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Permalink Reply by Bill Campbell on July 12, 2010 at 12:18pm

I've done an "outsourced" book trailer/summary project twice last year (spring and fall sessions of a semester course), and it seemed to work pretty well. Individual fifth graders "outsourced" the creation of a video to an eighth grader in my course. The video was based on the novel read by a fifth grader partner. VT was used to share the images to be used in the video and to solicit feedback on the images from the person who actually read the book.

I'm interested in doing something like this with students outside of my school. I expect to have a small class of around seven 8th grade students (13 year-olds) in my full-year Collaborative Digital Media course in 2010/11 and would be willing to partner on a project that met the goals of my course. Students collaborating with others who are outside of the course could pretty easily meet a goal of my course, which is to give my students the opportunity to practice collaborating using digital media. I'm also open to something beyond this book video project.

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Willems on July 13, 2010 at 1:00am

The Show off your school project looks like a great one. I would be willing to have my 1st grade students be a part of this project if you do it in the fall of 2010.

I have dabbled and created a class voicethread during the 09-10 school year. I recently was lucky enough to attend a voicethread session at ISTE 2010. I am now ready to jump in and really use this tool!

Jenn

Permalink Reply by Colette Cassinelli on July 13, 2010 at 10:49pm

Open to anyone:
If you are interested in collaborating with other classrooms on your VoiceThread Project, please add your contact information to: http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/Classroom+Partners

Permalink Reply by Bill Campbell on July 14, 2010 at 6:25am

Colette,

Could you explain the HS Book Promotions project that you posted on the Classroom Partners list? Changes are being made to our 9th grade honors English to include constructivist activities facilitated by technology so I wonder if there would be a fit between our two schools related to your project?

Permalink Reply by Elvira Deyamport on August 3, 2010 at 7:31pm

Hello everyone,

If you're looking for national or global partners I invite you to check my blog post, Finding Global Partners. I outline several sites and tips for starting collaborative projects. Your feedback is welcomed.

http://languagejourneys.blogspot.com/

Elvira

Permalink Reply by Alexandra Briggs on March 17, 2011 at 6:08am

Hi everyone,

 

I'm an ITRT (Instructional Technology Resource Teacher) for WJCC PS in Williamsburg, VA.  I help teachers use technology in the classroom.  Right now, we're using VoiceThread in World Language classrooms (grades 6-12).  If anyone is interested in collaborating, please contact me!

 

Thanks,

 

- Ali

Permalink Reply by Clair Taylor on May 23, 2012 at 7:56pm

I'm doing a project this month where my uni students in Japan are taking photos of a meal and describing it on VoiceThread. Another class from Bulgaria may be taking part, too. If anyone has a class of students who'd like to do the same thing, that would be great. Students will enjoy seeing what people in other countries eat.

My students are low-intermediate level, 18-19 years old, and lovely!

You can mail me directly: clairmtaylor@gmail.com