Activity 8 Create a VoiceThread with Audio Comments (30 min)
The purpose of this activity is to create a VoiceThread that could be posted on a class website the first week of school to greet students and parents.
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1. Save the following three pictures to your H: drive: (Picture 1 - Ants, Picture 2 - Books, Picture 3 - Notebook Paper)
- After today's session, consider Editing the pictures with Microsoft Paint (resource) to include a welcome message, your name and contact information, etc. or replacing them altogether with your own images of yourself and/or your classroom. You can replacing a slide without affecting any of the comments. (How?)
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Replace a VoiceThread slide
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2. Login to http://ed.voicethread.com and Create a new VoiceThread.
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Create a VoiceThread
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3. Upload the picture you saved in your H: drive as slides in your VoiceThread.
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Upload Files |
4. Reorder the slides so that
- the Notebook Paper is the first slide,
- the Books are the second slide, and
- the Ants are the third slide.
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Change Slide Order |
5. Give your VoiceThread a Title, something like "Welcome!" You may want to include your contact information in the Description.
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Set the Title and Description
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6. Select the Notebook Paper slide and Upload your "Welcome" WAV file (which you created in Activity 7 and saved in your H: drive) as a Comment on that slide.
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Upload Audio File Comments
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7. Select the Books slide and Record a telephone comment about what students will learn this year.
If you don't have a cell phone with you, feel free to use your headset to record the comment and take a look at VoiceThread's instructional video on telephone comments here.
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Comment with a Telephone
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8. Select the Ants slide and Record a comment about a few of your most important classroom policies and procedures using a headset.
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Comment with a Headset
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Return to Student Collaboration and Communication with VoiceThread
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