Thing36Final_Project

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For the past 10 weeks, you have worked hard and persevered. Your brain is full. The " Things" are all running together. You are all blogged out. You see a faint light at the end of the tunnel, but you are fearful that it is a Web 2.0 hallucination...

[|Voicethread] is a remarkable tool that has tremendous classroom potential for digital storytelling and portfolios, multimedia presentations, collaboration, publishing and instruction/demonstration. I hope many of you will explore the site on your own, and discover applications for your own environment.

**Task:** **Final Thoughts and Your Digital Story**


 * PART 1:** Please leave **two comm****ents, ~30 seconds each, as described below** on our closing Voicethread, also below. Your comments do not have to be expansive or perfect -- please just share your thoughts! I hope you will also spend a few moments listening to each others' comments. **HOW-TO instructions** are provided in both written and video format below the presentation.

**What your comments should encompass:**

 * **Comment 1 / Slide 1:** Share your thoughts about Web 2.0 and 21st Century learners. Do you believe the world is changing for our students? Do teachers (and schools) need to consider and address these "shifts?" How can we teach students to be responsible, effective users of these tools?
 * **Comment 2 / Slide 2:** While I know there have been challenges along the way, I hope there have also been discoveries made, and ideas sprouted for each of you. Please share the "top" one or two tools, concepts, ideas or resources from the course that you felt were most valuable for you in your classroom or professional role. What was valuable about them? Are there any tools, ideas or resources you have begun using, or plan to use in the future? What was the best discovery?

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...tell **YOUR** digital story! Your Life-Long Learning journey through this course. You may use the digital storytelling software or freeware of your choice. Your finished product must be embedded in your **blog** by **January 30, 2016.** ======

**Minimum Requirements:**

 * Your Voice
 * Photos
 * Music
 * At least 2 minutes in length


 * PART 3:** Write a final blog post reflecting on your overall course experience and next steps.