Multimedia Monday in Term 2

Last Monday saw the return of Multimedia Monday for 2008.  With a small group in attendance, we were able to tailor things to suit the participants, such as exploring the Internet resources that Judy’s drawn together to support our Term 2 units and uploaded to our grade and staff del.icio.us pages.

I know a number of people have ideas for what they’d like to learn on Multimedia Monday, but we haven’t had any suggestion forms in the box yet, so fill one in this week!

This week, there are two options:

1. Learning the ins and outs of printing to our new colour copier
2. Making a start with using the online application, VoiceThread

VoiceThread is an exciting tool that we’re looking with at the moment with Harlane.  Eager to try her hand with some podcasting in her classroom, we’re now looking at VoiceThread as it’s multimodal, allowing our students to integrate images, voice, sound, text and more.  We’re getting prepared for using it with 5P, so maybe you’d like to try giving it a go too.

Below you’ll find a video from Chris Betcher, teacher and voice behind the podcast The Virtual Staffroom, which provides a short introduction to VoiceThread.