CUE 2013: Collaborating with VoiceThread
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The document discusses using VoiceThread, an online tool, to enable socialization and collaboration among students. It provides an overview of VoiceThread's features for uploading and commenting on media using voice, text or drawings. Suggested classroom uses include introducing concepts, debates, formative assessment, and developing oral language and vocabulary skills through teacher and student modeling and commentary. Guidelines are offered for structuring collaborative student commenting to encourage meaningful engagement.
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CUE 2013: Collaborating with VoiceThread
- 2. Students are desperately craving an opportunity to connect with their friends; not surprisingly, their use of anything that enables socialization while at school is deeply desired. Danah Boyd—University of California-Berkeley (2008)
- 3. Explore VoiceThread Comment on a VoiceThread Create a VoiceThread Discuss ways to use VoiceThread as a classroom tool for student learning
- 4. Digital presentation Scripted narration Still images or video clips Music track
- 6. Online service - free and paid models Browser based iPad/iPhone apps Android browser functionality Online media album Images from computer, internet or camera roll Audio from microphone, webcam or upload Commenting
- 9. Introduce concept or process Reverse instruction Debate Oral language development Formative assessment
- 10. Voice Oral language development Meaningful use of academic vocabulary Teacher modeling Personal connection outside of school
- 13. Life Skills images http://goo.gl/rkOaL Respond with voice or text Try the doodle tool (pen)
- 15. Upload image Title and description Share
- 16. Gather facts Make connections Ask questions Give opinions Bill Ferriter, Center for Teaching Quality
- 17. Begin with group commenting Written draft Use sentence frames Join the conversation Model appropriate responses Revisit comments in class Identify elements of quality comments
- 18. Comment well connected to selection Comment encourages further conversation Building on prior comments Refuting prior comments Encourage further study of selection Meaningful use of annotation tools (doodles) Michelle Pacansky-Brock, Director of Online and Hybrid Support Center, CSU East Bay
- 19. Please respond with your ideas at http://bit.ly/voicethread_comment s
- 20. voicethread4education.wikispaces.com digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com/Voicethread
- 21. Please respond: Your evaluation helps to guide the next conference!
Editor's Notes
- Entry point for motivation and interest can be digital storytelling. As Caitlin talked about in her keynote, story is powerful and inviting for students.
- Graph design Michelle Pacansky-BrockSupports learning needs of all students, particularly students with cognitive and language difficultiesWeiss-McGrath report was done to support the use of visuals with jurors in court situations. Krieger notes that "the 'Weiss-McGrath Report' found a 100 percent increase in juror retention of visual over oral presentations and a 650 percent increase in juror retention of combined visual and oral presentations over oral presentations alone.
- Camera roll or camera upload only on iPad
- Create an account, and then spend 5-7 minutes exploring what VoiceThread is and can do. Either browse published threads, or search for a key word.
- Create tutorial of concept or process that can be used for preview or review. Changing the presentation from not allowing comments, to allowing comments with some guided questions allows students to go from consumers of information to producers. Reverse instruction = providing lecture overview outside of class time for students to review, comment, and ask questions on, and use class time to answer deeper questions and guide practice and other activities.Students can debate a topic in VoiceThread. Different slides for different points of view organize the information, and a rubric ensures that students have guidance about appropriate commenting.
- This session is about diverse learners, so let’s look at some examples of ways in which VoiceThread can be used for students with hearing or vision challenges.Webcam capability means that students can sign their responses to an image or video.
- VoiceThread Universal is a screen-reader capable VoiceThread viewer. Navigation and commenting are handled a bit differently so that screen readers can effectively navigate through the structure of the VoiceThread. Oral comments are played, and written comments can be read by the screen reader. Participation in a VoiceThread on the Universal side is limited to text commenting only. You can not create or edit a VoiceThread from within VoiceThread Universal.
- Commenting is as simple as clicking record.
- Gather Facts: Jot down things that are interesting and new to youMake Connections: Relate and compare things you are viewing and hearing to things that you already know.Ask Questions: What about the comments and presentation is confusing to you? What don’t you understand? How will you find the answer? Remember that there will ALWAYS be questions in an active thinker’s mind!Give Opinions: Make judgments about what you are viewing and hearing. Do you agree? Do you disagree? Like? Dislike? Do you support or oppose anything that you have heard or seen? Why?
- The link on the word VoiceThread takes you to a shared VoiceThread for this class. You can comment there, via text, audio, or webcam recording. There are only 2 slides – feel free to respond on either or both!
- The link on the word VoiceThread takes you to a shared VoiceThread for this class. You can comment there, via text, audio, or webcam recording. There are only 2 slides – feel free to respond on either or both!