Thursday, March 22, 2012
TIE Blog 2
My voicethread lesson was on The Dust Bowl in the 1930's. I had showed them a video over the dust bowl and we went over facts and how it affected people and farms. After discussing everything, I had my kids into four groups and assigned each group a topic of what they will be discussing. Each group had 2 questions that they had to answer. They had to come up with as many facts as they could with their topic to help them answer. When one group was done, they would come to me and they would record their answers to the appropriate slide. While I was working with one group, the other groups would be finishing their facts or working on their independent practice worksheets. This kept the kids busy until it was their turn to record their answers. The overall product was ok. Most of the comments were very low and there was a lot of background noise. I didn't have the headphones available at the school at the time of my lesson. The kids still enjoyed doing the voicethread. Another problem that occurred was forgetting to assign the ID's to each group. Somehow a different ID showed up but not sure how. At the end of everyone's comments, I played the whole thing for the class and they were surprised to hear how their voices sounded. I think this lesson went pretty smooth and it was a fun lesson. I just wished I had the headphones available, so the kids comments could be more loud and clear. This wass an interesting lesson to learn about myself, because of not knowing anything about voicethread. At first I was going crazy trying to learn it and how to implement it but now I am more comfortable with it than I was in the begiining and would consider using it again with future lessons.
Questions:
1. What can be done to further enhance this lesson?
2. How can voicethread be used to create another activity for this type of lesson?
Peer Blog Reviews:
I liked Roszella's questions on her blog because it makes you really think about voicethread and if you would want to use it again in future lessons.
I liked Margo's propmt for her voicethread. It was "What do you think would happen if plants did not have roots?" I think this was a great question to ask her students. It's a great way for them to really think about how it would affect the plants.
I liked Maegan's lesson on grams and kilograms. Her question on how her lesson could be more suitable for older students is a great way for other teachers to look at her voicethread and incorporate it with their classroom.
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1. I would have the students create their own dust bowl using glue and dirt on a piece of paper to create art.
ReplyDelete2. I would have the students create their dustbowl using a power point and have them share what they created with the class.
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ReplyDelete1.) To further enhance this lesson I would have students maybe come up with their own questions and create another slide for students to ask them and answer each other.
ReplyDelete2.) VoiceThread is a very diverse tool that can be used in multiple ways to create any type of lesson. For the idea of Dust Bowl I think you did an excellent job of asking questions. I think that maybe you could tie in more creative ideas that students make. For example add drawings, add a video that has students commenting, or have students do a readers theater.
I forgot to add that I REALLY enjoyed seeing all the vivid pictures inside of your VoiceThread. Makes the story of the dust bowl come more to life because of the depth created by the shadows and the intensity of the photo.