Voicethread+Stories

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Essential Questions
    1. Does oral storytelling, augmented by archived photography, help us build our language skills and convey meaning? 2. How do web-based technologies help groups work together to research, collaborate, and create? To share? 3. We're online. What are the considerations when we become publishers?

I. Collaborative Working Space
[|Wikispaces] [|Our Classroom Wiki] (at Wikispaces) media type="youtube" key="-dnL00TdmLY&hl=en" height="355" width="425"

II. Images--Photo Sharing
[|Flickr]

III. Copyright Free Sources
[|Creative Commons] [|Flickr Creative Commons] media type="youtube" key="uTjpghGjjfo&hl=en" height="355" width="425"

IV. Digital Story Creation and Sharing
[|Voicethread] [|Classroom Voicethread Account]  

General Instructions

 * 1) Bookmark Classroom Wiki, Record Username and Password
 * 2) Explore Flickr Creative Commons for Story Ideas/Images
 * 3) Brainstorm on Group Wiki Page: Story Outline, Collaborative Writing
 * 4) Set Up Digital Story Using Group Storyboard Page (on Wiki)
 * 5) Find and Download Image/Symbol for Voicethread Avatar
 * 6) Log Into Classroom Voicethread
 * 7) Add Your Identity to Classroom Account
 * 8) Select Create Tab
 * 9) Upload Images
 * 10) Use Text Tool to Annotate Images with Proper Citation
 * 11) Record Story!

**Questions? **
Contact Laura Deisley, ldeisleyATlovettDOT org or 678-428-7996

==**Group Page Links **==

Group 1 Torie, Farrow, Hazim, Brown Group 2 Winship, Reese, Hightower, Whitlock Group 3 Bischiotti, Easterlin, Hagood, Fozzard

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