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=**Let Your Voice Be Heard - VoiceThread!**= > Brookwood Forest - __ [] __ > Cherokee Bend - [] > Crestline - [] > Mountain Brook Elementary - [] > Mountain Brook High School - [] : > Mountain Brook Junior High - []
 * 1) See examples of VoiceThreads
 * 2) Watch [|"What's A Voice Thread Anyway?"]
 * 3) Sign in to your VoiceThread Account - Your mtnbrook email account address is your login and your network password is your password. - Note that you must use the specific URL address for your school. These links can also be found on your school's website under "teacher resources" and "student resources":
 * 1) Note: On the top menu bar - Ideas for Using / Support / Etc.
 * 2) Note: Account Configuration/Settings Go to bottom of screen and click on "My Account" or click on the drop down arrow beside your email address in the top right corner.
 * 3) Make your own VoiceThread! (Notice 3 tabs: Browse / Create / My Voice)
 * 4) Click **Create**
 * 5) Upload two of your photos, documents, or select image from The NY Public Library
 * 6) Click **Add Title & Description**
 * 7) Add your own **Comments** (one voice, one text)
 * 8) Review **Options**
 * 9) Copy your VoiceThread Link to share with others via email or website
 * 10) You're finished - nothing needs to be 'saved'
 * 11) Comment on VoiceThreads made by other workshop members
 * 12) Enter voice comments on one slide, text on another
 * 13) Review your comments, delete & re-enter
 * 14) Try some doodling on a few slides (In Comment Section when you're recording you can also doodle!) Here is a tutorial explaining how to doodle: []
 * 15) Investigate Sharing Features (Get a link to email or share with individuals or groups) You can easily share a VT with everyone in your school. Here is a tutorial that demonstrates how to share: [].
 * 16) Investigate Publishing Features (Allow viewing/comments/comment moderation/share on browse page?) If a user clicks to have a VT published on the browse page, it will be placed on the browse page for the local school only. It will not be published on other schools' browse pages. It will appear on the public browse page, but only Ed.Voicethread members will be allowed to leave comments.
 * 17) Invite your neighbor to co-edit a VT
 * 18) Investigate Comment Moderation feature. Comments can't be seen until approved by the owner of the VT. - Click here for tutorial: []
 * 19) Embed your Voicethread in your website - Click here for embedding tutorial: []
 * 20) Review //VoiceThread Examples// Below
 * 21) Review //VoiceThread Resources// Below
 * 22) Review //Printable Documents// Below - Helpful Handouts!
 * 23) Note: you can export the VT as high quality video or as iphone/ipad compatible video! - Get your technology coordinator to give you an export credit!
 * 24) Create your Avatar here: [|My Avatar Editor] export as a .jpg and use as your identity in VT!
 * 25) Want a PPT presentation in VoiceThread? Save the PPT as a PDF. Then, in the "Create" tab, upload to VT. Works GREAT!
 * 26) Complete the Workshop Evaluation - You will receive an email with a link...

= = =VoiceThread Examples:=

The VoiceThread Library gives examples VTs used in classrooms. [] Wesley Fryer [] An example used by educators/adults: K-20 Educators Exploring Virtual Worlds (my K12OnlineConference presentation): []

World Geography Voicethreads Ocean Environment voicethread: Using VoiceThread with Math - example: [|MathCast's 7 NS 2.3] Great resources and examples HERE: Voicethread 4 Education Wiki
 * Southern Europe: []
 * Denmark: []
 * Elementary: []
 * Secondary: []

[] //Civil War - Teacher: April Cartee, 4th grade, CBES// [|Native American VoiceThread Sample]//Trail of Tears// [|1920s VoiceThread Sample]//Prohibition// [|1920s VoiceThread Sample2]//Pictures [|Slavery] Mrs. Andrews Slogans Rowan Slogans Ashby Slogans Tolleson Slogan Mr. Andrews Slogan//
 * //Some MBS Examples://**

=Voicethread Resources:= Good Examples - Go to this page and look on the right for grade level voicethreads... [|Grade Level Examples]
 * __ Great Resources __ Student links, examples, etc.
 * [|VoiceThread's Master Tutorials List (start here)]
 * VoiceThread 4 Education (K-12, +college, EFL, admin examples & best practices maintained by [|Colette Cassinelli)]
 * Some links and information for using VoiceThread: http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Voicethread Use this!

=Tutorials on just about everything in VoiceThread:=

[|VoiceThread Tutorials] See below for a few examples of some of the tutorials available. Click on this link to go to VoiceThread browse window to see all available tutorials created by VoiceThread!

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=Printable Documents for VoiceThread:=


 * //Student Documents://**

Student Handout Introduction to VoiceThread - Student - How to Login to VoiceThread -

Student - Tips for Good Comments - Student - VoiceThread Do's and Dont's as well as 10 Steps to Building Your VoiceThread -

Student - Commenting on a VoiceThread presentation - Student - Tips for leaving a good VoiceThread Comment -


 * //Teacher Documents://**

MBS Teacher Guide: MBS Teacher Guide - Teacher - VoiceThread Getting Started Guide - Teacher - Create your Classes in VoiceThread - Teacher - Tips for Teachers - Teacher - VoiceThread Sharing:

=MORE RESOURCES:=

[|TechCamp / VoiceThread Links**] ** (Great! Examples - Printable Student Sheet) **
====[|Digitally Speaking / Voicethread**] (An Excellent Resource with Printable Student Sheets) ====

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====[|Thinking in Mind: Using Voicethread for Peer Assessment**] ====

[|VoiceThread - Digital Library**]
====[|VoiceThread as a Digital Portfolio | Teaching Sagittarian**] ====

= = = Each Mountain Brook School has a unique URL address: = You and your students must use the appropriate link to access accounts. Links can be found on the teacher resouces page as well as student resources page on each school's website:

Brookwood Forest - __ http://bwf.ed.voicethread.com/#q __ Cherokee Bend - [] Crestline - [] Mountain Brook Elementary - [] Mountain Brook High School - [] : Mountain Brook Junior High - []

All of these are links from the "about" section in Voicethread:
 * [|Overview]
 * [|5 ways to comment] (Note: Phone commenting costs extra! - Don't use.)
 * [|Images, docs, videos]
 * [|Doodling]
 * [|Embedding]
 * [|Exporting] (We can export to iphone/ipad/DVD/etc.)
 * [|Moderation]
 * [|Identities]
 * [|Sharing & Groups]

nypl.voicethread.com [|New York Public Library and Learning Modules] Digital Gallery
 * August 27th 2009**

//Mountain Brook Schools has accounts established with VoiceThread for each of our teachers; however, if you are not part of MBS, you can go to the VT website, there is a Free Educator's account that you can get that allows you to create and share VoiceThreads. Your students can also sign up for free VoiceThread accounts that will allow them to comment on any VoiceThread but only to create three.//