teachNbabble

Video export from Voicethread to Viddler to Vodpod and embedded into a wordpress page. Kind of a cool way to display kids work. The embedded voicethread looks better than the videos but I need to make room on my ed.voicethread account for next semester. (Video Wall)

Any of the tools I have had the students use this year, Imovie, gdocs, a blog, a wiki, word could have been used to allow students to reflect on the process they went through to complete their projects. As I have mentioned, however, this semester I thought I would concentrate on using Voicethread as a tool that students could use for the purpose of reflection.

So after I am done with a number of projects what have I learned:

• I have a number of talented students
• they were willing to try something new and able to live with some of the frustrations we had with the network
• our network here is still causing problems with the uploading of images and audio.
• I need to get a more frequent analysis of what was done
  • this could be through a blog post or perhaps a quick screenshot and an audio post to voicethread
• need to get a broader range of analysis
  • add reflection prompts (Students might be asked to record thoughts, observations, feelings, activities, and questions in a written journal that is maintained throughout the project period.(Reflective Assessment)
• more clearly define expectations

Will try this again next year however, he are a few samples.

Another Sketch by Nick

Ketki’s Photoshop Project
Students were asked to pick a band and an album then analyze the album lyrics and try to discover a central theme. From this analysis they were asked to create a cd cover that incorporated the theme they found into the cover design.