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exactly 3 months ago i posted about voicethread and about 22hrs ago a comment left by a fellow singaporean CL teacher came as a pleasant surprise. he's ??(his students would call him ???)from rulang pri sch, and he has got some real voicethreads going live! check out his reflections on his experiment with his students, and be sure to drop by his collection of voicethreads too!
great work keep it up and keep the voicethreads coming :)
chanced upon this tool "Voice Thread" when i saw it mentioned in one of my blogline feeds (which has been neglected for 3 weeks at least), it's a pretty impressive tool which allows a teacher to engage students in self-expression or group conversation on some common topic. the 'topic' can exist in 14 types of media format (wmv, ppt, gif, pps, pdf, jpg, doc, png, opd, bmp, xls, mov, flv, avi) and the conversation can occur in 5 ways (voice, video, phone, type, upload).
more useful features for teachers include comments moderation, which allows teachers to invite parents, communities to view and participate (students can only invite peers within the community to comment on their work); to protect privacy further (or i think it suits students' needs to adopt different personalities at different time), they can create multiple identities/avatars when 'talking'.
would definitely like to experiment with it if i were in the classroom right now, if only ...
you simply have to check out the following official intro to learn more about Voice Thread (not juz in written form here):
if you are currently in school teaching, you can 'go pro' any apply for a FREE (with some conditions) account and explore it for use with your students! details' here.
am slow in finding out about this platform, but it's never too late :)
