What it is: A VoiceThread is a free collaborative multimedia slideshow that can contain images, documents, and videos. Viewers can leave comments via voice, text, audio file, or video. Check here for details on free vs a one-time $10 fee vs a yearly fee to be able to create accounts for students.
How to use: Lots of ways to use this site. Post a picture and have students record their thoughts. Create a digital story with images, text, and voice. Upload pictures of American Revolutionary heroes and have students record their research. Students can record math problem solving strategies. Teachers can post short tutorials for any curriculum area: science experiments, English as a second language, Art demonstrations, or staff training. Create a book group where students interact and discuss their reading together. Introduce yourself via VoiceThread (all about the teacher!).
Tip 1: Avoid posting student images + names. Get students to draw their own portrait and adopt a pseudonym.
Tip 2: Click on Tutorials for a variety of well-done interactive videos.
