Voicethread

=[|VoiceThread]=

VoiceThread is web 2.0 tool that allows the user to combine images, text, and video to create a multimedia slide show. Once the presentation has been created other users can leave video, audio, and text comments.

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Resources

 * [|About VoiceThread]
 * VoiceThread for Education Wiki
 * [|VoiceThread Webinar from Classroom 2.0]
 * [|Ning VoiceThread community]

=IDEAS FOR THE CLASSROOM=
 * Use of Assessment / Understanding
 * Share reflections about a historical photograph.
 * Share favorite characters in a novel read by the class.
 * Use historical pictures, do research and give the report orally while viewing the visual.
 * For art, language arts, math and science lessons can become more alive and realistic using this technology.(explaining art work/techniques, book reviews, book advertisement, science labs/dissecting, doing hobbies, sewing, etc.)
 * Geography comes alive with photographs of people and places.
 * Students can present digital book reports.
 * Students can create a get well card for a home bound friend.
 * Students can create a year end class thread.
 * Students can share facts or reflections about a field trip
 * Use Voice Thread as a writing prompt. See example above.
 * Students can reflect on a speaker they just heard.
 * Get input from community members on your student’s work
 * Find collaborators for VoiceThread projects here

Examples of Use in the Classroom

 * [|Second Grade Spanish - Muzzy and Friends]
 * [|Science Experiment]
 * [|Area of a Triangle]
 * [|What do you know about Anne Frank?] (Amy Cobb)
 * [|Ed Tech blog about Voice Thread]
 * [|Gregor the Overlander Character Map]
 * [|To Kill a Mockingbird - Tenth Grade]
 * [|Faces of the World]
 * [|What Do You Value?]
 * [|Recipe for Houisin Rice]
 * [|Using Voice Thread as a Writing Prompt]
 * [|Clever Voice Thread about Pants]
 * [|Forest Animals]
 * [|Peace]
 * [|Civil War ABC's]