VoiceThread was one of the new web tools I dabbled in during the last class. I decided to look for ways in which other teachers had used VoiceThread to teach vocabulary and then to create my own. There were lots of vocabulary examples in the public folder. One very simple idea is shown below. The teacher had her students illustrate and record words and word meanings.
Another example is a VoiceThread of vocabulary from The Emperor's Egg. The teacher read each word and its definition. Students were asked to create a sentence with each word.
The final example is one called Reinforcing Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension and Making It Fun. Titles can often be deceiving. Take a look, and you'll see the "making it fun" portion of these lessons appear to be missing.
Finally I created a simple VoiceThread with four slides. The task is to look at each slide and to come up with words that describe the pictures. Descriptive language is so often missing from our students' speaking and writing.
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