VoiceThread By: ASHLEY GAMBOL & AUTUMN SHEPHERD APRIL 10 TH 2012 EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 5500:230-004.

VoiceThread

By: ASHLEY GAMBOL&

AUTUMN SHEPHERDAPRIL 10TH 2012

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY5500:230-004

What is VoiceThread?

• Multimedia Slide show Images Documents Videos

• No Software Needed

• Share with the World or Selected People

• Comments by Viewers Text Voice (using a mic or phone) Audio File (MP3/WAV) Video (using webcam) Doodling

How Do You Use VoiceThread?

• Sign Up

• Create Tab-Upload Sources

• Comment

• Share

• View others comments by clicking their image

Pro’s & Con’s Of VoiceThread

Pros

• easy to use , user-friendly interface & Voicethread app

• personalization trough identities (avatars)

• moderation of comments (which comments can be shown to public)

• embedding the VoiceThread multimedia presentation on web sites or blogs

• exporting audio and video files from multimedia presentation

• setting privacy options on multimedia presentations

• possibility of creating an joining different groups

• no software installation is needed

Cons

• in free version only 3 Voicethreads can be created

• also in free version user can upload files which are less than 25 MB

• export option is commercial

• requires high bandwidth

• sometimes can be slow

• space limit to 2GB

• doesn't support all browsers

How Will VoiceThread Help Students Learn?

• Students and teachers can doodle while commenting

• Students can learn outside or during class

How Will VoiceThread Help Teachers Teach?

• Teachers can use Voicethread inside and outside of class.

• Voicethread helps keep students involved in and out of class so the teacher can monitor the students participation and progress.

Examples of VoiceThread….

• https://voicethread.com/share/409/

• Technology in a Special Ed Classroom

• https://voicethread.com/share/1388569/

• The Odyssey Timeline