Talking+Graphics

=Talking Graphics=

Talking Graphics are the result of combining a photo with audio, usually a voice explaining the picture. Talking Graphics are a great way to differentiate, as visual students need to see a picture while hearing instructions. I am excited to use Talking Graphics as writing prompts--I give instructions for the assignment but show a picture to start the brainstorming process for the student. I could also use them for introducing an author of a work we'll be studying by showing them a photo of the author while I talk about his or her life.

Articles:

[|Fotobabble for teaching vocabulary] This article points out that some of the methods educators use to teach vocabulary are dry and ineffective. Talking graphics can "revolutionize" the way we teach vocabulary. Students have a choice in finding a graphic to represent the word, and then can record their voice using the word in a sentence, poem, etc. There are a lot of choices by using talking graphics!

[|Voicethread Ideas for Educators] With forty-two ideas for using voice thread, this site is am amazing resource for teachers who are having trouble coming up with ways to integrate this resource. Each idea, such as writing (and reading aloud) and adventure story about an image, has a link underneath it to expand and gives readers the "how to" information.

My Voice Thread example:

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My Fotobabble example: media type="custom" key="10723432"