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This link takes you to a video that explains the wonderful benefits of VoiceThread.

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CLASSROOM

If you're an individual teacher and want to get started with VoiceThread for just your class, a Single Educator License is the way go.

SCHOOL

Give all your students an accountable and transparent learning environment. Easily integrate with Google Apps.

DISTRICT

A District License provides simple multi-school management, application of custom security policies, and integration.

A walled garden, with beautiful views. Ed.VoiceThread is the perfect online environment for students to practice their communications skills online, yet in a controlled, accountable, and transparent setting.

Accountability and transparency. Students working within Ed.VoiceThread are protected by student-centered policies that ensure a safe and supportive environment:

Students cannot private message other students.

All student work is transparent to administrators and faculty within the school or district.

Student accounts can only interact with users that educators and administrators approve.

Custom tailored policies. Administrators can set global and individualized policies for students, enabling them to either restrict or give more freedom and autonomy, as age and local school policy dictates.

Reporting and analytics. Track usage and trends for individual users or your entire institution.

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Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting.

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Possible Use in the Early Childhood Classroom

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Possible Use in the Early Childhood Classroom

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This can be used in the elementary classroom as a tool for virtual learning days. Due to its layout, everyone with permission is able to upload things, make comments, mark on certain material. It is overall a great way for active engagement virtually. It can also be beneficial in order to present an actively engaging, yet virtual, activity during an in-person class.

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VoiceThread provides multiple functions and features. It allows anyone with access to upload material, mark on material, and create comments in multiple ways. Comments can be left on materials by uploading a response, creating a video, typing out a response, or drawing a response on the uploaded material. It provides multiple options for engagement and interaction amongst those in the class. It provides various options for teachers to present material to their class and what they could ask their class to do with that material.

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Some limitations that are included with this option is that in order to use more advanced aspects of VoiceThread, a fee is required. There is also the possibility that some students to do not have access to internet as well as technical difficulties related to laptops, computers, and the internet itself.

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The strengths that are associated with VoiceThread would be the amazing features it provides. These features enforce an active and engaging component to the class, whether in-person or virtual.

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This link takes you to a website designed to give teachers accurate reviews on various resources. This review explains the pros and cons of Storybird as well as how it can be used in the classroom and a short summary of what Storybird is.

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It's easy to imagine using Storybird as a free-write station, to prompt various writing tasks, or as a platform for peer workshopping. With a bit of creativity, storytelling can also be linked to a variety of school subjects, including history, science, and even math. Follow the developer-created monthly challenges that inspire students to think about different narrative techniques, a particular illustration, and more. Or, use the guides or interactive courses to lead your students through learning something new about writing. These curriculum guides and courses offer structured lessons and activities as well as some extra bonus features (e.g., more challenges and stickers) for students. Note that at the time of this review, this section of the site had quite a few broken links, so make sure to verify that these are still available.

With a free classroom account, teachers can create assignments, and review and comment on submitted stories. They'll also be able to arrange for purchase of any student-created work, including organizing fundraisers that give 30% of the books' proceeds directly to the school. To bridge the gap between school and home, parents can take their kids' account with them when the class is over.

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Storybird Review for Teachers | Common Sense Education

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It's easy to imagine using Storybird as a free-write station, to prompt various writing tasks, or as a platform for peer workshopping. With a bit of creativity, storytelling can also be linked to a variety of school subjects, including history, science, and even math.

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Possible Use in the Early Childhood Classroom

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Possible Use in the Early Childhood Classroom

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This would be such a cute way to incorporate creative literature practice within the classroom! I would use this website at a specific time, maybe Fridays, in order to provide the opportunity for my students to get creative with their writing! This is also a way you can incorporate the use of technology within the classroom, which students love!

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StoryBird provides students with the opportunity to create their own stories, whether it be poems, creative writing, etc. Students are also able to choose pictures that the website contains to go with their stories. Students can also access stories to read through this website.

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A major limitation that correlates with this website is that after a 7-day free trial, most features require a fee besides reading stories. Another limitation regarding StoryBird is that students are not able to upload their own artwork to their stories, limiting creativity.

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StoryBird provides a space for students to read creative stories as well as create their own stories! Although they cannot upload their own artwork to go with their stories, they are able to upload pictures to go with their stories using various images the website provides.

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This website includes a great explanation of the benefits of Prezi, what makes it unique from other slideshow platforms, and includes multiple example presentations done with Prezi.

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If you’re wondering what is Prezi, learn more about this free PowerPoint alternative in this free lesson.

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Possible Use in the Early Childhood Classroom 

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This website could be used to replace boring slide softwares such as PowerPoint and Keynote. I would use this website to create fun transitioning slides that will hopefully grasp the attention of my students much more than the classic slide setup. The unique themes and transitions that can be used are very fun! I could also create a presentation and apply a video of me discussing something, showing an example, etc. imbedded in the slide. I could also do an over-voice and have my speaking recorded with the presentation if I need to do something else or if my students like that better.

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Prezi provides a way to create fun and engaging presentations due to its creative slide transitions and themes. It also allows the creator to upload a video of themselves with the presentation and record it while they talk through as well as allowing the creator to just do a voice-over.

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The only limitation I can really dig up with Prezi is the fact that it needs internet in order to create something. Without internet, you are unable to access the website. People using Prezi have also complained about motion sickness due to all of its movement.

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Prezi is a great way to introduce creative and engaging presentations to the classroom. You are able to include voice-overs, videos, fun transitions, and cool themes in order to present information.