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Trish's Voicethread

Danielle Voicethread

Laura Voicethread

TIE Blog 2

I wasn't quite sure how the first graders were going to do with voicethread but they did a great job. Since they already sit in groups, I had them decide who was going to comment on the voicethread but they were going to come up with the answer as a group. They all loved working with voicethread and they followed directions very well.
What worked well?
I made instructions for them to use as they went through voicethread with pictures showing the direction. Even though i wanted to see them record every single comment, I still needed to attend to the other students in the classroom. By having the directions up, they were able to use voicethread in their own. I only had one computer going with voicethread, so while that one group did voicethread i had the rest of the class doing another hands-on activity about the life cycle of a chicken.
What would you do differently next time?
I had a lot of problems with voicethread kicking me out because there were 3 other girls in the first grade doing a different one and then when the students would start to record it would freeze and we would have to start all over again. so that was frustrating because the students would get bored and irritated. So i think that next time i would get my own account and use the voicethread so that i wouldn't have any technical issues.

Lesson Plan: The Life Cycle of a Chicken


Bloom's Taxonomy


Pedagogical Implications

My storyboard

I am doing my lesson plan on the life cycle of a chicken for my first grade class. I am working on this lesson with Laura in the third grade. she will be incorporating animals adaptations to their environment. I am still trying to find good pictures but this is hoe my voicethread is going to be. I will probably change the questions around  a little bit.