Digital Storytelling with VoiceThread

One of the best ways to enhance student learning, boost student achievement, and improve student engagement is to incorporate digital storytelling as an instructional strategy. Students can demonstrate their knowledge of content, develop higher order thinking skills, improve their digital literacy skills, and harness the power of visual literacy in digital storytelling projects. VoiceThread (www.voicethread.com) is a web-based, interactive digital storytelling environment FREE for educators that is being used effectively around the world to safely publish student work on the global stage of the Internet, as well as PRIVATELY share student work with families as well as partner classrooms located in other states or countries. Come learn how to get started with digital storytelling and VoiceThread in your classroom!

Resources

1. VoiceThread (main public site)
2. Bill Ferriter's "Using Voicethread for Digital Conversations" (includes printable handouts)
3. VoiceThread for Education
4. The Great Book Stories Project (open to all students and teachers)
5. Reflections on the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Past Presentations

1. Survive and Thrive Conference 14 June 2008 - Presentation Slides (2.6 MB PDF)

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