Voicethread


 * Examples**

[|4th Grade - Letters from the Internment Camps] 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. Collaboration is taken to a new level when actual internment-camp survivors respond, with real-life experiences, to students' messages in the VoiceThread.

[|Misc. Art Voicethread Examples]

[|Art Criticism Using Voicethread]

[|5th and 6th-grade Digital literacy (and art history) project from Julienne Hogarth] Students learn from each other while strengthening their skills in Digital Literacy. We used this project to introduce how VoiceThread can be used. I gave the learners the images and they researched and posted information and comments about Dale Chihuly's life and art. The learners were thrilled to use VoiceThread as a tool in their learning as well as becoming very excited about the art work. They are continuing their research of him independently now.

[|2nd Graders Explore I-Spy Through Voicethread] The project was planned with the tech teacher, the media specialist, the librarian and the classroom teachers. We read several I Spy books in library and in the classrooms. The children were asked to bring in 10 small fun items for their project. They made their self portrait avatars in Kid Pix and they were uploaded to Voice Thread by the tech teacher. In the computer lab they composed their project on their favorite color of construction paper, took digital pictures and then added their writing. They learned to log in and add their voice to th! eir project. They viewed the projects of all 4 classes of 2nd grade and circled the items as asked. They commented with text or voice, if they wanted to.

[|K-12 art, poetry, and music from Erin Berg] This is a collaborative VT from three different classes across the United States (2nd graders from Utah, 9th grade English students from Colorado, and 5th-6th grade music composition students from Texas). This VT is an example of the power of collaboration using technology. This encompasses art through words, visuals, and music.

[|Poetry & Illustration] 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. The narration points out some contrasting ways in which each illustrator has responded to the poem. The VoiceThread then asks its audience to look at and respond to illustrations for poems from John Updikes's collection, A Calendar for Children. This VoiceThread could be used with students from 4th grade through college level in English, Art, or Information Literacy, or Media Literacy studies.

[|Kindergarten Storybook from Leanne Windsor] Kindergarten does a year long unit of inquiry on storytelling as part of their PYP programme. We had authors and storytellers come to our school as part of this unit. 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. The VoiceThread was a wonderful way to demonstrate the children's work and also have them identify vocally what their drawing was about.

[|5th Grade - Digital portfolios for student-led parent confs.] We used VoiceThread as digital portfolios for our student-led conferences. This is a student's digital portfolio (permission to share it received). As an educator, I was looking for a more interactive record of learning for my students to show their parents. I was also looking for a way that parents could communicate their thoughts back to their child in a cohesive way that would benefit students. And, 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.

[|4th Grade - Where I'm From Poems from Tara McCartney] 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.

[|3rd Grade from Alice Mercer] This VoiceThread was used for concept development of a language-arts thematic unit. I think it shows how VoiceThread can be used as a KWL scrapbook to evaluate students' knowledge, to add ideas, and show what a class is learning.

[|4th graders study plants in collaboration with Pakistani students] Students from the US collaborate with Pakistani students to learn about a common interest! This project can be used by teachers of any grade level, can be shown to parents, can be a model for showing kids the possibilities of the medium. Besides what is shown, we have a relationship with a a teacher and some very friendly students in a part of the world that is torn by war. My students pay more attention to news when the hear the word Pakistan. They were particularly upset when Ms. Bhutto was killed in the explosion in Pakistan.

[|3rd Grade - School Community from Trish Harrison] 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. Using VoiceThread, children were more focused and would remember the discussions more than [they would following a usual reflection exercise,] as they stated that it was far more enjoyable recording than writing down their thoughts.