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__**TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS**__

__**//Leadership and Vision://**__ A school administrator inspires a shared vision for the comprehensive integration of technology into the work of the school and fosters an environment and culture conducive to the realization of the vision.

**VOICE THREAD STAFF DEVELOPMENT, MAY 18, 2010**

A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments 5 different ways - __**//using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam)//**__. One can 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.

Voice Thread has been an extremely valuable tool at Northview. It was used as the staff's staff development. The presentation below was shown as an inservice. A google form was created to assess the success of the inservice. At the present moment 1/3 of the staff has responded. The goal is to achieve 70 percent response for the google form.

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 * __REFLECTION__**

One teacher responded during feedback, that this presentation would work better in smaller groups instead of the entire staff. I agree with this sentiment. I think 3 groups of 10 to 15 staff member would have been more efficient than presenting this to the entire staff. I do like using the Google Form as an evaluation of the in service. The comments from the staff have been invaluable.