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I hope you are getting hungry for more!Believe me, when I first starting exploring the tools on the web I could not stop exploring and trying new things. Do not get discouraged if you do not get the tool the first time. Feel free to ask questions and pose comments to the Junkie Group.
Take some time to play more with the tools introduced so far and in your spare time take a look at the web-opoloy known as Google and how it has changed the web with these simple features which can easily be used in your classroom/personal life on a daily basis.
Let’s explore Google Docs, Google Reader, and Google Searches.
Google really is out of control- you need to explore what Google can do for you!
Podcasting/vodcasting is a great way to focus on the areas of listening and viewing in the five essentials of reading.It is also essential to collaborate and to encourage higher level thinking when responding using reading strategies.After all, “Reading is thinking” –that's what I always say…
What if you could encourage collaboration in many forms, for many different types of media, in one place at one time?Sounds like a mouthful, but in a word this is VoiceThread.Watch the brief overview below:
That’s right you can put up to 15 different types of media in a presentation for your students to comment on and modify in numerious ways!I love options, don’t you?
Just think-how could you use this for a center all week?
You can also use this as a tool for students to collaborate on a class project.All VoiceThreads are embeddable and can be put in a blog, wiki, Glog, edmodo or any other web 2.0 interface.
What else can Voicethread do?
I registered for this service over two years ago when it was free, so I already have a premium account.It is no longer free, unless you are the first educator at your school to sign up!Ed.VoiceThread is an awesome and affordable service your school can purchase. It provides a safe and secure community. It is around a $1 a student/educator if you sign up for a school subscription. Beg and plead people! District subscription anyone?
Here is a Voicethread I made after the 2009 FAME Conference:
Post a 2-3 sentence reflection on the Junkie Blog about this type of collaboration for the classroom.
