Mini-Lesson+Model+2

==  Essential Question: How Can I Use Reading Strategies to Deepen My Understanding of a Text? ==
 * How does the text connect to me personally?
 * How does the text connect to other texts I've read/viewed?
 * How does the text connect to the world around me--to societal issues/problems/trends?
 * What questions do I have about the ideas in the text, about how this text connects to other ideas or texts?

What Will I Learn about VoiceThread?

 * Strategies for using VoiceThread to deepen conversations
 * How to add a comment to an existing VoiceThread
 * How to create your own VoiceThread
 * How to embed your VoiceThread on a blog or wiki

Directions

 * ====**How Vampire Manic Are You? Take the survey.**====
 * Individually, read and mark up the article assigned to your group. Record at least two connections and one question on your three stiicky notes.
 * //A Trend with Teeth//, an article in //The New York Times//
 * Discuss the article face2face with your small group. Use your sticky note connections and questions to guide your discussion.
 * Share some highlights of your groups' discussion by adding comments to the VoiceThread below:
 * First, each group member should register to **Create a free VoiceThread** **educator account****.**
 * Next, decide who will respond--by posting a comment--to which slide on the VoiceThread embedded below.
 * Slide 1: Share a TEXT to SELF connection your group discussed.
 * Slide 2: Share a TEXT to TEXT connection your group discussed.
 * Slide 3: Share a TEXT to WORLD connection your group discussed.
 * Slide 4: Share a question your group posed and respond to the question, sharing the groups' thoughts.
 * **Each person should add only one response to one slide of the VoiceThread.**
 * To add your comments to the VoiceThread, log in with your username and password, and use the hand-out for instructions for creating a comment.
 * After your group has commented on all four slides, take time to listen and respond to the ideas of your peers--by adding comments. Remember, this is a digital conversation--a back-and-forth dialogue intended to deepen all our understanding and challenge our thinking.


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= VoiceThread Resources =
 * Teaching Students to Create, Share, and Discuss Responsibly (via VoiceThread)**
 * Video Viewing Guide (for two student tutorial videos @this site ): [[file:Voicethread_Student_Training_Guide.pdf]]
 * //Gimme a Thread//: Student Permission to Create a VoiceThread [[file:Handout_Vthread_Permission (1).pdf]]
 * VoiceThread Rubric

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 * VoiceThread Hand-Out (in your notebook)
 * VoiceThread Wiki: Tips for planning VT lessons and using VT with students.
 * VoiceThread 4 Education Wiki: See more model VoiceThreads (categorized by grade level) of VoiceThreads, and locate collaborators for your VT project.
 * The Blurb: Student-friendly tutorials, permission slips, tips and sources for non-copyrighted images.

VoiceThread Models

 * I Spy Plane Shapes (2nd grade)
 * VoiceThread Library: find educational VT's categorized by content area.

VoiceThread Resources

 * Digitally Speaking wiki with a ton of teacher resources for planning a VoiceThread.