voicethread as an approach to communication in etwinning projects

Approaches to communication in eTwinning projects

eTwinning conference 2011,Budapest, Hungary

Many ways to approach oral & written communication

• blog

• glog (multimedia posters)

• powerpoint presentations

• digital stories (by using Moviemaker, Photostory or iMovie)

• podcasts or other audiofiles

• VoiceThread

Today’s workshop program

• Presentation / intro to the VoiceThread program

• Workshop

• Sharing/presentation of created voicethreads

• Sharing of experience

VoiceThread

• collaborative, multimedia slideshow

• practice language skills & technology in three steps

• quick overview Paris

Step 1: Upload

• Production of VoiceThread

• collaborative vs individual products

• insert producer comments by recording or typing

• Lends itself easily to any topic!

• Many good ideas on the VoiceThread Community page

Step 2: Comment

• 5 ways to comment

• phone, web cam, microphone, text, audio file

• doodling

• multiple identities

• comment moderation

Step 3: Share

• invite others to comment

• embed

• export to play offline

Now it’s workshop time!

Follow instructions on separate handouts

Our experience• easy accessible tool

• no software installation or additional equipment necessary

• easy to learn & easy to use

• primary focus on oral skills

• “hands-on” activity that helps build confidence in speaking a foreign language

• great assessment tool for oral feedback

• VoiceThread can be embedded to Twin Space (details follow )

• The free version has certain limitations

• Various possible upgrades for classroom purposes available, at app. 60$ a year

How to embed a VoiceThread to Twin Space

(follow the links for further details)

1. Go to your Twin Space

2. Click Project Activities and then choose the folder where you want to embed the VoiceThread(s)

3. Click Actions and then Add application

4. Click Content Management

5. Choose Web content display and click Add

6. Once the Web content display application is added to your activity folder, click the Edit Web Content button in the bottom left corner

7. Add a name and then write the text you want to precede the embedded voicethread

8. Copy the embed code from your VoiceThread

9. Click the Source button in the editor, paste the embed code, and then click Save10. Voilà! Your VoiceThread has now been embedded to Twin Space

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Click Project Activities and then choose the folder where you want to embed the VoiceThread(s)

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1. 2. Click Actions and then Add application

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Click Content Management

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Choose Web content display and click Add

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Once the Web content display application is added to your activity folder, click the Edit Web Content button in the bottom left corner

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Add a name and then write the text you want to precede the embedded voicethread

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Copy the embed code from your own VoiceThread account

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Click the Source button in the editor, paste the embed code, and then click Save

Louise Mary Rennemo, Hemne videregående skolelouise.rennemo@stfk.no

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Anita Normann, Charlottenlund ungdomsskoleanita.normann@trondheim.kommune.no

eTwinning ambassadors from Norway