Voicethread

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College of Education Voicethread Page http://cedncsu.ed.voicethread.com/#home

What is a Voice Thread?

Digitally Speaking wiki on VoiceThread [1]

VoiceThread Tutorials [2]

Example VoiceThreads:

5th Grade Federal Holiday Proposals[3]

Kindergarden Sponge Activity [4]

Civil War - Carolina's Campaign (Middle School)[5]

North Carolina & Kuwait - students learn culture through pictures [6]

What do you need to create a VoiceThread:

Pictures (either on computer or hosted elsewhere)

Library of Congress Pictures on Flickr [7]

Photos on Flickr with Creative Commons attribution [8]

Example Picture to download [9]

Storyboard: Writing down what you want to say for each picture can ease in the recording and thought process. An important step in a classroom

Microphone

How to Create a VoiceThread in 1 minute [10]

VoiceThread Bookmarks [11]

VoiceThread for Education Wiki [12]

Avatar Creators

Portrait [13] This one is by far one of the "safest" creators. There are no options that would make a middle schooler giggle (see WeeMee). But there are almost too many options. I would imagine my students taking forever to create their perfect image.

Kerpoof [14]

WeeWorld [15] I like the way the WeeMee avatar looks a bit better. However, there are some options that I would not feel comfortable asking my middle schoolers or high schoolers to do, nor would I want to walk them through it.

Simpsonize [16] I have to say when I first saw this I thought - no way. But I actually think this may be the best of the bunch. There are only a few options, so it won't take forever in class. There aren't any inappropriate questions, and it is just plain fun!