Explore "http://voicethread.com/" and tell me how you feel about it?
This was an interesting site. I didn’t understand the material at first, but come to find out this was a site to that has the potential to help students and individuals with learning disabilities. I was impressed that these individuals would take the time to create the website to enhance the communication for people for informational purposes. Although this process cost to have and partake in if feel that this would be very beneficial to applicants of all statuses. I really like the how they have broken down the sections of statuses of intent on how the clients plan to use such as Business, Pro, Higher Ed, k-12.
Would you use it for your lesson plan?
This would be a tool that I could use for our lesson plans. The students could use this as an interpersonal intelligence. A teacher could have each student record how they felt about assignments that other students participated in peer teaching. The tool would serve as a feedback instrument that can allow students to express how they fell about the assignments with set questions already in place for answering.
Would you use it in the real classroom?
I would use in this classroom to open up the ideas that need to flow through the students minds to allow for creativity. The students need a platform outside of the norm to use for creative logic and reasoning to engage public speaking in regards to posting self-reflecting assignment at the end of every week. I know that is just an example, but allowing the children to consistently self-reflect would give the student something to look forward to at the end of the week without disrupting the flow of the curriculum.
Conclusion
Overall I feel that this site was reasonable in helping the teacher keep the classroom setting interesting and exciting for the student’s imagination. Letting students use video messages to communicate inner expression in various ways will be implemented into teacher’s curriculums soon. How soon is up to the consideration of administrations and boards that are in review for budgeting as we speak.
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Website References http://voicethread.com/
I agree completely that this is a very useful tool for the classroom and a potentially powerful teaching and learning aid.
ReplyDeleteYou've helped me see a little potential for voice thread, but I'm not fully sold. I think the idea of using it for people with learning disabilities is a wonderful idea, but it seems time consuming and unnecessary in general, especially if it costs money.
ReplyDeleteAimee McDurmon
After reading this i might b inclined to using it, in my blog i was against you made very valid points, well done
ReplyDeleteYour points were very good. I agree with you,this can be a powerful tool to use in the classroom, and can be helpful in exciting a student's imagination.
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