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 * Emerging Trends in Technology Instruction Project**

In this assignment, we were given the choice of several emerging trends in educational technology to research. Web 2.0 technology and these emerging trends are changing our way of teaching and learning. Our job was to research the topic to find out what it is, its history, the characteristic that make it an emerging trend, its purpose, and its system requirements. Once we have gathered the information, the next step was to create an instruction application with the application VoiceThread. This instruction could have several forms of media, picture, sound, text, PowerPoint, and links. Our job was to explain our presentation through comments, either recorded or typed. The neatest thing about this presentation is that after it is completed, we share it with out classmate who also get to comment back on our work.
 * Description of Assignment:**

[|Facebook VoiceThread]
 * Assignment:**

This assignment opened my eyes to a new presentation tool. As a teacher, I have presented material via PowerPoint but find that every time I present it, the narration varies; I add something I just thought of, I get distracted by student questions and forget a point I wanted to state, etc. With VoiceThread, I learned that a PowerPoint can be interactive. This will allow my students to be held accountable for involvement in the presentation or in this case more of an instruction. While creating my VoiceThread on Facebook, I found it difficult at first to get everything I wanted to say down and into the presentation. I found myself recording each comment a few times, adding a little more each time. I truly like the comment function. After I shared my project, my classmates were able to basically have a virtual conversation with me by responding to what I said. I liked this sort of feedback. I think this would be a great way for my students to do a persuasive presentation and plan to try using it with my class.
 * Reflection:**