Voicethread…ing

Voicethread is a tool for collecting and sharing group conversations online. It enables you to upload images, documents and videos and allows your students to comment on them using text, recorded audio or even video (via a webcam). Students can even annotate a diagram or picture to help them communicate their ideas.

There are a number of blogs and wikis that provide detailed reviews, instructions and reflections on the use of voicethread, so what I aim to do here is to provide a summary and an opportunity to share our ideas.

Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you set up and use voicethread with your students.

Now let’s share some ideas about how we could use voicethread with our students. Please add your ideas about how each exemplar slide or video may be used to promote learning.

Thanks to Nick Varney for developing the helpfile and contributing to the ideas for reflecting on the uses of voicethread.