TIE Blog 2

The students were thrilled with their final product.  They enjoyed playing it on the Smartboard and hearing themselves on the screen.  They did a fantastic job and had some creative answers to my questions.
What worked well? 
The students really enjoyed getting to see their final product.  They enjoyed hearing their voices and I did get every student that was present to speak for the voicethread.  I had the students read their response to the HOTS question prior to speaking it.  Some of them wanted to alter their response after saying it out loud.  It was a great way of having them think and process their new knowledge.

What would you do differently next time?” 
Having my voicethread already loaded onto several of the student computers.  I tried to use the "shared" website again (https://voicethread.com/share/2865649) - but it didn't work.  I'm not sure why because it worked perfectly in our ETEC class.  I would have also liked to have music playing in the back of the voicethread.

My students worked with these questions about the 1920s:


What is the Roaring 20s?


How did it affect Americans?


How is 1920s entertainment different than today's entertainment?


Predict how today's entertainment will affect future entertainment.

For Fun


1.To check your knowledge against a fourth grader, answer the questions yourself.  
2.Then watch the voicethread to see how your knowledge compares to theirs.

YOUR CHALLENGE

Did you get more than one computer to work for voicethread in your classroom?  If so, how did you do it?

How would you enhance this voicethread interactive activity through vertical or horizontal spiraling curriculum?  

How would you incorporate the naturalistic multiple intelligence in this lesson?


FULL SCREEN version of Roaring 20s voicethread








Here are my 3 comments:

Margo's Plants Lesson Plan

Maegan's Gram Lesson Plan

Eila's Animal Lesson

TIE Blog 1

For my Roaring 20s lesson plan, I am incorporating VoiceThread.  I am working on this lesson with Susan and Christina (the other 4th grade PSTs).  We are working on Texas from 1900-1945.  Susan is doing 1900 to 1920 - conflicts with Mexico along the border and WWI.  Christina is 1930 to 1945 - Great Depression, terrible drought, and WWII.  My era focuses on 1920 to 1929 when the business boom brought prosperity to Texas.  We are still in the beginning phases of determining the direction of our lesson.  We are hoping to integrate the VoiceThread so each of our classes can comment on and participate in the different Texas eras.  I'm planning on teaching this lesson March 21st.

Blooms Taxonomy

Pedagogical Implications


The Roaring 20s Lesson Plan (Voicethread integration yellow highlights)

Powerpoint -Content for lesson

Powerpoint - Storyboard screens for voicethread

Storyboard HOTS questions

Today we created our very first voice thread.  Carey was fastest, so she was the one to invite the rest of our group.  I originally tried to upload a video from my computer, but it was taking too long.  Then I tried to upload a video from my youtube account.  Voicethread would not accept the video.  So, I hope to get to play with adding a video later.  I ended up loading a picture.  That was very quick.  I was also able to change my little icon. This is what we created today




My CT said she was excited about using voicethread.  Her PST used it last semester and looks forward to what I do with it this semester.  I like using the comment feature.  Having the students give positive feedback to each student creates a wonderful positive environment. 

Technology Integration Experience Thoughts

I learned about the voicethread technology we need to incorporate into our TIE lesson today.  We saw a few examples.  There was one shown regarding two digit addition.  My 4th grade class was working on long division this week.  I was wondering if I could use voicethread to help teach long division.  We watched another with students teaching bodies of water.

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