Voicethread: a website that allows a user to post images along with audio and text and then allows others to comment by audio or text.
Should I use voicethread?
Voicethread is yet another way to engage students and inspire excitement about the content.
It also incorporates valuable 21st Century Skills along with your content area.Voicethread provides an avenue for students to show their creativity and innovation.
Plus, the library media specialists will help you and your students.
Voicethread Handout Example (new)
How can Voicethread be used by you and your students?
Teachers can post an image or video (example: video from united streaming) with comments.
Student can post comments creating an online discussion.
Each student creates a Voicethread to discuss an essential question (example: What if images such as … never existed?). Students and teachers can create a discussion with each voicethread.
How To Use Voicethread
www.voicethread.com
Sign up for a free educator account (both teachers & students).
Click the CREATE tab to begin your thread.
Upload images, movie files, etc. to use.
Attach a microphone (available in the library) to record your voice.
The library has a class set of headphones/microphones.
Share your thread (see options).
VoiceThread Examples:
Extreme Biology list of Voicethreads
See the BVW Productions Blog for more examples of Voicethreads… http://bvwest.edublogs.org
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