Dear Kaia

Dear Kaia

While reading Mr. C's class blog I caught another glimpse of how technology can be used in the classroom; especially in Kaia’s case. I really enjoyed how he took seeing Kaia's Blog to an education level. Using the little girl’s simple blog to show his students another tool, Voicethread.
I thought this idea was brilliant. Kaia at just three was taking pictures of what was around her. Kaia’s father had been inspired to get his daughter back outdoors, into nature after reading Last Child in the Woods. Naturally her father helped her put all the pictures she took in a slideshow. Then Kaia goes through each photo telling you exactly what she captured. Hearin the three year olds voice describe the pictures was so cute.
Just as Mr. Chamberlin’s class used it to learn about Voicethread, and how to do their own presentation with pictures. Kaia’s father and Mr. Chamberlin both discuss the great connections that students, children can make around the world using this. You can take a picture of anything and even draw on the picture to emphasize what you talk about in your comment.
I do not think you can complete this blog without talking about what Voicethread and the possibilities it can be used for. The website shows you step by step how the pictures work and how to comment. There are five different ways to comment, on a pictures, photo, or document. Voicethread to me is like a picture blog that people can post comments on using skype, or just a microphone, and just by messaging. I would like to learn more about Voicethread, and the connections I could make there.