November Learning: Expanding the Boundaries of Learning

Bob Sprankle

About Bob Sprankle
Technology Integrator, Wells Elementary School, Wells, ME

Bob Sprankle is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine. He has been a 3/4 Multi-age teacher in Wells, ME for 12 years and now serves as the school’s Technology Integrator. He was involved with the SEED group in Maine as a Technology Learning Leader and helped train the first wave of teachers using laptops for the 7th and 8th grader MLTI project. Bob was awarded Maine’s Technology Teacher of the Year in 2006 from ACTEM. His students have received world-wide recognition for their “Room 208 Podcast,” and they have appeared in numerous articles, including, The New York Times and Apple’s Education Site. Bob has his own podcast (“Bit by Bit”) to help teachers incorporate technology into their classrooms. Both podcasts can be found at http://www.bobsprankle.com/.

Main Session Workshops

VoiceThread: Introduction

Come learn about one of the simplest and yet most powerful tools on the Web today. Learn how VoiceThread can be used in a variety of ways in your classroom to capture and share authentic learning. We will examine how to sign up for an account, the different options in creating presentations and the benefits afforded to educator accounts. We will also look at example VoiceThreads in order to see best practice and get inspiration for your own projects.

VoiceThread: Advanced

In this session, we will continue on from the introductory session to give you time to sign up for a VoiceThread account and start building your very own VoiceThread projects. (Note: you will need either a basic understanding of VoiceThread or will have come to VoiceThread: Introduction in order to be prepared for this session). You will leave with your first VoiceThread created and a better understanding of the ways VoiceThread can connect your classroom to the global community.