<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/caa3441a-4de5-47ff-aec1-b1051a2824da/33551665-9BAE-4E1B-9374-22784F558B20/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blackboard.jeffco.k12.co.us/webapps/blackboard/content/learningUnitItem.jsp?course_id=_2130_1&content_id=_261767_1&step=4" href="http://blackboard.jeffco.k12.co.us/webapps/blackboard/content/learningUnitItem.jsp?course_id=_2130_1&content_id=_261767_1&step=4" style="font-size: 11px;">blackboard.jeffco.k12.co.us</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blackboard.jeffco.k12.co.us/webapps/blackboard/content/learningUnitItem.jsp?course_id=_2130_1&content_id=_261767_1&step=4"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blackboard.jeffco.k12.co.us/img/C2626020-90C8-431F-B589-204C7A07D9C8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blackboard.jeffco.k12.co.us/webapps/blackboard/content/learningUnitItem.jsp?course_id=_2130_1&content_id=_261767_1&step=4"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><FONT face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><DIV>Teaching on-screen and sharing the visual objects is another potential of the new web. </DIV><BR /><SPAN>Voicethread</SPAN> </FONT><A target="_new" href="http://voicethread.com/"><FONT face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">http://voicethread.com</FONT></A><FONT face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><DIV> is a new site that allows a teacher (or anyone) to upload images, documents or videos and add narration, text and drawing elements on top of the photo slide show. </DIV><BR />Here is a great example of how an art teacher uses the site. </FONT><A target="_new" href="http://voicethread.com/view.php?b=3352"><FONT face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">http://voicethread.com/view.php?b=3352</FONT></A><FONT face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><DIV>. For an example of using this at the primary level, try the one from <A target="_new" href="http://voicethread.com/#q.b181358.i0.k0">Grace Kat's 3rd Grade</A> class in Sydney, Australia.  Voice thread allows for <A target="_new" href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synchronous">synchronous</A> or <A target="_new" href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/asynchronous">asynchronous</A> discussions, annotation of images, interactive discussion, and illustration of instructional concepts in an online environment.</DIV><BR />It takes a few tries to get your voice the way you want it. This would be helpful to home school students and if you use a SMART board, you could use the screen captures from class to post makeup work. <BR /></FONT></TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/33551665-9BAE-4E1B-9374-22784F558B20/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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