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Digitally Speaking / Voicethread - 0 views

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    "Commenting Tips for Voicethreaders



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    The best Voicethreads are truly interactive-with users listening and responding to one another. They are super interesting digital conversations! Highly accomplished Voicethreaders are constantly thinking while interacting with a Voicethread presentation. They come to the conversation with an open mind, willing to reconsider their own positions-and willing to challenge the notions of others.



    Voicethreading requires users to develop the skills that active thinkers bring to any learning experience. Some of the best tips about active thinking have been developed over time by teachers like Kelly Gallagher and Matt Copeland-who have each written books about reading and writing in middle and high schools. They've also been developed by an organization called Project CRISS-Creating Independence through Student Owned Strategies.



    The following tips for Voicethreaders are adapted from the collective work of Gallagher, Copeland and Project CRISS:



    To be an active Voicethreader, start by carefully working your way through a presentation. While viewing pictures and listening to the comments that have been added by other users, you should:



    1. Gather Facts: Jot down things that are interesting and new to you

    2. Make Connections: Relate and compare things you are viewing and hearing to things that you already know.

    3. Ask Questions: What about the comments and presentation is confusing to you? What don't you understand? How will you find the answer? Remember that there will ALWAYS be questions in an active thinker's mind!

    4. Give Opinions: Make judgments about what you are viewing and hearing. Do you agree? Do you disagree? Like? Dislike? Do you support or oppose anything that you have heard or seen? Why?

    Use the following sentence starters to shape your thoughts and comments while viewing or participating in Voicethread presentations. Comments based on these kinds of st
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Welcome to virtualdub.org! - virtualdub.org - 0 views

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Overview - Training - Microsoft Office Online - 0 views

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    Table of Contents
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Google APPS for hfa.bayonne.net - 0 views

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    Google APPS for HFA
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CITT | Center for Instructional Technology and Training - 0 views

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    This site has a GREAT listing for tools and ideas for use with Teacher TEC and further PD for myself.
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'Learning 2.0' Brings Schools into the Digital Age - News - Village Voicepage 2 - Village V... - 0 views

  • No longer should students be just absorbers of information, but they should be
    producers and publishers of information," Fischer says.
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      YES! I agree with this and I am working toward this ideal. It will take ma a lot of work, but I know I will eventually be able to effectively do this. I have a start with my Wiki, Blog, and new Diigo sites, but I need to work on effective implementation.
  • He said the computers engaged the students in a way pencils never had; students
    who had never come to class started to show up, and others would even tune in
    when they stayed home sick.
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      Isn't this an amazing thought. Being sorry for being absent - and tuning in at home even when they are sick! WOW. That would be great....
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Welcome to Speak Up - 0 views

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    National education and technology survey....
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Brain Resturcturing with Technologyy yahoo news - 0 views

  • What does a teenage brain on Google
    look like? Do all those hours spent online rewire the circuitry? Could these
    kids even relate better to emoticons than to real people? These sound like
    concerns from worried parents. But they're coming from brain scientists.
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      This is an awful lot like the information in the "Ignite" book. Hold onto this article, it could be useful for a reference.
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Learning Curve: Webtools / Glogster Workshop - 0 views

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    Ideas on how to use Glogster for student assignments
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