Here you can see the practice VT:
Overall the VoiceThread went very well, and I especially loved the way the students were using their prior knowledge to answer some of the questions. And of course I would change for the next time the preparation. Very important to have that prep time before hand that way the students become familiar with the equipment and know what is expected from them. But I was able to come through and resolved my problem!
Here is the final product, Enjoy!!
Direct link: https://voicethread.com/share/2953806/
By the way, I had set up my Voicethread to be done in groups. That is why at times you see only the team captain commenting (the color identities). But I intentionally included those couple of slides in which I required everyone to participate, hence the number identities. I just really wanted every one to get a taste of VT!
Questions for you to think about:
As I have already mentioned, I had some issues with my preparation, What other methods or prep can you think of that would help run any Voicethread lesson more efficiently?
After watching the Voicethread over the Life Cycle of a frog that my students worked on, give me an example in which you would try to incorporate my Voicethread into yours? Even if you were on a different grade level or subject, I challenge you to think of ways that we could integrate our lessons.
Finally, here is a blurry (so sorry about that!) picture of my students watching their final product. They loved hearing themselves and guessing who was talking!! I had asked them to pay close attention and critique their work:
More pictures of actual lesson
Some of my other peers VoiceThreads! They did a great job!!
Go check them out! :)
Thank you for taking the repeated advice about testing out your VoiceThread and equipment up to a week prior to the lesson, rather than waiting too late.
ReplyDeleteI'm also glad to see that you uploaded the sample VoiceThread in which your students explored the technical aspects for a few minutes prior to the lesson day.
EXCELLENT resulting VoiceThread!!! You REALLY demonstrated a great understanding and working of the principles presented in the progressive course layout. Your student responses reflect the degree of individual uniquity needed to really add full content and higher level thinking to such a lesson design.
GREAT JOB!!!
Genelle,
ReplyDeleteWe're missing your three evaluations of peer blogs. Respond to the questions they wrote and provide evaluative feedback to their creations. Link each of the three names with a "brag" highlighted statement. This should constitute the last paragraph of your TIE Blog 2.
I've added my comments to my peers. I included it towards the bottom of my TIE Blog 2.
DeleteSo I loved coming back to your blog because you had the most experience with VoiceThread than the rest of the girls. Seeing your examples and how you implemented your lesson with VoiceThread gave me better ideas on how to incorporate mine in my lesson. You students look very engaged in your lesson and I think you involved many skills and high order thinking questions for your children which eventually serves as a great assessment for you as a future teacher!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your VoiceThread. I wish we would have been able to connect our projects, but there were so many variables that were keeping us from making those connections. I Your lessons are well planned and interesting. I think your are going to do great things with technology in your classroom!
ReplyDeletewow! way to go Genelle...you did a great job!! i loved it. I really like the way the whole voicethread lokked and I realy liked the questions that you had....very good higher order questions. I would defintely use your voicethread in my classroom to teach kids about the lifecycle of the frog. I can see you have great creativity with using this technology. Good Job!
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