Storytelling++&++Voicethread


 * Storytelling** & **Voicethread**

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**__Storyteller Presenter__** **__:__** Rosemary Sullivan has taught **at-risk high school math** for 18 years.

“ I found that telling stories in my class helped the students **retain information**. I experimented with different delivery methods and discovered that telling a story held their attention better than reading to them or having them read. The stories not only **improved retention and attention**, but taught **life skills** that my "at-risk" students needed to become productive members of society.”

**__On site presenter:__** Kim Hoerr teaches kindergarten at Propel.

This workshop encourages using storytelling as a method to reach the whole child. Focus on **comprehension skills, strategies**, **vocabulary, content specific subjects** while encouraging **social** and **emotional** health with our population. Also learn about Voicethread as a way for children to create, **reflect** and interact through **technology**. You will be introduced to research, listen to a story, see how students expressed comprehension and learn/share ideas to take to your class to make storytelling and or Voicethread purposeful.


 * __Targeted Audience:__** The research for storytelling and the Voicethread is applicable to all grades and subjects.

__Contacts:__ rosullivan@dishmail.net khoerr@propelschools.org

__Voicethread samples:__

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__Storytelling sites:__

Storynory: Free audio stories for kids- __http://storynory.com__

Storyline Online ~ wow-[|http://www.storylineonline.net/]

Storyteller.net ~ Articles, story texts, audio, tellers, etc.-[]

Learning Through Stortelling - article-[]

Storytelling for Instructional Purposes - Podcast/article- http://www.ltgreenroom.org/episodes/56

[|Pitt Resource-http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html]