voicethread

**What is [|Voicethread]?**

VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish. With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install.

**What is [|Ed. Voicethread?]**

**What are the benefits of Voicethread?**  **Voicethread Activity**
 * Ed. Voicethread is a secure collaborative network designed for k-12 classrooms. It has been designed for and restricted to k-12 students, educators and administrators. Using one simple tools, students and educators can collaborate around almost any type of media via voice, text, webcam and drawing commentary, all within a secure environment.
 * Students participate in Ed. Voicethread only after being added by an educator or administrator with an Ed.VoiceThread class or school subscription. Student email addresses are not required.
 * Voicethread is simple and easy to use; minimal tech-barrier
 * It provides a safe and secure environment where all users on the network are known users. Creators can easily control who can view, edit and comment on content.
 * It also allows the teachers to seamlessly integrate digital collaboration into the curriculum.
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Educators can collaborate with students, students with each other, and entire classes with other classes around the world.
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">It inspires ongoing conversation about each image.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Go to[|Voicethread] . Click "Sign-Up" for a free account which will allow you to create your own Voicethreads. A Free account does have some limitations on VoiceThread creation, but you can easily upgrade to a VoiceThread Pro account with unlimited creation.
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Choose a topic related to your content area (e.g. ELA, history, mathematics, social studies, science or technology education)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Upload your images, documents and/or video clips. You can choose to upload files from your own computer, use the media sources, enter the URL of a file, or capture photos or videos using a webcam.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Add your comments or narrations which introduce your chosen topic or required tasks to your students.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Click on “Share” and get the link to share with your students.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Be prepared to show your video to others as if you are presenting the topic to your students. Think about the following:


 * <span style="color: black; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 10pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">How would I present this Voicethread to students?
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 10pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">What tasks would I ask my students to complete?
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 10pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">How would I engage my students to participate in ongoing conversation?
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 10pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Where would I go with the topic from here?

Make sure to check out the link below to see Voicethread examples created by other teachers.

**Voicethread Examples**

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[|Collection of Ed.Voicethread Examples]