Voicethread
The more I use Voicethread the more I like it.
I like the simple GUI, the fact that I can produce media that contains, images, documents, video, voice and text. This is a rich tool for teaching and learning and one well worth using. I love that students can comment and reflect.
The only issue I have with it is the limitations of the free version – you can only have three voicethreads. However, a quick look at the pricing plan provides a cheap and reasonably priced alternative. There is a free educator plan (by application) but for a one off fee of $10 you have access to their Educator Pro plan – 10GB of storage and unlimited voicethreads. This is worth the investment.
Worth reading is their classroom guide.
http://voicethread.com/media/misc/getting_started_in_the_classroom.pdf
July 3rd, 2009 at 12:20 am
This has been a real find for me and I can see endless opportunities for using voicethreads where I have been limited in the past to images and text. In practical subjects, it is an ideal medium for providing step by step instruction on processes and procedures and it will also come in handy when i work out how to embed it in moodle so I can put a flashy intro to me in my subject area.
I can see many hours coming up as I learn more about this tool.
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July 3rd, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Hi Andrew – you can have your own domain on ed.voicethread.com – pay $1US per student. I too love Voicethread – it works a charm with Google Earth to create a safe place for studnets to build cool stuff in any subject area.
Keep up your great work.
Rob
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