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If you have any questions, please let me know. Kathy Dubrovsky, Thinkfinity Coordinator. kathydubro@gmail.com
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Hi,
I just wanted to thank everyone who attended the Thinkfinity presentations. It was a pleasure meeting everyone.
Kathy Dubrovsky

MovieMaker
by Eleri Merrikin , BHS Science
The Research
Art and Music Learning Emphasize Interactivity, Real-World Relevance
Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants
http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/prensky%20-%20digital%20natives,%20digital%20immigrants%20-%20part1.pdf
pitfalls that I had to deal withmay come up!
1. If using with students in a computer lab, follow these tips for success:
A. Save as Movie option creates the actual movie while Save as Project save the project. Make sure you teach this explicitly - it's not a movie until it is saved as a movie.

Voicethreadhttp://www.voicethread.comVoicethread
by Eleri Merrikin, BHS Science
http://www.voicethread.com
1. Option 1 - Create an an account.
2. Option 2 - Create a single "project or student" account and have everyone in the class use this. - the only pitfall is there is no unique name for each person.
Public vs Private:
Public presentations are just that - anyone can search and anyone with an account can comment.
Private presentations provide more control but the downfall is you must know the url for the voicethread - at the end of the voicethread, there is a share option which will give you the url. My workaround was to use the multiurl site and just have a list - the students only need the one multiural link which will give them a clickable list to one another's voicethreads. You can also share it on your classroom wiki or webpage.
Handy Resource: http://www.multiurl.com
This website makes it a snap for student projects - they email their link to you - you add it to the list and then everyone uses the same link to connect to their individual voicethread projects.
http://www.multiurl.com/la/EcologyVoiceThread
Open Ended Question Stems - Here are some handy question starters to use with VoiceThread when helping students and creating assignments for reflection.
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See the MS Movie Maker Page for more multimedia resources