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VoiceThread

 * We have a subscription to VoiceThread for the whole school**. VoiceThread is a dynamic Web 2.0 resource that you can use for a multitude of purposes. Similar to Edmodo, purchasing a subscription allows us to have our own dedicated "space" within the resource.[[image:voicethreadimage.jpg align="right"]]

Here is a description of VoiceThread, taken from their website: >>With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with **no software to install**. A VoiceThread is 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 (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. Users can doodle while commenting, use multiple identities, and pick which comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can even be embedded to show and receive comments on other websites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs to play as archival movies.<<

To give you an idea of ways that this resource can be used, here are two examples of VoiceThreads created for (and by) our Junior School students:
 * First Grade Kid Koala Project**- @http://ssajuniorschool.ed.voicethread.com/share/1933018/
 * Fourth Grade Book Chat -** @http://voicethread.com/share/1927306/

Glogster EDU
Glogster EDU Premium is a collaborative online learning platform for teachers and students to express their creativity, knowledge, ideas and skills in the classroom.
 * Glog – interactive poster
 * Collaborative class projects
 * School-level teacher management of students and classes
 * Private and safe student environment
 * Engage students in fun and creative activities
 * National educational standards


 * If you are interested in obtaining a teacher account to use for or with your students, please contact Karen Sandora**.

Discovery Education

 * We now have access to Discovery Education** through the AIU3! Log in to your AIU account and then click on a resource via the "**View on DE Streaming**" option. The first time you click on this, you will be asked to set up a Discovery Education login. We are subscribed to **Discovery Education Streaming Plus** and **Discovery Educator Network**.

A description from DE's website: >>**Discovery Education** provides engaging digital resources to schools and homes with the goal of making educators more effective, increasing student achievement, and connecting classrooms and families to a world of learning.

Discovery Education is a subsidiary of Discovery Communications, LLC. The leader in digital video-based learning, Discovery Education produces and distributes high-quality digital resources in easy-to-use formats in all core-curricular subject areas. Discovery Education is committed to creating scientifically proven, standards-based digital resources for teachers, students, and parents that make a positive impact on student learning. Through solutions like Discovery Education streaming, Discovery Education Science, Discovery Education Health and more, Discovery Education helps over one million educators and 35 million students harness the power of broadband and media to connect to a world of learning.<<