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Discover VoiceThread, a versatile tool for supporting ESL students in high school. In this tutorial by Mary Ewald, learn how to utilize VoiceThread for interactive language learning without the need for software installation. Use voice, text, audio, and video to engage students, alongside tools for collaboration such as URLs and a doodle feature to highlight key concepts. With options for free or paid accounts and the ability to moderate comments and manage identities, this platform enriches student interaction and aids vocabulary acquisition in subjects like science.
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High School ESL StudentsLearner Support VT VOICETHREAD Mary Ewald
What is Voicethread? • No software to install • Use voice: mic or telephone • Use text, audio file, or video file • Link to URLs • Doodle tool to point out target object (s) • Moderate comments • Multiple Identities • Embed or export as movie files • Free or Paid accounts Voicethread Tutorial Mary Ewald
"The average science course requires a student to learn the same number of new vocabulary words he or she would learn in a foreign-language course." (Roots-Bernstein, 2011)
Voicethreads by Mary Ewald and The Plant Cell Photosynthesis • Pronunciation of vocabulary • Identify vocabulary. Answer in complete sentences. • Listen. Read. Talk. Write more sentences. • Words build sentences. Sentences build paragraphs. • Writers produce 'sensible narratives.'
More resources at DIIGO Voicethread is the section I designed for a group project in CEP 810 with (Jenny Hancock, Suzanne Reinhardt, Tara Swanepoel), Web 2.0 Writing Across the Curriculum