Expert blog analyzed ---EDTC613 Topic One continued.

One of the blogs that I checked out belongs to Andy Carvin, internet activist, hosted in conjunction with PBS.  I read about VoiceThread and Slide Share on one of his blog entries. A VoiceThread is an online media album that can hold various types of media.   It allows others to comment using voice, text, audio file, or video.  It also allows group conversations to be collected and shared.   Interestingly enough, someone replied to my last blog about the same thing.  VoiceThread may not change the way a power point presentation is delivered in person, but can radically change how it is delivered online.  Slide share is a site that allows one to give traditional slide shows online community features.  These online presentation tools can change how students and teachers interact online.  They can create a dialogue.  One teacher replied to Andy stating that his kids are adept at creating Power Point presentations and that he plans to add VoiceThread so that they can use that in a book talk.  I think that is a great idea.  Another response came from a teacher who has a wiki on how to use VoiceThread in the classroom. http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/  This wiki has great ideas that I can use next year with the kids!

Other entries on this site included information on gigapixel photography,

This allows one take to digital panoramic photos.  Another blog entry was about the woman who cyber bullied a girl which resulted in the girl’s suicide.  Another entry was regarding New York’s ban on mobile phones in high schools.