We made our first Voice Thread!!! Yeah! A Voice Thread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, videos and documents and allows people to navigate the slides and comment in 5 different ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). We can share a Voice Thread with a relative, friend or other classrooms for them to make a comment, too. Students can use identities, doodle while making a comment and the “owner” of the Voice Thread can monitor the comments.
First grade brainstormed what we would like to learn this year. Each student picked their personal hope. We used Mo Willems type of illustration from his book Knuffle Bunny as inspiration for our pictures. We used a black and white photo of our classroom and designed a picture of ourselves and inserted it into the classroom.
We hope you will try to make a comment on our Voice Thread. Click on comment and you will see “sign in” or “Register for an Account”. Click on “register for an account” and fill out form. It is free – you just need an email address and a password.
Room 13 really enjoyed listening to your voice threads. It is our goal to do voice threads as well and we were super impressed that you have already done them at your age ! WOW!
We think your goals are mega-fantastic and we hope you have fun achieving them !
Visit us soon !
Room 13
Hi Mrs. Fale,
What fun it is to communicate with teachers and students so far away. I hope that I can visit New Zealand some day. Maybe I can learn more about it by visiting your blog more often. When do you get out of school for summer?
from,
Mrs. Lynch
Room 102,
What an inspiration you are!! I hope the students in my class will be able to do a VoiceThread too. It is so fun to hear your voices. Your hopes and dreams are carefully chosen and I hope they all come true!
love,
Mrs. B. (in Vancouver)
Hi Mrs. Brancati,
Thanks so much for visiting us and leaving a comment. You are the first one to leave us a comment on the voice thread, too. I was just at your blog and hope you don’t mind me taking some your Halloween game ideas. I will go back and leave you a comment, too. Isn’t blogging fun.
from your friend,
Mrs. Lynch
Your goals are all very reachable and doable. It is going to be an exciting year where you get to read and have a lot of fun writing and learning about trucks and birds.
Dear Joanne,
Thanks so much for your lovely comment. And the children loved listening to your comments to them on the voicethread, I’ve been thinking of you.
Your friends,
Grade 1 in Quebec
Dear Mrs Lynch and students,
I just loved listening to each and everyone of you all talk about your hopes and dreams.
What beautiful hopes and dreams each and everyone of you all have.
I am sure you all will achieve them keep up the great work from your blogging buddy down under from AA.
Dear AA,
Hello and thanks for your lovely comment. I just love being able to hear the children’s voices!! We really appreciate all your support and encouragement.
your friend,
Mrs. Lynch