VoiceThread

Let Your Voice Be Heard! "//A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds [|images, documents, and videos] and allows people to navigate slides and leave [|comments in 5 ways] - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). [|Share] a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too//." [|An Educator's Guide to Getting Started with VoiceThread] Ideas for Using VoiceThread to Present/Synthesis information:
 * "A Day in the Life of...."
 * Tell How You Solved a Problem
 * Book Reviews
 * Story Analysis
 * Explain terminology/vocabulary
 * Digital storytelling
 * Historical fiction stories
 * An open-ended question for discussion
 * Book talks
 * Describe a scientific experiment

How to Get Started with VoiceThread:  1. Sign up for a free account OR Check out the generic account log in cards from Mrs. Hingerty. 2. The link for VoiceThread is on the Birdneck School website-on the tab for Students-scroll down to find Web 2.0 tools. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 100%;">3. Use the log in information from the cards and log in. Follow the Educator's Guide to Getting Started with VoiceThread to set up an activity and have students leave comments.

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Have Questions? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There is a wealth of HELP resources available on the VoiceThread website ([|www.voicethread.com]) or you can see Mrs. Hingerty. She is happy to help design a learning activiity for your students or support your students as extra hands and eyes when they are creating a presentation using VoiceThread. Final products can be added to the Birdneck School website's Student Gallery of Work for students to share at home.