Welcome to VoiceThread in Education

What is VoiceThread?

I really like how Dr. Steven Yuen describes VoiceThread on this blog post:

Voicethread is basically a Web-based digital-storytelling application that allows users to share their stories through audio, images, videos or text.  It also allows visitors to make comments on their stories in five different ways:  1) voice with a microphone, 2) or voice with telephone), 3) text, 4) audio file, or 5) video with a webcam. The stories can be shared with anyone in the world or they can be kept private for selected individuals.  Like many Web 2.0 applications, you can get a free basic account as well as a VoiceThread Pro account with unlimited creation and advanced features for a fee.  However, VoiceThread is offering free educator accounts for all k-12 classroom educators.  These free accounts are identical to the Pro account in almost every aspect.

Another good place to learn about the capabilities of VoiceThread and what it is all about is on their "About VoiceThread" page.

***Now, let's take a look at how VoiceThread is being used in education.  Click on the links to the right for some great ideas that you can use with your students today!

Why did I create this site?

In my opinion VoiceThread is one of the greatest Web 2.0 tools out there.  There are infinite ways to use this tool, and as brilliant as we all are (ha ha ha), we can't think of all of them ourselves.  Please share samples of how you have used VoiceThread personally, professionally, or with students.

How can you participate?

Please share samples of VoiceThreads you have created or have had your students create.  Did you run into any snafus?  If so, let us know so we can prepare for them.

Thank you for your participation.  I hope this wiki proves to be useful to educators everywhere!