Voicethread

Participants, please be sure to sign up for a free VoiceThread account: [|VoiceThread]

What is a [|VoiceThread]?

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Images you may include in voicethread: Images, video, pdf, word, excel, powerpoint

Ways to comment: Type, voice, draw, webcam, cell phone call in

Here are a few student examples using VoiceThread: [|Weather and Poems] [|Internment Camp] Math Problems

VoiceThreads I used with my students: Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4

Important points: Free Limited to 5 threads Limited amount of cell phone time under free account Free link to embed your voicethread in a website/e-mail to pull in an outside audience Special plug in available to embed your voicethread in Moodle Add your own picture - Student picture? Student drawn portrait? Online application creating portrait?

Students need e-mail address access to create their own account - You may create "identities" under your own account; loose privacy issue; who is REALLY COMMENTING?

Teacher Edition - You have full access to sharing and groupings

Choose what comments are seen and which are hidden - choose the best 5 or hid something inappropriate but not deleting.

Mobile applications for iphone, ipad, ipod touch

Reported Problems: Large amounts of type - may cover image Ideas repeated especially with long-winded students

Ideas for Voicethread: Use as a demonstration - have students ask questions and upload items as they move along Use Voicethread as a group critieus Collection for foreign language Create photo-essays Find metaphors and symbolism in images



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