This week, I thought I would share one of the websites we shared at our literacy professional development this past week. My partner, the literacy leader at our building, actually introduced me to this website. The website is called voicethread.com. Because we always want to set a purpose and suggest ways in which the teachers can use things, we chose to show how it could work with teaching fluency.
In Voicethread, you input pictures in order to tell a story. You can text to each picture and/or add your voice to tell the story. We showed an example that the literacy leader had created. We discussed that it would be a great thing to input a reader's theater into. For example...after the students had practiced their parts enough they could choose pictures from either clipart or google images, etc. Then, the students would record their parts into Voicethread to practice/showcase their fluency focus. In the end, the class would have an online story to view and listen to.
This is a free website, but the teacher must create a username and password. Also, there is a limit as to how many items you can have before having to pay; however, all you have to do is delete some to keep using it for free. This is a great website, and I hope you all check it out!!
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Wow! That sounds like a really cool idea! Were the teachers excited about it? I would love to see some of the class examples that are produced if they end up using your idea. I am going to check this out right now! I bet my daughter would love to try this too.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like an awesome tool, that could be used in alot of ways. I really like the reader's theatre idea, it almost gives them more control in their part.
ReplyDeleteHello Renee, I can't help but to leave you a note even though I'm not in your group. Voice Thread is my big passion. You can do more than story telling. You are able to create an environment where collaboration and interaction are encouraged among your students, through spoken and written discourse. In fact, I'm exploring the video doodling tool where you can use video and annotation at the same time as a teaching tool. Hurray to Voice Thread!
ReplyDeleteI love voicethread - another great Web 2.0 tool! Usually I share that one with this class during our digital storytelling part of the course, but don't let me forget!!
ReplyDeleteI love your ideas! And building fluency - what a deal!