Not much has changed in my ability to reach my game plan goal. One thing that I did learn, thanks to Amy, is VoiceThreads did not crash on her at all while using them. I plan on still performing a dry run with another teacher just to double check this and to make sure that VoiceThreads is the best form of communication between students. When students (and real world engineers) communicate with each other they are posting sketches, detailed drawings, and 3D models of their product for each other to review and comment on. Another concern that has risen for me is if VoiceThreads have a max size file that can be uploaded to their site. I know that the 3D models that students make can be very large in size.
My wife and I have introduced our first baby boy to the world and when I return to school, in full stride, I will be setting up a VoiceThread with another teacher to check these concerns I have.
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Hi Michael,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your first baby!!
I am using VoiceThread with my students also and what I did first was I did a "dry run" with my students and we just had a very informal activity where they self-directed themselves through the website and they created their own accounts and threads. They did anything scientific and I graded it only as a participation grade. I had several students say they played around with their VoiceThreads more when they got home because they enjoyed it so much.
This may be something you want your students to do. Maybe try to work on these threads on their own (if they can and have access to) and possibly try to post their 3D models?