VoiceThread

=VoiceThread= VoiceThread is a collaborative web 2.0 tool in which users can post an image, from which a conversation can begin. Record your voice, annotate with drawing tools, type in text, or even add your comments via the phone.

Ideas:
//see more on the VoiceThread Educators page//
 * Language Arts **
 * **Book review**- can also just focus on the illustrations
 * Individual student or whole class. Include scanned illustrations or student-generated.
 * Record **responses** to poems and other literature
 * Recite **poems**
 * Use as a **writing prompt** - example
 * Tell or recreate a **story** - example


 * Social Studies **
 * Discussion on an **advertisement** (student-made or professional) on whether it is persuasive and rationale.
 * Take a photo of your house, friends, neighborhood, or a special person and **describe** them
 * Biography - What else do you know about Anne Frank example


 * Science **
 * Illustrate and **explain the steps** (i.e. life cycle of a plant, chick, experiment) - experiment example


 * Math **
 * Visually and with spoken words, explain concepts- Area of a Triangle example
 * Art **
 * **Critique** an art image (peer review or famous piece)
 * **Discuss** an art image, using the zoom and annotation tools to complement statement and ideas


 * Foreign Language, ESL **
 * Share common **phrases** in dozens of languages []
 * Add a YouTube or other video and have **foreign language** students comment/discuss (written and/or oral) in the target language
 * Take a photo of your house, friends, neighborhood, or a special person and **describe** them
 * Second grade Spanish example


 * General **
 * For **goal-setting and reflection,** what a student looks forward to learning/accomplishing in your class. Repeat later in the
 * Add a **video clip**, view and discuss
 * At the **beginning of the school year,** share a short digital album to introduce yourself. Invite students to respond to your prompts. Add photos of students and have them to add comments about themselves and classmates
 * Create and **end-of-year** reflective VoiceThread (individual or class)
 * Upload a **reflective photo** from a field trip, unit, etc. and have students comment on what they learned, liked best, etc.
 * Use as a **multimedia diary** of what your class has been doing throughout the year. Use student photos and teacher narrates, or switch roles.
 * Post images and descriptive clues about a place and have people guess as to which **geographical** location you're talking about
 * Insert an image of people from a book, Flickr, etc. and ask students to comment (written and/or oral) on what the **characters** might be thinking/feeling/saying.
 * Use as a **digital portfolio**, inserting photo of actual project or student picture. Record reflection/comments, add text, annotations. Can be used for student-led conference. 5th grade example
 * Upload a photo (or cartoon) of a **controversial subject** and ask students to respond.
 * Upload a piece of **good writing** and comment on what makes it good. Do the same with a dull piece, suggesting improvements.
 * Invite ESL students to practice **verb tenses,** responding to teacher prompts and illustrations (i.e. "What happens next?" "What has happened?" "What would you do?" "What is happening?"
 * ESL or foreign language students practice **pronunciation** of words, based on the image or on teacher audio recording
 * Use as a **writing prompt**

[|Seventeen Interesting Ways of using VoiceThread in the Classroom]media type="custom" key="4366919" media type="custom" key="8680062" Voicethread Examples in Education

[|VoiceThread - Educator Examples] and @http://voicethread.com/library/2 -Examples of VoiceThreads created by teachers/schools on Ed.VoiceThread [|Mrs. Ngai's Classroom Website] - Examples of Voice Thread projects done with elementary age students - images = student drawings, modeling clay, clay, student artwork, and curricular images VoiceThread in the Early Childhood Classroom -

Tutorials, Resources
VoiceThread How-to - Short video on how to create a VoiceThread and another on how to use the doodle feature. VoiceThread for Education Wiki - Wiki collecting examples of how educators are using Voicethread in their classroom or for professional development. How to Make a VoiceThread - Wiki containing how-to directions and examples of VoiceThreads used in education [|Silli's VoiceThreadVoiceThread Tutorial for K-12 teachers] video tutorial. Fairly comprehensive and covers helpful aspects for K-12 teachers [|Digitally Speaking] - This wiki created by teacher Bill Ferriter explains everything you need to know to get started -- and has several sample VoiceThreads. TeachWeb2 Wiki - Contains resources, analysis of strength & ideas, curricular ideas Teacher Training Videos - series of short video trainings on using VoiceThread, for Teachers How to moderate comments in order to check before they are posted - useful for selecting the best of many responses or ensuring inappropriate responses are not posted



My Avatar Editor - Create your own avatar for use on the internet - can be exported and saved.

**Fotobabble** - Create and share talking photos
Ideas:
 * Tell us what's going on in the photo
 * Send a message to your parents about what you did today
 * Mother's/Father's Day photo message