I added my fifth grade students voices to their favorite book. The process was challenging and at times I wanted to give up, but the end product was worth it! I orignially thought of having the students come to the computer station to add their voices but the microphones that are built in the computer were not working and I only had two microphones that I purchased. My CT then came to the rescue and had all the class go to the library and use the computers there. I still had to use my personal microphones and they had to share between the ten of them. Not all the students finished their book talk so I chose ten that did and have them discuss their book and the rest of the class would comment. The microphone was connected correctly, however for some reason the student's voice was not playing back? I had a few students re do theirs a few times til finally it worked.
I would use voicethread in my own classroom. It is hard to take time out of another person's instruction time because they have their own schedule and things they need to teach. It is also hard to get fifth graders excited to talk about their favorite book because they are self consious and it isn't "cool" to share your favorite book. We ran out of time to have all the students comment on their peers work. Time was wasted getting all the students logged on to voicethread and they were not following directions or typing in the wrong email address to sign in. Overall I am proud of the end product. This activity was good for the students to learn what others are reading and get interested in books from another genre. After they heard about other books they were wanting to go to the library and check them out.
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