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**Great video for understanding ideas of incoporating PBL (Problem Based Learning) with hand-helds:**

media type="youtube" key="mXvQ5djvZ1A" height="283" width="504" =Students= create tutorials:
 * __**Math**__: students record a tutorial explaining the concept behind the solution to a particular problem. Taken one step further, students create a problem that illustrates a specific principle and then solve it.
 * Build a library of student tutorials.
 * Students can create tutorials in using narration w/ video (VoiceThread see below).
 * Students can teach parents as assignment. Students scan in their work and narrat for parents to view.

create stories:
 * Read & illustrate stories they've written, or summarizing stories they've read.
 * Write and narrate story for other (younger) students to read.
 * Practice reading skills. You can keep the podcasts in the student folder and monitor reading progress over the year.
 * Create an audio biography of an elderly person or family member. Include an interview of the person if possible.

create a vodcast: great apps and web resources for podcasting. Check out (free) Cinch [|www.cinch.fm].
 * Learn about explorers like Columbus by creating a regular podcast from a crew member on his ship that chronicles his voyages across the world. Create an accompanying Google map that traces the voyage along with the podcast.
 * Create a President's Day podcast directed at an ex-President explaining how he enriched the lives of American citizens.
 * Script and act out the interview a famous person (for two people).
 * Use the Reply function to provide students with personalized responses - in text and/or audio.
 * Practice the use of new vocabulary. Record a podcast for students and have them listen and respond by creating their own podcasts. Check out The Princeton Review Vocab Minutes []

**VoiceThread App** According to their website, a VoiceThread can be defined as follows:"a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice, text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too." You start by opening an account with VoiceThread. You can then record your VoiceThread directly online or by using the iPad app. VoiceThreads are media based so you begin by uploading any media - images, documents or video. You can write over your media while recording a VoiceThread ("doodling"). VoiceThreads can be multiple slides and you simply navigate between slides by pressing the //Next// arrow.

What differentiates and makes VoiceThread especially powerful is its "participatory" nature. You don't just watch the VoiceThreads created by others - you're encouraged to comment on them. You can see from the image above, the list of icons in the left and right columns represent people that have watched and added commentary to the VoiceThread. You can comment using the same set of text, audio, video and doodling tools that are used when creating VoiceThreads. Not only can you watch the original VoiceThread but you can also listen and read the commentaries left by everyone else. Imagine a scenario where the teacher poses a problem in VoiceThread and asks the students to each explain their solution (using the VoiceThread moderation tool, you can control when the commentaries become visible). It could be a straightforward math problem or something like an image from history that asks students to explain their understanding of the event.


 * Ways you can replace"read the chapter and answer the questions" routine with micro-podcasting in the classroom: **