Voice Thread is a free Web 2.0 tool available to teachers and students. Known as a “group audio blog,” Voicethread allows users to record text and audio comments about uploaded images. Voicethread has two distinct advantages for classrooms: communicating and collaborating. Students and teachers are no longer limited by geographical or time constraints.
I am a middle school computer teacher and tech specialist. Voice Thread is very helpful to me. It allows me to visually describe and explain the concepts I am trying to convey (especially to the teachers). Voice Thread can be an effective tool in a brain storming session, you can present an image or a concept an have your students comment on what they see. The students can take the feedback and create graphical organizers to be used later in their project or to help organize their ideas. Voice Thread encourages collaboration which is a higher order thinking skill. Voice Thread also gives the students the opportunity to either verbally communicate or use written text to provide their feedback. When students are given multiple forms of responding, the teacher is better equipped to evaluate the student’s assessment of the skill set they have presented.
About Me
- herb
- Hello, my name is Herbert Washington. I am a Computer Teacher at Flat Rock Middle School in Tyrone, GA. I moved to Georgia from Detroit, and I have to say that was the best move of my life! I enjoy technology, but become frustrated when I am not able to use it with my instruction. This can be in the form of administrative restrictions or my inability to incorporate the technology into my instruction. I truly feel obtaining my Education Specialist degree will give me the tools I need to be successful in removing these obstacles.