Number 10: I love Voice Thread

Ah an afternoon has just been relegated to voice thread.  Its free, easy to use and packed with heaps of features that make it fun for the creator and the viewer.  This tool would be an awesome way to have children present their ideas and assignments.  By being able to doodle and draw attention to things within the slides and have the communication be open to both the person watching and creating.  It is a multifaceted learning and teaching platform.  I <3 Voice Thread.  Voice thread has the ability to incorporate several learning strategies; using images to express meaning, being able to use questions to direct knowledge without face to face interaction and the ability to record voice. Using a voice thread in a classroom environment can allow for all students to interact equally with the materials.  They are able to ask questions as well as the teach which would make for greater group topic discussions. This tool also allows for students to present their information and have the teacher be able to ask critical questions and develop their thinking on the subject further.  I am really taken over by voice thread.  I may have to get a job in the corporation.  In Digital Tools 2 as my image tool, I pick voice thread.  The strength of the ICT lies in its ability to allow students to work with images to convey meaning on a set topic.  It even has a link to the New York digital library so finding information in visual form using ethical and legal practices is right there at your fingertips.  Cognitivism is the learning behaviour theory that best underpins the voice thread concept.  It allows the grouping of images and movement of text so that ideas and details can be moved through your working memory as chunks of information.  When used to instruct or direct students voice thread can improve the quality of information being delivered through multi-modal expressions of voice, image and text.  The limitation of voice thread is that it is a digital tool and learners must be shown how to evaluate images critically for context and appropriateness.

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