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At 4:52pm on October 18, 2009, Ken Greene said…: Hi Ingrid. I just posted a vociethread project that features my 8th and 6th grade general music students. Take a look when you get a chance and, if you're interested, have your students add their comments - text, audio, or video. Voicethread is extremely easy to use and facilitates conversations across distances and time zones! This link will take you to our "Hello, world!" project: http://voicethread.com/#u406170.b674819.i3567443
This link will take you to Voicethread's tutorial video: http://voicethread.com/#u406170.b409.i848804
Hope to hear from you. Ken

At 7:55am on October 13, 2009, Mary Anne Soto said…: Hey Ingrid.... i finally joined

At 12:50pm on October 12, 2009, Ken Greene said…: That's great, Ingrid! I will prepare a vociethread for our students and send it to you to get your approval.

In the meantime... I have a group of students preparing for a special performance at a restaurant in our downtown arts district on Sunday, November 1st. The students will be performing spoken word pieces, poetry, original music, and showcasing their visual art. The theme for their written work is "What does music mean to you?". They were given a lot of freedom to choose how they wanted to express themselves. The results have been incredibly positive! I have already seen a difference in their attitudes - they are excited and confident! I expect to have the local media there to cover the event.

Perhaps there is an opportunity here to include your students' work in this event on November 1st. I will have a projector running throughout the event showing our classroom videos and images. If your students have similar work they would be interested in sharing with us, I would be delighted to feature it. There is also the possibility of a live video conference during the event to introduce the students and their work to the audience. This could be done very easily with Google video chat (time zone permitting).

I realize this is a lot to think about, but it is exciting to think of the possibilities for our students. Please consider the offer and let me know how you would like to give it a try. I look forward to hearing your response.

Thanks!
Ken

At 10:54pm on October 10, 2009, Ken Greene said…: Hello Ingrid. I am a general music teacher in Memphis, TN, and new to Classroom 2.0. I found your page while browsing the members area and wanted to invite you to participate in an online classroom/cultural exchange - your students and my students communicating with each other, sharing their work and developing a global relationship (for lack of a better term). Please let me know if you would like to try this. It has proven to be a successful way for my students to develop their communication skills and strengthen their appreciation for other cultures - nationally and internationally. I have a Voicethread posted on my page if you want to have a look - this would be an easy way for our students to communicate. You can also check out my students' projects on our music web page at http://web.me.com/knrgreene/RMSMusicMediaNetwork/Welcome.html. Hope to hear from you!