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 * TE 831: VoiceThread Final Reflection **

For the VoiceThread reflection assignment, you will post your reflections regarding the course to a VoiceThread which I will create. In this VoiceThread, I would like you to reflect on what you learned throughout the course. In particular, this assignment should include your thoughts related to the following questions:


 * **How did you develop your TPACK, SCOT and/or TIK throughout this course? **
 * **What did you discover about the technologies used in the course? **
 * **What technologies would you still like to investigate? **
 * **What have you LEARNED as a result of taking this course? **
 * **What considerations should a teacher give before integrating technology in her or his instruction? **
 * **Any other thoughts/considerations, connected to TE 831 and your own learning/teaching? **

Your statement will be stronger and more compelling the more you are able to include references to specific course readings/viewings and to previous work you've produced for the the course.

**NOTE:** Check in with your go-to-group members (or Jeff, if they can't help you) for any questions you may have regarding this assignment and/or about VoiceThread.

As stated earlier, this reflection will be created using voicethread.com . A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos  and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). NOTE: //Although sometimes each student would create his/her own VT project and then peers would go and view each person's VT project, for this course you are offering an audio (maybe video, too)-recorded comment on the already created class VT project. Another way to think about this is that your VT contribution is in lieu of a final written paper. In either case, the content is the same - it's the medium that's different.// For your reflection, you need to craft a __**four-five minute reflection**__ using either the audio or video features. You should consider scripting out or (at least) writing an outline for your reflection in order to keep it between two and three minutes (this will also help you articulate your ideas succinctly and clearly).

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">1.) You've received a couple of emails with a link to the Voice Thread Final Reflection. (Here's the link to last semester's reflection to give you a better sense of the assignment: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> TE 831 Reflection Assignment VoiceThread ) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">2.) When you open the link, if you have a VT account you'll go directly to the project page. If you don't have a VT account, you'll need to create an account first and then go to our project page. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">3.) When you sign in or register, be sure to upload a picture of yourself (it can be the same image you used for the wiki) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">4.) Listen to my message (it should automatically play but if not, click on my picture to listen). <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">4.) After you've listened to my audio post, you should add your 4-5 minute comment on the TE 831 VoiceThread final reflection. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">5.) Create an audio-only VoiceThread **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">comment - click on on the "comment" button at the bottom of the VT project to do this **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;"> (you can try video, if you like, but it may take too much bandwidth for some); be sure to listen to your post after you record it, to make sure your audio works. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">6.) Your VoiceThread should be **4-5 minutes long**, in response to the following guiding questions:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Assignment Directions: **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">How did you develop your TPACK or SCOT throughout this course? **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">What did you discover about the technologies used in the course? **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">What technologies would you still like to investigate? **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">What have you LEARNED as a result of taking this course? **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">What considerations should a teacher give before integrating technology in her or his instruction? **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Any other thoughts/considerations, connected to TE 831 and your own learning/teaching? **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">***Important:** Please note that I will evaluate your VT contribution/comment, based on quality over quantity. Please think carefully and plan out what you want to say. As I noted earlier, consider creating an outline or script of your reflections. While your contribution only needs to be 4-5 minutes long, //it should reflect a high quality and thoughtful reflection//.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">8.) Once everyone has posted, you should plan to listen to and view your peers' VoiceThread comments, which your TE831 colleagues have posted to our class project.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**The VoiceThread final reflection project is due by** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 20px;">**Thursday, June 27.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> **Typically, you would also be required to view and respond to your peers' projects, but given the compressed time frame of the course, this is pretty difficult to //require//, but you are highly encouraged to do so.**