Community reviews for VoiceThread

It is an easy to use way of creating video lessons that other users can interact with. Create a presentation using powerpoint or the like, then voice over and use a draw tool to enhance the presentation so that students or others, can watch it like a lecture. I see it as a great way to use the Flipped Classroom approach, as you create your presentation, voice over and draw over like you would when in front of the class, then share it with your students, who can then watch it at their leisure and own pace, and also add comments if you let them. I found that this reduces stress on homework completion as students simply have to watch a video rather than work that often they would struggle with. Then, class time is spent on dealing with these more difficult areas and helping the students with their work, leading to a more student centered class, which is rare at the college levels.

Voicethread is a great app for students to use to share their own knowledge in an engaging and multimedia format. Voicethread allows for five different commenting options (audio, video, text, drawing, phone), which makes it very flexible and accessible for even young students who may not be literate/typing yet. The tool is also a great way for students to communicate and collaborate with students or experts in other locations since users do not need to be active at the same time. Comments can be exchanged across time zones and countries, even by phone in low-broadband areas. Although Voicethread is more structured and slide-based than other tools like Prezi, it still allows for a lot of creative expression and open-ended learning for students when they are allowed to direct the creation of a Voicethread and the comments that are made in response to the content.

Voicethread is a great way to combine student work of all kinds - take pictures of physical creations of younger students and upload - or have students create within Voicethread by uploading pictures and photographs. Students can then comment on each other's projects and sharing the final projects is critical. This gives every student a way to create and share what they have learned.

VoiceThread has become an integral part of my 8th grade USHistory course because it allows me to post online lessons that are interactive. Both students and teachers can post responses via keyboard (text), phone (audio), microphone (audio), or audio/video (webcam). As with any tool, you will learn more tricks once you are accustomed to the format and experiment.

This is a great tool to have for students where they can answer a question via text, voice or video, giving students an opportunity to voice opinions in a safe and fun manner.

This tool works well for taking any lesson to the digital level. Its simple design works for all grade levels and for a variety of projects. There are numerous examples from other classrooms to garner ideas for implementation.

Students love the ability to reflect and get peer comments about their work. It is not cheap, so I would love to see a free education version in the near future. My students and I also struggled a bit with creating inside VoiceThread, so we ended up using powerpoint and posting it afterward.

A VoiceThread is a combination of images and comments. Students can upload images of any kind and add written or spoken narration or comments as well as doodle as they comment. A classroom could do this with one account or with accounts for each student. It is a good tool for creating presentations. It is even better for allowing audiences to participate and provide comments or feedback. Video tutorials provide instruction and examples of how to create a VoiceThread and add comments to an existing one.

This tool is great for collaboration and discussion. Students can engage in a presentation by adding a webcam video or audio to the presentation. A teacher can create a PowerPoint presentation with video or audio and assign students to add comments by webcam or audio to provide discussion about each slide. Students can also see what other students are posting that helps lead the discussion.