Voicethread – A Cool Collaborative Tool
I keep hearing about a great tool for collaboration called Voicethread. I’ve read about it on several blogs and heard about it on one of the Ed Tech Talk podcasts. This site allows you to upload documents (image, pdf file, powerpoints, videos, etc) and then multiple people can comment on what they see. The comments can be recorded or can be written. There is a doodling feature that allows you to draw on the document to “highlight” the area you are speaking about. It seems really easy to use. This version is free.
A relatively new site has been created especially for educators for a fee. This version allows students to have unique logons without having to supply an email address.
The following examples show the potential of what is possible with this product.
Flat Stanley’s travels
http://voicethread.com/#q.b43401.i228312
Math example
http://voicethread.com/#u7020.b8154.i60270
Primary Reading
http://voicethread.com/%23q.b46599.i243401
MLK
http://voicethread.com/#q.b45542.i238192
Student Story
http://voicethread.com/#q.b2680.i24660
This last example is my first attempt at making a voicethread:
