TPCK - Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Don't make it about the tool. At the end of the day it's just a tool and there may be better ones out there.
Think about how the pedagogy matches the content.
Does the technology tool offer you the ability to do things you couldn't before?
VoiceThread - Very easy to use on the iPads
Right now just use free accounts. Students can create up to 5 VoiceThreads with a free account. Beyond that we have to pay.
We will be getting a school subscription to VoiceThread. When we do we will use the DC email addresses. You'll have to talk to me about getting student and teacher accounts activated.
Very easy to use, but still early and so it crashes sometimes making it necessary to Reset the iPad. You just push and hold the only two buttons on the iPad until the apple appears.
It is more limited than the Screen recorders we looked at in our first meeting, but far easier to use. You can also add more on to the end of an existing Thread. This means you can record your own comments back to the students.