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Higher Ed from Della Curtis, posted April 28th, 2009
An engaging discussion between graduate students looking to earn a master's degree in education. This example showcases the collaboration that can be captured in a VoiceThread between colleagues...
Poetry and Illustration from Constance Vidor, posted October 22nd, 2009
The Poetry and Illustration VoiceThread shows how illustration can be used to interpret and illuminate poetry written for young readers. It begins by showing illustrations by two different illustrators of Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat.
Comparing J.S. Bach and Paul McCartney, Constance Vidor, posted October 22nd, 2009
The J.S. Bach and Paul McCartney VoiceThread introduces young learners to the great baroque composer by way of a comparison/contrast with a musician with whom they are more familiar.
1st grade - Reading Analysis from Leanne Windsor, posted October 22nd, 2009
This VoiceThread was a culmination of a project we did in library to get the children thinking about the books they were choosing to read and why they liked them. They were also learning about story structure...
Kindergarten Storybook from Leanne Windsor, posted October 22nd, 2009
This VoiceThread displays the illustrations that the children drew with author Alison Lester when she visited our school. We followed the pattern of her picture book series about children and what they are doing day to day.
4th Grade - Where I'm From Poems from Tara McCartney, posted August 21st, 2009
Students shared personally significant poetry against a backdrop of their own self portrait. This VoiceThread gave students a chance to share their work orally, as well as to explore the cultural differences between our students in a safe environment.
12th Grade - A Day in the Life from Joanie Batts, posted August 20th, 2009
These High-School seniors used VoiceThread to create the final segment to a school wide literacy project, "A Day in the Life of Dunnellon High School."
4th Grade - I Am Poems from Jackie Gerstein, posted August 20th, 2009
The "I am" feedback project demonstrates a method for providing qualitative feedback to students' poetry: students began with a hands-on activity: the magnetic poetry, and later put it into a VoiceThread.
4th Grade English from Ms. Naugle, posted June 26th, 2009
VoiceThread enabled my students to put their poems out in an audio format to be shared with others. They eagerly practiced their speaking fluency to get it "just right" because they wanted to impress their "audience".
4th Grade book-reading discussion from Krystina Kelly, posted June 26th, 2009
This VoiceThread shows how a wide number of students from different classes and grades can use VoiceThread to have an asynchronous conversation about books.
Kindergarten reading from Heather Taylor, posted June 26th, 2009
I think that this is a good project because the children are able to share some of their experiences with reading and talking about books at home.
7th Grade from Amy Cobb, posted May 19th, 2009
This is a great example of what a VoiceThread can do when embedded in a blog: foster global conversation.
7th Grade from Amy Cobb, posted May 4th, 2009
In place of a written assessment the students were asked to take all the information they gathered from their study on Edgar Allan Poe and put it all into the "What do you know about Poe?" VoiceThread.
7th Grade from Amy Cobb, posted May 4th, 2009
This is a powerful reflection of a young girl's seventh grade experience. It tells a story using six photos that defined her middle school year.
3rd Grade from Alice Mercer, posted April 28th, 2009
This VoiceThread demonstrates the use of features that are unique to the application. The creator has used both voice and text to "teach" the lesson.
Higher Ed blogs in teaching from Kristen Kozloski, Ph.D., posted June 26th, 2009
We used blogging as a reflective practice in my course on Designing Multimedia for Learning. This is an example of our final reflection, as a class, of that blogging process.
Higher Ed online technologies from Jen Hegna, posted June 26th, 2009
The goal of this project was to have each team member reflect upon tools we utilized to collaborate and complete our online project entitled - Disrupting TCS 702.
Higher-Ed, Studying Abroad in Ecuador, David Thompson, posted October 14th, 2009
This VoiceThread is a good example of digital storytelling for the purpose of reflecting on a study abroad experience.
7th Grade Spanish from Eve Millard, posted April 28th, 2009
Learning a second or foreign language, these students are introduced to vocabulary via images or text, and engage in oral practice of the language.
7th Grade - Exploring Probability from Britt Gow, posted August 20th, 2009
Students from two countries were able to comment on the slides which show images of probability problems. My students enjoyed this exercise and another teacher has used it in her class to extend each of the problems.
7th Grade - Measurement from Britt Gow, posted August 20th, 2009
Year 7 students from Hawkesdale P12 college were able to share their knowledge with Grade 5/6 students from a Ballarat Primary School about measurement and ratio. Students were required to articulate their thinking...
6th Grade math from Jackie Ionno, posted June 26th, 2009
This VoiceThread was created by the student and shows that he really got the intent of the assignment. It shows effort, creativity, organization, and a mathematical knowledge of the the real world.
4th Grade problem-solving from Krystina Kelly, posted June 26th, 2009
This is a great VoiceThread example because it shows how an entire 4th grade class can work together to develop problem-solving strategies.
Higher Ed teaching with technology from Ellen Dobson, posted June 26th, 2009
This VoiceThread, entitled "Surfometry," was created by a student-teacher as an assignment for a "Computers in Education" course. The creator incorporated images, video and graphics into an engaging geometry lesson.
Language from Carla Arena, posted April 28th, 2009
This VoiceThread shows current and new educators how VoiceThread can be used in English/Language Arts courses by asking students to assemble a creative artifact that weaves in literacy benchmarks: poetry, personification...
Language from Carla Arena, posted April 28th, 2009
This professional-development instructor used VoiceThread to introduce new technology for education to her groups of educators.
7th Grade - The Water Cycle from Britt Gow, posted August 20th, 2009
Year 7 Science students did a unit of work on water and the water cycle. They were asked to draw a picture containing mountains, clouds, the sea, a lake, a forest and an underground water reservoir (aquifer).
7th graders Go Green from Mrs. Beatrice Reiser, posted July 5th, 2009
This VoiceThread is an excellent example because it is interactive and promotes environmental issues.
1st Grade Science from Michele Green, posted June 26th, 2009
First grade students researched fish in the library, used Paint to draw pictures of them, and then recorded their voices.
5th Grade - Ellis Is. Narratives from Barbara De Santis, posted August 21st, 2009
I wanted this project to enable the students to truly feel the immigrant experience. While primary documents are always in their textbook, there is seldom time to closely examine the images looking for clues to foster understanding.
3rd Grade - School Community from Trish Harrison, posted August 21st, 2009
The objective was for students to learn to express values while looking at different communities. They practiced discussion; brainstorming; writing down ideas; using ideas in small-group talk as conversations.
11th Grade - Reconstruction from Molly Lynde, posted August 20th, 2009
This is a great VoiceThread foremost because my students were actively engaged and finished with a clearer understanding of what the post Civil War era was really about... they no longer thought of a "universal freed slave" dancing in the street.
4th Grade - Letters from the Internment Camps, posted July 5th, 2009
In this VoiceThread, students explore an historical event that is relevant to their physical community, the removal of Japanese-Americans to internment camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
8th Grade - Colors of the Night from Mrs. Brosnan, posted August 21st, 2009
My goal was to further enhance their Art History knowledge that by using VoiceThread enabled me to extend my teaching "outside of the class room".
K-12 art, poetry, and music from Erin Berg, posted June 26th, 2009
This VT is an example of the power of collaboration using technology. This encompasses art through words, visuals, and music.
5th grade music/video project from Elissa Reichstein, posted June 26th, 2009
I believe (this VoiceThread) shows an interesting way to use VoiceThread to motivate learning and celebrate student interests and accomplishments.
2nd Grade from Donna Lubin, posted April 28th, 2009
A great example of how a PowerPoint presentation can be uploaded easily and used as an archive of a PowerPoint-assisted lecture...
Higher Ed Online Learning from Michelle Pacansky-Brock, posted April 28th, 2009
An engaging and dynamic lecture delivered within an interactive environment engages in a way no 'downloadable' lecture can.
Higher Ed Online Learning from Michelle Pacansky-Brock, posted April 28th, 2009
By engaging in discussions, students explore and engage in course material more deeply while practicing critical-thinking and discourse.
5th Grade - Digital portfolios for student-led parent confs., posted October 22nd, 2009
As we're an international school, I was looking for a seamless way that relatives in other countries (Grandparents, parents away working etc) could view, comment, give feedback on the digital portfolio.
8th Grade - Refugee stories from Creative Technology, posted September 20th, 2009
VoiceThread has enabled refugee communities to share stories about what it means to come to a new country to live.
6th Grade Class trip from Jennifer Bamsberger, posted August 20th, 2009
We used VoiceThread to document our class trip to the Maker Faire 2008 in the San Francisco Bay Area as part of our study of the Spirit of Creativity. For some of our sixth graders, this was the first long trip away from home without family.
10th Grade Child Development from Andrea Holtry, posted May 19th, 2009
This project was a collaboration of the high school students in four Child Development classes, illustrating many of the problems facing children today.