrooms around the world in a global conversation. So, rather than just having the students share and comment on their peers’ works, they can contribute by posting verbal or written comments on works of children all across the globe. This can immensely broaden students’ horizons by allowing them to experience other cultures, ideas, and works on a global scale. For example, a 5th grade student from Cortland, NY can observe and comment on a posted project or work of a 5th grade student in London, England. Voice Threads can be extremely beneficial to teachers as well. Voice Threads can aid in teachers sharing ideas amongst each other. Teachers can observe and put into practice, the ideas of various other teachers around the world. This is a collaborative idea that could increase the value of a teacher by opening their minds to ideas that they maybe had never thought of before. Voice Threading opens up a whole new ideological “world” for both teachers and students.
Q3 - Voice Thread is a great tool to use in a classroom. With Voice Thread, you can use it to accommodate to many different learners and in many aspects of your curriculum. You can use voice thread in English Language Arts, History, Science, even Math. By using voice thread, you can interest many students and get the students involved. You can tell a story and add in pictures, or write a poem about the Civil War, and correspond pictures with the poems. This would be good for students to get involved in and incorporate their own ideas into the lesson on voice thread. It can also be left up to the teacher to make a lesson on voice thread, and have the students use head phones to listen and interact along with it. Children are very technologically savvy and I think that they would truly enjoy participating in an interactive lesson on the computer. This also gives children the chance to take ownership in their own, and each other's, learning. Voice threads is a great tool to use in the classroom to get your students involved in their own learning, as well as getting them interested in many areas of the curriculum.
ReplyDeleteAshley, that is a great idea! I agree that voicethreads could benefit teachers as well as students. Not only can we use our blogs and wikis to share ideas with each other, but voicethreads too! Does anyone have any other ideas about how teachers can use voicethreads in the classroom? Maybe to communicate with parents? What do you think?
ReplyDeleteQ3: After viewing all of the examples of different ways to use Voicethread do you believe it is a powerful tool in the classroom? If so, how would you incorporate it into different aspects of your curriculum? Give one authentic/concrete example of how you will use voicethread in your teaching.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I believe that Voicethread would be a very powerful tool in the classroom. One way I would use this tool in my classroom is in English Language Arts lessons. An example of how is to have children create a Voicethread project in which they chose some of their favorite poems followed by an illustrated poem they wrote themselves. They would also be required to use all the different tools such as recording comments or writing in their own comments. I would also use this tool to assign projects in any subject. It would really familiarize children with technology and help them to present their different ideas uniquely. One authentic way I would use Voicethread in my classroom is if I had someone who was hearing or visually impaired. I could use this tool to reach out to them and meet their specific needs.
Q3: (10.3-10.5) After viewing all of the examples of different ways to use Voice thread do you believe it is a powerful tool in the classroom? If so, how would you incorporate it into different aspects of your curriculum? Give one authentic/concrete example of how you will use voice thread in your teaching.
ReplyDeleteI do believe voice thread is a powerful tool that can be used effectively in a classroom. I would incorporate voicethread in my classroom by using it in many different subjects. I think technology is so advanced and being able to introduce something like voicethread to my student and really have them become native to it will benefit them in their future with technology. I could use it even if some of my students are out sick and need to catch up on the lesson taught in, for example, english. I can record it and then they can watch it when they are back in class. I also can use voicethread for students who are visually impaired, like Iris previously said, because it gives them the chance to benefit as much as the other students will even with their impairment.