This is your base page for this workshop. You should keep it open by creating new tabs in your browser.

Please visit screencast.com and voicethread.com register there. Then open Jing (Techsmith folder) if you have it.

Watch this example of a screencast.  If I can do it, you can too.

Here is a featured student podcast link. This was created by two struggling third grade boys. It is recorded on a program called Jing, posted to Screencast.com, and owned by a company called Techsmith.

Please watch at least three pages of this excellent fifth grade ELA voicethread.  

Here's my example of a voicethread on questioning in nonfiction. If I can do it, you can too.

Browse this page for other voicethreads that might interest you, or do your own search.

Round Two: Digging in

Here is a tutorial about uploading content and managing folders on Screencast.com. 

Here is a tutorial about ed.voicethread.com, an educational subset of the main site. This is a fee based service I would buy for any staff who want to voicethread with students K-8, and I know other librarians would too.

Now, choose your poison. Pick which technology excites you the most, grab a microphone if you don't have one, and explore by creating one of your own.