Voice Thread
Online presentation tool that allows students to respond or make comments in a variety of ways.
Overview
Language Arts Example
Math Example
Creating a VoiceThread Phase 1
Establish an account
Make a plan.
Gather materials for presentation such as photos, text or video.
Phase 2
Go to VoiceThread
Upload your items.
Create your audio. Record your instructions or questions to students.
Share your presentation
Editing tools are located around the VoiceThread's window if you want to make changes project's elements, pages, comments, and settings.
For more information visit the support page
Tips and Suggestions From CSD
There are a lot of things you can do to improve your projects, to make the creation process easier, and to adjust your projects to better fit the needs of your students:
• You can upload the pictures you plan to use in your VoiceThread onto Flikr and automatically add a folder to your project.
• Use your computer's built-in microphone or a USB headset to record audio for your VoiceThread.
• You can input your cell phone number onto VoiceThread, and the site will call you to record your audio.
• PowerPoints can be easily uploaded onto VoiceThread. Save your PowerPoint slides as jpg files and upload them to your VoiceThread.
• If you need to include copyright information for photos you have used, you can screen capture the copyright information and upload the image onto your VoiceThread.
• Record your voice or use video clips to upload to your VoiceThread.
• Upload a variety of files to your VoiceThread including pdf, docs, etc.
• You can record up to 15 minutes of audio per slide on the VoiceThread site.
• The VoiceThread site will automatically scale photos so they fit the allotted space.
• When recording, to avoid all the classroom noise, you can put a box on the student's head or hold a book up behind the microphone to block out the noise.
• Allow anyone to view and anyone to comment on your VoiceThreads, but be sure to moderate all comments.
• If you are concerned about sharing student work, you can opt to not allow your VoiceThread to be shown on the browse list.
• You can create sharing groups to choose who can view and comment on specific VoiceThreads.
You can export your VoiceThread as a .mov file and burn copies for your class.
• You can export your VoiceThread as a .mov file and burn copies for your class.
• You can subscribe to VoiceThreads that you like.
Teaching Ideas
• Debate - Students research, plan, and prewrite a debate speech, then record and upload their speech to VoiceThread. They find images to go along with their speech. Each debate team listens to the opposing speech and then takes five minutes to plan a rebuttle and record it on VoiceThread. Such a debate can be held between various class sections, between different schools, and at different locations.
• Explorers - Students create slides about different explorers and record information about them. Later, students can compare and contrast the explorers they have learned about on the pages of their class VoiceThread. They can record their findings on their original page.
• Civil War Simulation - Students record first-person accounts of historical figures from the Civil War.
• Middle Ages Feudal System - Students post pictures representing all the different classes of people in the medieval social system. They record either a description of their rolls, rights, and lifestyles or mock first-person accounts of their lives.
• Interview an Expert - Help an expert set up a VoiceThread about their field of expertise. After learning from the VoiceThread, students record questions for the experts to answer. The expert then records answers to the students questions. Finally, the students create a VoiceThread as a report (ie. on an animal), and the expert views the report, listens, asks questions, and makes comments.
For additional teaching ideas, visit the VoiceThread idea page or simply browse through VoiceThreads that others have created.