Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Voicethread
I think I used Voicethread in one of my online classes at UMUC as a way to introduce myself to the class. I remember really liking it and finding it easy to use, but I did not explore how I could use this technology any furthur. I have now given it some thought and I think in my classes when I ask my students to "be the teacher" they can have the option of using Voicethread to present the information they are assigned. This would serve two purposes. Once they have captured the instruction they are to present to the class the instruction is saved in a central location that all of the students can access again at a later time if needed. In particular I am thinking of right before a test. Listening to their classmates again might help them master the content they will be tested on. Overall, I now see a ton of potential for implementing Voicethread in my classes.
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Melanie, are you looking to use Voicethread to take the place of, say, students making a PowerPoint presentation? That's a use for the software that I had not thought of before. I got the impression that Voicethread is looking to replace text-based "message boards" typically found in online forums.
ReplyDeleteAnother possible use would be to use Voicethread to host digital Socratic seminars that would leave a saved file for assessment, as you point out in your post above.
As a side note, I think it'd be really helpful to include a hyperlink to Voicethread in your post.
Otherwise, this is a great find - I'll have to spend a little more time exploring this software myself.
I remember the Voicethread introduction. I, too, let the concept slip by without much notice.
ReplyDeleteRob has some good ideas on how to use the program in class. I need to look into that a bit more.