This year, I was lucky enough to participate in the Brock University EdTech Leadership conference. This was a WONDERFUL opportunity to connect with other teacher candidates, practicing teachers, and even some principals.
For my part in this conference, my colleague and I lead a workshop on a wonderful piece of technology called VoiceThread. VoiceThread is a could based program that allows teachers and classes from around the world to connect with each others presentations or lessons. In VoiceThread, you can post pictures, videos, or slideshows and students or other teachers can "comment" on the content. You can comment in many ways, including through typing, through speaking into a microphone, through video taping yourself or through using the draw tool. This is a great opportunity for differentiated instruction as it allows multiple form of communication about one topic.
This site seemed to be well received by all who attended the workshop. Teachers, and teacher candidates saw it as a great opportunity to get students interacting with those outside their immediate classroom. With VoiceThread, if a presentation is shared through a URL, it can be accessed by a class on the other side of the world, who can then make comments that can be read by the creator.
I would suggest that everyone check it out at www.voicethread.com.
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