The rest of the lesson is
teaching them that animals (including humans) are not able to make their own
food, but plants are; and that plants produce food by utilizing energy from the
sun. I teach them that our bodies need
this energy to live and grow and play. With this understanding students can
begin to understand that energy passes from one living creature to another and
this passing of energy represents what we call the food chain. So, now the
students know that they did eat sunshine today!
One thing that worked well in putting together the voice thread was mainly the interaction with the students; they not only enjoyed the lesson, but they thought it was fun to be videotaped, and three or four of them got to have their voices recorded and they thought that was fun as well.
Questions for my peers:
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Any suggestions on how best to apply voice
thread technology as a teaching tool in the general classroom setting?
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Do you think voice thread is more useful for one
grade level over another, i.e. in the lower elementary grades k-3, or the
higher elementary grades of 4-6?
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Do you think voice thread would be a good
collaborative activity, for example, all of the same grade levels (or even
mixed grade levels) in one school doing a project together?
I have thoroughly enjoyed being a PST at Zavala Elementary
School. I learned a lot from my CT and
especially from my second graders; I am going to miss them!!