Voice Thread Tech Tips from UW-Stout

Tech Tips Newsletter April 8, 2014 Editor: Karen Franker

This e-newsletter is brought to you by University of Wisconsin-Stout School of Education. If you do not wish to receive future issues, please see instructions to manage preferences at the bottom of this message.   NOTE: Web version of the newsletter http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/resources/voicethread.cfm   Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/onlineteaching --------------------   In this issue... 1. Sign Up for a Summer Online Course 2. How to Create Collaborative Learning Experiences with VoiceThread 3. Tech Tip: How to Add Your Own Slide to a VoiceThread (Video) Sign Up for a Summer Online Course Are you looking for a course to meet your professional development goals for continuing education, license renewal or advanced certification?   Check out the list of online classes starting in May, June and July. Register Online     Creating Collaborative Learning Experiences with VoiceThread Discover the multiple uses of VoiceThread in flipped and traditional classrooms, and explore how this versatile tool can increase motivation and assess learning.   Technology Forum: VoiceThread (PDF) Amy Brusini at Johns Hopkins University provides an overview of VoiceThread – what it is, who is using it, why it matters, and how it can be used.   What Can You Do with VoiceThread? The University of North Carolina ITS Teaching and Learning staff share sample Voicethread presentations including: explaining a process, interpreting a work of art, and analyzing photographic evidence.   Listen, Watch, and Read: Using VoiceThread for Assessing Student Reading Jeremy Sarachan describes how VoiceThread can provide a refreshing and creative new way for students to orally respond to discussion questions.   Motivating Learners with Tools and Pedagogy: ARCS Motivational Design and VoiceThread Whitney Kilgore explains how the ARCS motivational design model, when used with VoiceThread, stimulates critical thinking and provides students with an opportunity to use their own voices. Using VoiceThread to Create an Interactive Syllabus Michelle Pacansky-Brock’s presentation walks viewers through an innovative syllabus via VoiceThread. Diversifying Instruction in Large Lecture Classes with VoiceThread (Video: 52:41 minutes) Skim Michelle Pacansky-Brock’s Webinar for terrific tips on using VoiceThread to build an effective and collaborative classroom community, even in very large lecture-based courses. VoiceThread Digital Library The official VoiceThread site contains a library of successful projects organized by subject area. Michelle Pacansky-Brock’s excellent VoiceThread resource page  VoiceThread Participation Rubric by Michelle Pacansky-Brock     Tech Tips VoiceThread – The Basics (Video 5:30)   How to Add a PowerPoint Slide to an existing VoiceThread presentation (Video 1:42)     Register for May, June and July Online Courses   Final call for the Instructional Design certificate courses beginning on May 5th. List of all Summer and Fall 2014 Online Courses Register now to reserve a spot. Register Online! Request More Information Online School of Education Online Professional Development University of Wisconsin - Stout Archives - back issues in case you missed the most recent newsletter