Recently I had the opportunity to work with Sarah Parry and Claire Lescop to take poems written by students and create illustrated versions. The pictures were used to highlight the content of the poem in order to bring the poem alive via images. We used Keynote to assemble the poem, images, while also discussing copyright and creative commons. With this in mind, students used Creative Commons images which allow for use without attribution. Once the Keynote Slide was completed, they were exported as an image and upload via a Moodle Assignment. Teachers then added them to the VoiceThread while the students rehearsed their reading of the poem so they would be ready to record. Once the VoiceThread was ready, students donned the Logitech Headsets and recorded their poems. After recording their poem, the listened to others and added a comment.

After the process was complete, the VoiceThreads were shared on the main Browse page of VoiceThread for the world to appreciate. The project took 5 class periods not counting the writing of the poem.

This is a great example of an integrated unit that can extend what you already do in your classroom using digital tools.

Williams Carlos Williams inspired poems by Claire Lescop’s students
http://damiddle.ed.voicethread.com/share/722045/

Where I’m From poems by Sarah Parry’s students
http://damiddle.ed.voicethread.com/share/965530

I hope you enjoy them.

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