By Armeda Reitzel, COMM

VoiceThread Use - 3 Different Models:

As an introduction to co-cultures assignment which students did early on in the semester as a group (Student Learning: Identify co-cultures on the HSU campus. Meet peers in a small group setting. Practice using VoiceThread for the first time. "HSU Culture Pics")
As an introduction to cultural artifacts associated with a particular co-culture which students did fairly early on in the semester (Student Learning: Identify a co-culture that a student identifies with. Articulate how an artifact represents a particular co-culture. Meet peers in the whole class. "Cultural artifact VoiceThread")
As an culminating group project in which students explored a topic of their own choosing in intercultural communication toward the end of the semester (Student Learning: Create a team VoiceThread presentation that addresses one or more of the student learning outcomes for the COMM 322 course. "Intercultural communication VoiceThread project - link, script, annotated bibliography")

Essentially I "scaffolded" the 3 assignments so that students would gain experience and confidence with using VoiceThreads throughout the semester.