What is Voice Thread?
Voicethread is a website that allows you to share and upload files, images, documents and videos. It allows others to comment on your uploads in a variety of ways which include, text, spoken through a microphone, spoken through a phone, webcam or file upload.
How can I use Voice Thread in my classroom?
Voicethread would be an excellent tool to use for students to share and gain feedback on their work by peers and the learning manager. With the various ways of being able to comment on the upload it allows all learners to use the way in which that is most comfortable for them. Voice thread also could be used as a way of monitoring students progress on a particular unit of work or topic. Learning managers would easily be able to comment and give feedback to scaffold their thinking and learning. Voicethread incorporates many aspects that relate to the Learning Design Framework (Oliver, 1999), with such things as student choice, authentic tasks in the real world, collaboration with peers and incorporating a range of different perspectives from others.
Overall I think Voicethread is a valuable tool in the classroom but the learning manager would have to ensure that all students are capable of using this site in an effective way that promotes learning.
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Kearsley, G. & Shneiderman, B. (1999). Engagement Theory: A framework for technology-based teaching and learning. Retrieved August 4, 2009. from: http://home.sprynet.com/~gkearsley/engage.htm
Oliver, R. (1999). Exploring strategies for online teaching and learning. Distance Education 20(2), p.240-254
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