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TEN TOP TIPS FOR TEACHING WITH NEW MEDIA

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or starting the new school year. Scavenger hunts, name games, and other introductory activities help teachersand students get acquainted so they can start building a positive learning community. Givethis important classroom tradition a 21st-century makeover by integrating digital tools.VoiceThread

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is one example o an online resource that can help youand your students get better acquainted. VoiceThread allows users to combine photographsor other visuals with written or audio comments. This collaborative, Web-based tool is easy to use, which means students will be spending class time actively participating rather thanawaiting instructions.For elementary school students, introduce VoiceThread with a whole-class activity. Usinga projector or an interactive whiteboard, share a short digital album to introduce yoursel.Invite students to record their own audio comments in response to your prompts. Thenexpand the activity by adding photos o students. Invite them to add comments to help youlearn more about them—and each other. With secondary school students, consider using a VoiceThread prompt to encourage goalsetting or the new school year. What do students look orward to doing in your class? What interests them about this subject? What image can they share that captures how they are eeling at the start o the new school year? Students’ individual VoiceThreads can beuseul artiacts or reection later in the year. Add your own encouraging comments to theirdigital albums, modeling how to give positive eedback.By introducing a collaborative tool like VoiceThread early in the year, you’ll be lettingstudents know that your classroom is a place or productive conversation where everyone’svoice matters.

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, a ach-cad Voicthad abou Voicthad.

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“Voicthad exd h Claoom wih Iaciv Mdia Album”

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, aocial-wokig i fo ach, wih mo ha 880 mmb.

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, Gail Dl, a chology-igaio ciali fo h elk GovUifid school Diic, i elk Gov,Califoia, xlai h ow of uig Voicthad i a hioy claoom.