I am happy to report that I successfully used VoiceThread for a presentation for my students in Travel Club. I was presenting a "Travel School" on topics such as passports, immunizations, and currency tips....pretty important information. This type of information is often presented at parent meetings, but I find that if the parents are there the kids just zone out and figure mom and dad will take care of everything. This time I decided to present only to the students, but wanted to find a way that the parents could access the information if they wanted it.
VoicetThread worked perfectly for this presentation. I created my slides in Powerpoint (they were boring, I admit it, but I just wanted to present the info) and exported them as jpgs. Then I uploaded them to Voicethread to create the presentation. The students each logged on to a computer for the presentation (we were all in the computer lab), and as I talked about each slide I recorded what I was saying. After I was done talking, the kids needed to add a comment along the side about what they had to do about this topic (ie: "get passport next Friday" or "order Euros from the bank".
After the presentation, I sent a link out to all the parents and encouraged them to read the slides, read their kid's comments, and listen to my comment if they needed more information. I haven't heard any feedback from parents, but the students were really engaged with the presentation and I am confident that they are a bit more prepared for the trip. I look forward to using this method for future "Travel School" meetings!!!
Here is the presentation....
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