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What is Voicethread anyway?
Some ways to use Voicethread in education.
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Top Ten for Education. Number 3 is for Voicethread
How many times have we listened that a picture worths more than one hundreds words? What about using pictures and words thanks to a great tool like Voicethread?
Voicethread is a great tool for collaborative projects since it joins picture and voice in slideshares, it is like an interactive media album. Students can leave comments using voice, text or video if they have a webcam, therefore it promotes asynchronous discusion about the topic which is being discussed. Besides, teachers can decide if they want to publish their Voicethreads presentations to share them with other teachers or keep them private.
This web 2.0 tool allows teachers to know better to their students, interact with them in a lively way and learn about their interests, hobbies, worries, etc. And, on the other hand, students can practice the language, discuss about interesting topics with other students and teachers, contrast opinions from different perspectives and enrich their learning experience.
If you would like to know more about this tool I recommend you to watch the following Voicethread:
What is Voicethread anyway?
Some ways to use Voicethread in education.
If you are interested in knowing more about using Voicethread in the ESL/EFL classroom I recommend you to visit the following Wiki where you will find really useful examples as well as the Webheads and friends at TESOL 2008.
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New year, new resolution: to take any opportunity I can to improve my professional development. No sooner said than done! Seven days ago I joined Electronic Village Online Sessions 2012 which are free virtual courses. For five weeks teachers will connect...
- Top Ten For Education. Number 2 Is For Blogs.
As Tiscar Lara says in "Cuadernos de Comunicación e Innovación" magazine, 'Weblogs have a great potential as a tool in the educational field since they can adapt to any discipline, educational level, or teaching method'. Besides, what makes...
- Top Ten For Education. Number 1 Is For Wikis.
Today, surfing on the net I have found a very interesting article in the 'Transforming Education through Technology' journal, called Top Ten Web 2.0 Tools for Young Learners written by Chris Riedel. My aim with this post is not making a list...
- Best Ipad Apps For Esl Teachers #5 - Showme
Click to DownloadShowMe is one of my favorite iPad apps because it allows the user to narrate a picture, text, etc., and draw on the whiteboard at the same time. This has endless uses for language teachers, but here are a few that I came up with. 1) Create...
- Best Ipad Apps For Esl Teachers #2 - Skitch
Click to DownloadSkitch is a great app for making drawings, mock-ups, diagrams, etc. I personally like to use it in conjunction with ShowMe, which I will talk about in a later post. As an ESL teacher, I like Skitch because it has elegant text,...