voicethread

=VoiceThread = = =
 * VoiceThread ** is a website that allows a user to post any type of media (images, documents, and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways -- using voice (via a microphone or telephone), text audio file, upload files, or video (with a webcam) -- and share them with anyone they wish. This allows group conversations to be collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world.

About Ed.Voicethread

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Getting Started:
1. Go to [|http://www.voicethread.com]  2. Set up your account 3. Click “Sign In or Register” in the upper right of the page. 4. Click the “Not registered yet?” link. 5. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Fill in the required fields for name, email, and password. Then, click register. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msolist: Ignore;">6. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">After you are signed in and on the Browse, Create, or Myvoice page, click the button up top that says “Go Pro”. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msolist: Ignore;">7. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Click the Link in the next window that says “K-12 Classroom educators”. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msolist: Ignore;">8. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Fill out the form using your school email account. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msolist: Ignore;">9. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Once you click the link VoiceThread sends you to activate, you are all set to start. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msolist: Ignore;">10. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Go to the Create page and upload your media. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msolist: Ignore;">11. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">K-7 <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: GillSans;">(13 and under) should only participate using ‘identities’ which are extra ‘faces’ of the teachers account and consist of nothing more than a picture and a first name. The picture does not need to be of them at all, but simply needs to represent them so they can recognize their ‘mark.’ Open your VoiceThread and click on the Avatar next to the left arrow and then select ‘Create another identity.’ Add a new identity for each student. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msolist: Ignore;">12. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: GillSans;">Have your students prepare to comment on the images by at least thinking about the story, issue, or problem behind the images, and even better, to write a script for their commentary. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msolist: Ignore;">13. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: GillSans;">Now when you are viewing the VoiceThread and one of the students wants to comment on a particular image, you simply click the Avatar next to the left arrow and then choose that child’s ‘identity.’ Now they are all set to comment. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msolist: Ignore;">14. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: GillSans;">That’s it; you’re all set to make a classroom VoiceThread. After the Voicethread is complete send invitations out to all the parents. You can even choose to add a page at the end of your book for the parents to leave their comments.

[|VoiceThread Directions]

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<span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'mso-bidi-font-family;">More Information [] [] [] http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/

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