I have found my next project piece. I am totally geeked about Voice Thread. I had never heard of this Web2.0 tool until now and I'm wondering how I lived without it. So often I've looked for means to get students to voice their opinion about something in creative fashions. I believe using Voice Thread might be the ticket to even getting the most reluctant student to open of their minds to finding the power of their own voice. When I taught Language Arts in New Jersey, I used picture prompts to get the students to infer in their writing, however, Voice Thread is a more valuable tool because you will get to see how other people think and hear how other people see the very same thing we see but through their own lenses. Voice Threads could be easily used in art critiques, peer reviews, and digital storytelling. Personally, I could use it to display designs for book covers, birthday cards, or even or family reunion t-shirts. Everyone could view them and comment and we can then make a decision on what to do based on everyone's comments. Wow! What a wonderful way to collaborate.
Another use could be to explain via pictures a step-by-step process on how to complete various math problems.
I could have groups complete a visual presentation and we can then use polldaddy to vote on the best demonstration. Imagine that!
I could even post my tutorial videos to our student blogs and have students create questions in form of comments in references to their project work and/or the video instructions. And I could respond directly. Sort of like a semi live Q&A board. Wow! Now imagine that!
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Fantastic ideas for using Voicethread! It's one of my favorite tools too - and really very simple to use.
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