Emerging+Trends+Instruction+Application

//** Web 2.0 Story Jumper Voice Thread ** // [] ** Description ** : //Emerging Trends in Technology Instructional Project// For this project I needed to choose a New Emerging Trend or Web 2.0 application and research it to discover how it can be applied to education, and business. Also, I will need to research and learn how to use Voice Thread because this is the application that will be used to present the information learned to others. The instruction should include the description, features, directions for use, the history, founders, educational, business, and family uses, technical requirements, global availability, and characteristics.

**Process:** First I went to Web 2.0 Tools and Applications at http://www.go2web20lnet/ to search through the many applications until I found Story Jumper, it's brief description said, //"Create your own childrens books."// My interest was peaked, so I decided to find out more about this application. For my instruction I created a power point presentation and uploaded it to a Voice Thread. Once the power point was uploaded, then I added the comments to each slide. Also, while adding the comments to some slides I used a drawing tool to identify buttons that I was explaining the uses for. After, the Voice Thread was complete I pasted the web address into The class PBWiki for others to see.

**Reflection ** : I really enjoyed going through the different Web 2.0 sites. There are so many and I can't wait till I have some extra time to research others in more detail. The Web 2.0 application I decided to investigate for this project was called Story Jumper. This is a site that creates books on-line to be shared with anyone who has access to the internet, also the books can be turned into a professionally published hardback copy. Using Voice Thread to add audio to the power point I created was fun and easy. As I looked through other uses of voice thread I found them very interesting. There were several uses I may try to use such as: sharing pictures and comments with friends and family, or sharing student work with parents. I would like to try and incorporate voice thread into my classroom by having students become experts on a particular topic. For example in Science my students have to do research on weather related events and complete a Web Quest. I could also have them work in groups to create a Voice thread to share with classmates what they have learned about their weather related event.