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 * What is a Voicethread?**

A VoiceThread 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 (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). [|Share] a VoiceThread with frends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.

**VoiceThread**

__Reasons for use__

 * A different way to do a "slideshow" or any type of presentation.
 * Present information with real world images and music to make it more relevant and authentic.
 * Digital storytelling.
 * Synthesizing information taught in class, read from the textbook, researched online, gathered personally, etc.
 * Independent reading projects / book reports.
 * Collaborative so students can work together and also comment on each other's work.

__Ease of use__

 * Once the user learns the basics of how to create and comment on the VoiceThread, very easy.
 * Can upload photos, audio, video, documents, presentations, etc.
 * Can record comments with text, audio (microphone or telephone), and video.
 * Can embed in any web space that accepts HTML code such as wikis, blogs, Moodle, websites, etc.

__Resources__

 * [|Wissahickon.ed.voicethread.com] - WSD's VoiceThread Domain
 * [|WSD VoiceThread Documentation] - Help for getting your classes set up and how to use WSD's VoiceThread domain.
 * [|VoiceThread Getting Started] - Nice pdf on how to get started using VoiceThread in your classroom.
 * [|Other VoiceThread Tutorials]
 * [|VoiceThread FAQ]
 * VoiceThread Ning Group
 * [|VoiceThread Help Discussion Forum]
 * VoiceThread Resources and Examples by Traci Blazosky
 * [|Using VoiceThread for Digital Conversations]
 * VoiceThread for Education Wiki


 * VoiceThread Educator's Guide**

[|VoiceThread-Educator's Guide] - Get more [|College Essays]


 * VoiceThread Tutorial in VoiceThread**


 * Fourteen Interesting Ways to Use VoiceThread in the Classroom**

__Examples__

 * The Great Depression: Poetry for Two Voices
 * Amazing Hug
 * Letters from the Internment Camps
 * Picture Writing
 * [|My Hero Jack London] - VoiceThread and iMovie combined.
 * True and Memorable - Project for the novel __The Bonesetter's Daughter__. VoiceThread and Wikispaces combined.
 * [|Mein Bester Freund]- German "Give your Gnome a Home" project.
 * [|Ma Nouvelle Camarade de Chambre] - French "My New Roommate" project.
 * Do you have more VoiceThread examples? Please send them to Dianne Krause.