These are the "Youth Portraits" included in EduTopia's Digital Generation Video Project. We are watching one of these each week in our "Technology 4 Teachers" class at UCO in Spring 2010, and students are reflecting on the videos in their blogs. Curriculum is on wiki.powerfulingredients.com
Asking intriguing, open-ended questions is an effective way to encourage students to think deeply and to provide them with a meaningful context for learning.
Digital Storyteller is a Web-based tool that offers teachers and students frictionless access to digital images and materials that enable them to construct compelling personal narratives.
Hello and welcome to the VoiceThread 4 Education wiki. This wiki was started by Colette Cassinelli but because of contributors like YOU - it has grown to be comprehensive collection of VoiceThread examples from students and teachers of all ages and groups. The purpose of this wiki is to gather examples of how educators are using Voicethread in their classrooms (or for professional development) and to share those examples.
great video about creating a culture of expectation for college attendance and success. right on target: so much of students "seeing themselves" in college is actually visiting different campuses