VoiceThread has a Place in Your Math Class
I recently worked with our middle school math teachers to increase opportunities for students to use technology to collaborate and communicate their learning. I pre-planned with our middle school content specialist to really determine what students should be doing in a math class when it came to collaboration and communication and how technology would enhance these opportunities. We decided to focus on the following: Effective mathematical teaching practices: facilitate meaningful discourse and elicit and use evidence of student thinking. Mathematical process standards: Use critical thinking skills to justify mathematical reasoning & critique the reasoning of others. Use a variety of mathematical tools effectively and strategically. Communicate mathematically & approach mathematical situations with precision. With these skills in mind, I felt VoiceThread was a perfect tool that would give our students opportunities to build and use these skills as well as become