Innovative educators know that when Inauguration day comes you don’t want to have your students passively watching this historic event. Active, engaged, focused viewing is the key. To that end, I’ve come up with a few ideas to ensure we are engaging students and stimulating their minds with active viewing activities.
The goal of the Inauguration Day Voices project is to capture the voices of individuals exploring and expressing their own perspectives on this historic event. For those unfamiliar with them, a VoiceThread is an online virtual space that provides a unique commenting environment for shared media like images and videos. Participants can can comment by webcam, microphone, telephone, or text, all on one simple page. The Inauguration Day Voices project is a VoiceThread group that will capture the voices of individuals exploring and expressing their own perspectives on this historic event.