The use of voicethread in teaching has made an increase in recent time. The use of voicethread as a tool in the classroom can be highly effective. Using voicethreads can allow students to receive a lesson at any time. The students also have the ability to view these presentation anywhere they have access to the internet. This can be a valuable tool for teachers and students in many different ways. Teachers can use voicethreads a few different ways. The first way teachers can use a voicethread in a class is by simply making a lecture over a given set of material for students to view. This is simply an online lecture that provides students with information. The next way teachers can use a voicethread is for an assignment. So teachers can actually create a voicethread that presents an assignment with full instructions on how to complete the assignment and how it will be assessed.
The particular voicethread that I have created is simply a discussion about natural selection. The thread starts out by giving a brief history over the history of the theory and how the scientist gathered the information and formed the theory over years of research. Next, the voicethread moves into a discussion about how natural selection affects the ecosystem locally where the students live. Students are lead into a thinking exercise that allows them to see how natural selection affects them and the species around them. In the end of the voicethread the students get to learn about the theory and how it works. Students are briefed over the aspects of natural selection and the different types of man made and natural affects that cause the process of natural selection.
In the end, this discussion could be carried on to an assignment. The assignment could give students a scenario such as the web quest that I made earlier. This is a great example of meaningful learning that possesses all of the characteristics. This exercise allows students to get involved in a scenario that has played out around them and they try to figure out why the changes have occurred. The changes are a direct result to natural selection and allow students to view the process in direct setting.
In conclusion, it is very easy to see how voicethread is a great tool that can be used by teachers in several different ways. If they are using this tool as a lecture device for in class students or through the process of distance learning they are a very valuable tool. The use of voicethread when used properly can be an outstanding example of meaningful learning being used in the classroom for a better learning environment for students of today.
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The use of voicethread in teaching has made an increase in recent time. The use of voicethread as a tool in the classroom can be highly effective. Using voicethreads can allow students to receive a lesson at any time. The students also have the ability to view these presentation anywhere they have access to the internet. This can be a valuable tool for teachers and students in many different ways. Teachers can use voicethreads a few different ways. The first way teachers can use a voicethread in a class is by simply making a lecture over a given set of material for students to view. This is simply an online lecture that provides students with information. The next way teachers can use a voicethread is for an assignment. So teachers can actually create a voicethread that presents an assignment with full instructions on how to complete the assignment and how it will be assessed.
The particular voicethread that I have created is simply a discussion about natural selection. The thread starts out by giving a brief history over the history of the theory and how the scientist gathered the information and formed the theory over years of research. Next, the voicethread moves into a discussion about how natural selection affects the ecosystem locally where the students live. Students are lead into a thinking exercise that allows them to see how natural selection affects them and the species around them. In the end of the voicethread the students get to learn about the theory and how it works. Students are briefed over the aspects of natural selection and the different types of man made and natural affects that cause the process of natural selection.
In the end, this discussion could be carried on to an assignment. The assignment could give students a scenario such as the web quest that I made earlier. This is a great example of meaningful learning that possesses all of the characteristics. This exercise allows students to get involved in a scenario that has played out around them and they try to figure out why the changes have occurred. The changes are a direct result to natural selection and allow students to view the process in direct setting.
In conclusion, it is very easy to see how voicethread is a great tool that can be used by teachers in several different ways. If they are using this tool as a lecture device for in class students or through the process of distance learning they are a very valuable tool. The use of voicethread when used properly can be an outstanding example of meaningful learning being used in the classroom for a better learning environment for students of today.