VoiceThread



1. What is a Voice Thread?

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Through this video it will help explain what exactly Voice Thread does.

2. Teaching other students how to use Voice Thread There is a Free version and a couple of pay education versions Supports **Video, PowerPoint**, and **Word documents** Conversations (voice/text) can be held on each page: There are two ways to comment :
 * All participants must register for an account.
 * 5 Ways for participants to comment: **telephone, microphone, webcam, text, file upload**
 * Participants can draw on presentation to annotate.
 * Comment by clicking on a person's pictures or on the word comment.
 * You can always delete, re-record, or re-write your comments on a page.

3. Pros and Cons of VoiceThread

__Pros__ There are numerous ways VoiceThread is used in Education -Giving presentations and it is interactive- students/teachers can leave comments during the presentation -Use it as a storyteller -Use it as a discussion by adding threads -Can be used for any subject -Can be used outside of the class so you can get different opinions from students are the United States -Gives alternative way of learning to students who are hearing learners

__Cons__ -Gives only 3 free VoiceThreads per account, after that it costs money. -While students are commenting on the VoiceThread they could loose distraction of the presentation -There are a lot of different things you can do with it so it can be overwhelming for the students/teachers

5. Teachers can use Voice Thread as a way to have their students interacting with the lesson. They can give their own opinions and it can keep the students focus on the lesson. [|VoiceThread]