Aloha mai kakou!

 Each day this week we will share a new post that we hope will generate some conversation and support your use of VoiceThread. Since creating our learning object, Building Collaborative Learning Spaces with VoiceThread, we have continued to use VoiceThread in our classrooms and will share some of our experiences here. We will also be sharing additional online resources you can tap to help you along the way. We welcome your thoughts, questions, insights, and experiences with VoiceThread as well!

For starters, here is a quick list of features that give Voicethread its compelling appeal -

 Technical

·      Cross platform

·      Free, or low-cost to educators

·      Easy to use

·      Supports many kinds of media

·      Strong web support

·      Online storage and accessibility

·      No need to provide students (k12) with email accounts
 
 Pedagogical

·      Use at any level, K12 and higher education, as well as other educational settings

·      Allows asynchronous interactivity through text, audio, webcam, and drawing tools

·      Allows private or public access

·      Use like a discussion board

·      Use to assess learning and respond to learners

·      Use to collaborate – share ideas, construct knowledge, build community

·      Provides voice – inflection and intonation, thereby personalizing participants

·      Allows global participation, connects learners for cross-cultural experiences

·      Present visual content 

Please add to the list!