One Last Thing!

Outside Gatlinburg, Tennessee on 7-19-10

This was an excellent opportunity to learn new technology skills. These were all 'stretch' activities for me. I am on overload with skills and wondering how I can use them all at once so I don't forget them. However, the best way is to make a plan (using Google docs) including where & how to use each skill. Also, Include the class assignments. Then use the Google docs document as a reference.

Don't overwhelm myself. Approach it deliberately. The idea is to use what I have learned. This is the 1st part of the plan. So, it appears there is always another mountain to climb.

# 19 Audio, Images and video with Voicethread

This is a tool that can be used easily for activities in the classroom. You will need to take a picture and record information with a microphone, phone it in, or do written text about the picture. Ex. the picture above is what is seen from the window of a cousin at our family reunion in Tennessee, today. Each person can add information about their impression of what is seen or the reactions they had as they drove up the mountain to the lodge. Thumbnail size pictures appear around it and you click on it to get the message once recorded. This is a way of involving all people and causing one to think deeper about what is happening or learned. This has numerous possibilities.

Of course this involves joining to access this. It is free to k-12 classroom teachers.