FINAL PRESENTATION

Educational Technology

By: Ashley Allison

VOICETHREAD

Voicethread is a program that can take a PowerPoint

presentation, an image, a video, etc. and turn it into a presentation for

you using all the information that you select. This service also allows

the audience to leave comments in five different ways, making it

interactive with the viewers. Voicethread can be turned into a

movie, as well, that can be downloaded and played on an MP3/MP4

player. This technology can also be shared on different websites very

easily.

Acquiring this program is simple.

You go to the website for the

technology which is

https://voicethread.com/ and register

for the free service by filling in your

basic information. This service is free.

However, there is also upgrades that do

cost money that have more features.

Although, you are not required to

upgrade at any time.

VOICETHREAD

https://voicethread.com/register/?ReturnUrl=%2Fmy

voice%2F

This can be very beneficial because I, as a

teacher, can use it, as well as my students can

use it. After someone creates a Voicethread,

it can be opened up so that the whole class or

other classes can comment on the

presentation. This allows for students to

have to take up less class time, still allowing

for feedback on presentations. It also allows

the teacher to review the presentation over

and over again at home for grading purposes.

VOICETHREAD

http://voicethread.com/about/features/

Bloom's Taxonomy

Cognitive

• Analyzing• Voicethead allows students to

“analyze” their work and put it in a cohesive order.

• Evaluating• Voicethread allows students’

peers to evaluate their work and critique it.

• Creating• Voicethread allows students to

create their presentation using their knowledge base and their work that they have done and brings it together into one project.

VOICETHREAD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blooms_rose.svg

PBL CHECKLISTS

PBL Checklists are used by teachers to make a list of guidelines

for class projects. Instead of coming up with guidelines by yourself

as a teacher and taking up a lot of your valued time, you can use this

free technology to create a checklist for any school project in a few

simple steps. This technology allows you to come up with guidelines

in a checklist form for a certain project. By answering a few

questions using their online service, with the answers to those

questions that were answered, the program generates a checklist that

can be handed out to your class that is appropriate for the upcoming

project.

http://pblchecklist.4teac

hers.org/index.shtml

“The use of these checklists

keeps students on track and allows

them to take responsibility for

their own learning through peer-

and self-evaluation.”

(http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/

index.shtml)

PBL CHECKLISTS

PBL CHECKLISTS

Acquiring this technology is simple and free. All you have to do is go to the

website, http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/index.shtml, and select the age group and

type of class of children that you teach.

After selecting the specifics, you will answer a few questions and choose

different categories that you wish to be included. Then, the website will

automatically generate a checklist for your specific project. You can also customize

the checklist with specific information that the website might not have included so

that it is personalized for your individual classroom.

Blooms Taxonomy

Cognitive

• Evaluating• This checklist will allow

students to evaluate their work according to what the teacher expects out of a certain project.

• Create• This checklist will also

allow students to create a project that is individualized for each student while still following the same set of guidelines that is given.

PBL CHECKLISTS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blooms_rose.svg