VoiceThread is an online tool that allows users to create interactive presentations by overlaying images, videos, or documents with voice, text, or video commentary. It does not require installation and saves all work to the user's online account. Teachers can use VoiceThread for a variety of classroom applications, such as having students record journal entries, explain math problems, or present science experiments. Some advantages of VoiceThread include engaging students with multimedia, easily updating presentations, and allowing teachers and parents to provide feedback on student work.

1. Jill Tonello
EDU614
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TECHNOLOGY:
VOICETHREAD

2.  Essentially PowerPoint 2.0!
 Interactive collaboration and sharing tool that incorporates
multiple forms of media to present information
 Allows the user to overlay images, videos, or other documents
with voice, text, or video commentary
 Users invited to the VoiceThread can also add pictures, videos,
and document
WHAT IS VOICETHREAD?

3.  VoiceThread is an Internet-based application. Therefore:
 It does not need to be installed
 It is free
 All of your work is saved to your account on the website
 You can access your VoiceThreads from any device with Internet
 Creating an Account:
 Go to www.voicethread.com and register by choosing an email &
password
 Log in
 You are ready to go!
HOW DOES IT WORK?

4. NAVIGATING VOICETHREAD

8.  As long as you have a microphone/camera feature on your
computer, you can add voice and video
 Add more content to your thread by clicking “Add Media” or
the menu tab under “Edit” ; “Add Media”
 When you are finished, click the menu tab, then click “Share”
to copy or embed the link to send to desired
viewers/contributors

9.  Intended for a Kindergarten or First Grade classroom
 Fostering ELA and creativity through digital storytelling
 Modeling my experience with the technology first, then asking
students to try it out
 UDL (Universal Design for Learning)
 Visuals
 Audio
 Accessibility
 Expression & Engagement
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MY VOICETHREAD

10.  Engaging “Do Now” activity
 Opportunity for journal entry, interpretation, discussion, etc.
 Great way to introduce a new topic in class
 Capture attention and transition into new material
 Diagnostic Assessment
 Gauge present levels of understanding
 Student-led Tutorials
 The ability to display the content while explaining it colloquially and
fluidly
CLASSROOM APPLICATIONS

11.  ELA
 Poetry and storytelling
 Math
 Map your thought process out loud; watch AND hear how it’s
done
 Science
 Experiment Report; document the experiment and present
findings
 Explain a phenomenon in your own words
 History
 Synthesize data; organize time periods by thread
 Art
 Showcase your own work!
 Describe the work of another
EXAMPLES

12. (The obvious being that it’s way more fun than a lecture!)
 VoiceThreads you find to be successful in class can be recycled
 It is very simple to add, remove, revise, or update information if
necessary
 Share VoiceThreads with students:
 As a prompt for a HW assignment
 As a review of information covered in class
a). Catch-up for absent students
b). Study guide for quiz/memory refresher
c). Re-visit material with pause, rewind, and fast forward
options
ADVANTAGES

13.  Share VoiceThreads with parents:
 Keep them posted on what their children are learning
 Classroom expectations (Ex: Welcome to 1st Grade; Field
Trips)
 Student work/progress can be tracked by teacher, student, and
parent
 Teachers can provide feedback directly on presentation
 Students can provide feedback on each others’
presentations
 Teacher, student, and parents can view this input
ADVANTAGES

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