I’ve mentioned elsewhere teachers who have used blogging as a modern day platform for their Concept/Question Board.
Alice Mercer has now re-imagined the Concept/Question Board using VoiceThread, an online digital storytelling platform. Here, students record their voices asking questions and telling what they know about the coming unit.
See VoiceThread Online Concept/Question Boards:
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Thanks! I’ve gotten a lot of questions about how the kids make their avatars. Here is the site: http://illustmaker.abi-station.com/index_en.shtml
Since it’s in Asia, they do have one accessory that was not great, a cigarette, but I warned the students not to use it, and since I was saving/uploading the images, they followed my directions.