Voice Thread is a website that allows individuals to create a document containing a visual representation accompanied with a verbal explanation of that visual. When I first entered into this site I was a little confused and frustrated, only due to my lack of knowledge with the sight. However, after completing the creation of my own voice thread, I found the software and website very easy to operate. Therefore, I would say I did like and enjoy this technological learning experience.
The value in Voice Thread, I believe is giving individuals as actual voice to speak with rather just through typing words onto a computer screen. This allows the viewer to get a better understanding of the tone and ideas the publisher wants to express without misinterpreting written information.
At the beginning of creating my account with Voice Thread, I did have some confusion with how to create, upload and record, only to to my own lack of knowledge with the site. However, I did not encounter any technical problems using this tool and actually found it rather simplistic after the voice thread was completed.
This could be a wonderful tool used to teach students How To assignments. The students could be giving a How To, to complete and using their voice in a voice thread they could demonstrate their How To. As well, this could be an amazing tool to utilize to provide experience when giving speeches. Recording them playing back your own voice thread, could give valuable insight into things to change and how to make a speech better, before having to actually present it. These are just a few of many instanced where this tool could be implemented into a classroom. Obviously, the age level of children would be a key concept to consider when using this tool, but as a whole, I feel this could be a very beneficial tool to many age levels.
No comments:
Post a Comment