App / Tool of the Week - VoiceThread ....

App / Tool of the Week - VoiceThread ....

VoiceThread is a great presentation tool.  You can use it in many ways.  I choose to use VoiceThread for my 6th grade students and reporting on Ancient China.  I had my students compose their reports on a Google Doc and cite their resources before I gave them an iPad to record their reports.  You do not need an iPad to create a VoiceThread it can be done via their website.  After I had given them feedback and approved their report then they were given an iPad to record their report, they also had to find 3 images that represented their report.  I did have them make their recording all in one setting.  We found it hard to edit VoiceThreads via the app.

Below is an example of one of the Ancient China Reports.

Ideas for VoiceThread:

• Create a Book Report
• Create a History Report
• Create a Presentation
• Report on a Science Project
• Collaboration Project

Tips:

• Free accounts are limited, you can only create so many VoiceThreads and you can't delete them.
• If recording with the app, do all of your recording at once.  We found it hard to edit VoiceThreads via the app.
• You have to confirm your email so I created Fake/Disposable Emails for this.

Student Examples:

• China Reports

Resources:

• VoiceThread - Web Tool
• VoiceThread - iTunes App
• VoiceThread - Chrome Store