Voice+Thread


 * Helping All Students Find Their Voice: Collaborative Discussions, Presentations, and Inquiry Using VoiceThread**

//__Speaking and Listening - Comprehension and Collaboration:__// 1. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. 2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. 3. Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric. //__Speaking and Listening - Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas:__// 4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. 5. Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations. 6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. //__Reading - Key Ideas and Details:__// 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. //__Reading - Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:__// 7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
 * Related Anchor Standards**

[|What's a VoiceThread anyway?] - This VoiceThread provides an in-depth (and lengthy) interactive demonstration of how to use VoiceThread as well as several examples of actual VoiceThread conversations that people have created. You can even add your own comments to these conversations (once you have an account).

**Example of a VoiceThread**

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Examples of VoiceThreads for Education- On her Google site about VoiceThread, Heidi Everett-Cacopardo has compiled several outstanding examples of VoiceThreads that teachers and students throughout the world have created. These examples cover a range of grade levels and curriculum areas. Read through the descriptions of the various examples, and take a look at the ones that you find most interesting or relevant to your teaching. Since many of the presentations are rather long, remember that you can jump to different parts of the presentation using the arrows at the bottom of the screen.


 * Getting Started with Voice Thread**

Here's a short [|YouTube video] that introduces the basic functions of VoiceThread.

Here's a [|short screencast] by Heidi that explains how to sign up for a teacher account on VoiceThread.

Here's another [|screencast] that Heidi created demonstrating how multiple people can use a single VoiceThread account.

1. Do Now:
(a) Look through the examples of VoiceThreads for educational purposes (See Heidi's link above or look at examples on VoiceThread.)

(b) With a partner come up with some ways you might use VoiceThread with your students in class.

(a) Create an account at VoiceThread.
 * 2.**

(b) Leave a voice message comment on someone's VoiceThread. You might try it for Ted's VoiceThread.


 * 3. Do Now: Create/Tell a Story with Pictures **

Work with a partner. Use one of your accounts at VoiceThread.
 * Step 1:**

With a partner create a VoiceThread using a series of images. Use one of the ideas that you and your partner listed.
 * Step 2:**

Plan the voice over for your images.
 * Step 3:**

Record your narration.
 * Step 4:**

Determine a way to share it with others. (Ted posted his on this wiki site.)
 * Step 5:**

**Further Information**

The **Support** tab on VoiceThread has user-friendly instructions, tutorials, and further information about several features discussed above, such as the basics of using VoiceThread, registering for an account, and creating multiple identities, as well as additional features, such as embedding VoiceThreads in other websites. [|Check it out!]

Explore Heidi Everett-Cacopardo's Google site about VoiceThread to see several resources (in addition to those linked above) for using VoiceThread in the classroom.

Want more than the free basic educator account? Click HERE to see the other options that VoiceThread offers (for a fee).