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Voice thread for student presentations
1. J A L T C A L L 2 0 1 3
A L A N B E S S E T T E
P O O L E G A K U I N U N I V E R S I T Y
VoiceThread for Student
Presentations
2. Overview
What is VoiceThread?
What kind of presentations can students create?
Why use VoiceThread
What do teachers need to do?
How to make a VoiceThread presentation?
What are the options for using VoiceThread?
3. What is VoiceThread?
Web-based presentation software
Pictures, videos, PowerPoint slides, and documents
Narration and comments
Text, doodles, voice, or video & voice (with a webcam)
Individually or collaboratively
4. Examples of students work
Talking about Yourself
Tell something about yourself, for example, a hobby, a trip,
your family, a pet, a part-time job, etc.
My School Excursion
Introducing Japanese culture
Introduce an aspect of Japanese culture, for example, a temple
or shrine, flower arranging, a festival, kimono, etc.
Sashimi and Sushi
5. Why use VoiceThread?
Engaging
Opportunities to use language
Practice
Interact
Collaborate
Ease of use
6. Process
1. Deciding on a theme
2. Researching and preparing
3. Practicing
4. Creating the VoiceThread
5. Commenting
6. Evaluating
7. Creating a VoiceThread
Choose pictures (4 - 5) that
Say something about you
Say something about your culture
Upload the picture(s) to VoiceThread
Record comments about the pictures
Share the VoiceThread with the JALTCALL 2013
group
Make comments on other VoiceThread presentations
8. Media
Documents
DOC, DOCX, PDF, ODT, XLS, XLSX, and ODS
Presentations
PPT, PPTX, ODP, and PDF
Audio
MP3 or WAV
Images
JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP
Video
Not YouTube
See
http://voicethread.com/support/howto/Troubleshooting/File_types
_accepted/
9. Higher Education Accounts
Pro Student Cost Integration
Individual 1 50 $99 No
Department 10 250 $999 No
Site Unlimited Unlimited Depends Yes
10. Tips - Planning
Model
How to use VoiceThread
Final product
Comments
Provide language support
12. VoiceThread Ideas
Beginning Level
Describing a Family Photo Album
Creating a Fashion Show
Reviewing Food at a Restaurant
Intermediate Level
Giving Directions (Maps, “How-To” Projects)
Describing Your Childhood
Planning a Future Trip Abroad
Reporting on a Trip Taken Abroad
Comparing and Contrasting Famous Works of Art
Advanced Level
Discussing Politics and Current Events
Analyzing Literature and Poetry
Writing and Narrating Original Stories
13. Thank you for your attention
Feel free to contact me at
bessette@poole.ac.jp
Notas do Editor
Presentations can be used to tell digital stories, make presentations, explain processes, etc.Presentations can be created for commenting within classes or between classes. Narration and commenting differentiate from other presentation software.
Practice: use languageInteract: listening to others, asking questions, responding to questions Collaborate: if set up, with classmates or across classes
First 3 take the most timeMost important # 2. Involves collecting pictures and creating a narration. Can include writing drafts.Record picture sourcesTeachers can make recordings of scripts for students to practice.
Site licenses depend on how many accounts you need. Based on a sliding scale. Can be very expensive. K-12 licenses are also available for primary and secondary school teachers. A little bit cheaper.Excellent support
Important to use avatars for identities. Only a limited number of symbols
Collaborative Learning: A Step-By-Step Guide to Using Web 2.0 Technology in the World Language ClassroomKathleen E. RooneyAragon High SchoolBay Area Foreign Language Programkathleenerooney@gmail.comSummer 2011 Technology Strand