Voicethreads+in+Education

=Voicethreads in Education=

What is Voicethread??? It is an incredible digital storytelling tool that has the flexibility to be utilized in thousands of different ways in the K-12 curriculum. It promotes accessibility for all, regardless of reading or writing abilities and fosters student engagement in school.

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**Resources to learn all you need to know about creating and utilizing Voicethreads in your classroom:**
EdtechTeacher.org - Teaching History with Technology voicethread resources Angela Cunningham's fantastic Voicethread LiveBinder Digitales - Evaluating projects Julie Dorman's Voicethread Wiki

A few tips for using in the classroom:

 * 1) Be clear about your objective for the tool from the start. Is it intended to spark creativity to demonstrate understanding of a topic? Is it a "talking blog" to allow those students with written expression challenges the opportunity to share their ideas? Is it a reading fluency tool? The options are endless, but important to consider before beginning a VT project.
 * 2) Insist that students upload their picture. 12 Thimbles or Irons makes it far more challenging to manage projects and share during class.
 * 3) Have students create a slide at the end of each VT project to cite their sources.