I began using VT this past year in my Intermediate Spanish course (third semester college). My goal was to create some speaking/listening activities targeted to particular speaking functions and course goals. It was indeed a bit of a challenge to ...
Tracie, thanks for the follow on Twitter. I hope things are going well there in Alaska. If you ever were looking to connect with a NY School, I have a High School French teacher who may be willing (if time works out - they meet around 1pm EST). Have a great weekend.
Great ideas! I'm really excited to use this tool in the classroom. I'll be introducing it tomorrow. We are having some discussions in our school about how best to keep kids anonymity and safety in mind as we use more and more of these tools.
I am trying to figure out how to add a series of images that kids can then narrate to demonstrate their understanding of a time period in history. Specifically, I am thinking about using Voicethreads to have kids order (number) images of the road to the American Revolution. I need to play around with this though because I have not done anything with this tool yet.
HI Tracie,
I have been getting into VT with both beginning and more advanced German students over the past few months. Like your kids, mine also seem to really enjoy it.
WOuld be happy to share ideas. Will we do it in the Foreign Language group so others can see our ideas too?
Happy New Year!
Tina
Tracie, thank you for joining our VT Ning group. Seems like you are all over education with the jump from Junior High to 3rd grade! I hope you find some great resources in here. If I can help in any way, please let me know.