Note: Some of these slides are outdated. The Internet has progressed far beyond what we’ve been calling the “Read/Write Web.” Most of the advanced applications now have interactive features that are sure to engage your students! VoiceThread is a free Web 2.0 application that allows users to have web-based conversations around digital media using text, a video camera, microphone or even a telephone! In this session, see some examples of elementary classes’ VoiceThread projects that include collaborative global learning. Discussion will include how-to, classroom management, social networking and parental permission. Adaptable for all grade levels.

1. Leaving Your Voice and Beyond
Lee Kolbert
School District Palm Beach County
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2. Backchannel:
http://todaysmeet.com/kolbertblc09

3. What is a VoiceThread?
Curriculum Applications
Free or Not?
Creating Your Own
Moderating/Sharing
Things You Might Not Know
What’s Coming for
VoiceThread? (New/Beta)
Educator’s Library

4. Are You Missing The Boat?
There are no rules,
but if you are using VoiceThread only
for these things; you’re missing the
boat:
a publishing platform; try SlideShare
a slide-show app; try Animoto
a backchannel; try Chatzky
a video conferencing tool; try
ConnectNow

5. It’s for conversation
and commenting
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Media:
Word docs,
PowerPoints,
videos, PDFs,
images,
spreadsheets, and
more!
You!
http://voicethread.com/share/304973/

6. Foreign Language Learners
Global Collaboration
Language Development
Real World Math
Science: Environmental Issues
Historical Primary Sources
David Fisher and Susan

7. Clear the Air: Free or Not?
http://voicethread.com/pricing/k12/

8. Let’s Create, Comment and
http://voicethread.com/share/567857/

9. Important to Remember
If you delete a thread, it’s GONE!
If you delete an avatar, you also delete all
comments and threads associated with that
avatar.
If you choose to moderate comments, you must
check your VT often so that you can approve/
show them. (Coming soon: email notification of
new comments on your threads.)

10. You Might Not Know...
Comment and annotate on a video while it’s playing.
Try it: http://voicethread.com/share/567857/

11. You Might Not Know...
Download media w/ right-click

12. You Might Not Know...
Export finished VT to .mov (burn copies for your class)

13. You Might Not Know...
Bookmark a VT by “subscribing.” The VT will now appear on
your MyVoice page.

14. Coming Soon:
Grab content from other providers such as New York Public
Library! http://www.edutopia.org/online-libraries-collections-digital-resources

15. Try it Now! (In Beta)
Create a VT from your Smart Phone! [beta]
Send your photo(s) to
upload@voicethread.com (you must use an email from
your phone that is registered with VT)
Reply to the confirmation and you’re done!
Record a comment by including your 10-digit
phone # in your reply and VT will call you for
your comment.
Include the word SHARE and VT will send you
a link to share.
Put something in the subject line and that will
be the title of your new thread. If it matches
an existing thread,VT will add the image to it.

16. Educator Best Practices Lesson Plan
http://voicethread.com/library/

17. Lee Kolbert
Kolbert@mac.com
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