Voice Thread Lesson Plan Overview

All Grades

 Materials

•  Internet connections,
• An image, set of images or topic of focus
• A storyline or clear objective
• Microphone
• Computer

Objectives

Students will use Internet resources to support the creation of stories that will be recorded and documented to foster a positive learning experience while meeting Alaska Content Standards in Language Arts and NETS.

A.) A student should be able to speak and write well for a variety of purposes and audiences.

• apply elements of effective writing and speaking; these elements include ideas, organization, vocabulary, sentence structure, and personal style; write well for a variety

• in writing, demonstrate skills in sentence and paragraph structure, including grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation;

• in speaking, demonstrate skills in volume, intonation, and clarity;>

• write and speak well to inform, to describe, to entertain, to persuade, and to clarify thinking in a variety of formats, including technical communication;

• revise, edit, and publish the student’s own writing as appropriate;

• communicate ideas using varied tools of electronic technology; and

• evaluate the student’s own speaking and writing and that of others using high standards.

NETS Standards

Creativity and Innovation:

Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

Students:

apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

create original works as a means of personal or group expression.