VoiceThread is similar to an online version of power-point. It is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice, text, audio file, or video. And, like Jing, VoiceThread allows you to draw on images whilst commenting.
VoiceThread is simple and free to use. It also can download files much faster than Jing, however only a maximum of 3 voice threads can be stored at one time.
VoiceThread can be used in the classroom:
- to communicate with individual students as well as the whole class,
- to develop speaking listening, reading, writing, viewing skills,
- to create an e-portfolio of students work,
- as a means of self assessment- students can record themselves reading,
- as a tool for students to narrate their own stories.
Personally if i were going to use such a tool as this one, i would prefer to use Jing however Jing does require you to download it's program whereas VoiceThread does not.
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