VoiceThread

1. [|VoiceThread] created and sponsered by: Copyright Agent c/o VoiceThread **no sponsership is mentioned but supported by: Scholastic, //Chicago Tribune,// Penn State, //Greenwich Time//, and several other scholary organizations.

2. VoiceThread is a product used to communicate through collaboration and fearless using. By allowing video, doofling, import/export options, images, and text, Voicethread provides a variety of methods to allow commuincation through users. VoicThread is more effective than other communication resource sites such as Skype because it provides more opportunities to communicate between buisness partners, co-workers, or parents. The downside to VoiceThread is the cost. Most teachers or business partners are not willing to pay for a commuication site when there are other methods to communicate, yet i do believe this site would be worth the cost so that commuication can take place locally and internationally.

3.[| Example of Voice Thread:]
 * Follow this link and watch several example presentations off of the VoiceThread website.

4. For Teachers this tool could be used a source of communitcation with parents, students, or other teachers. This resource can also be used in the classroom to present high quality presentations. With its use of animation, high resolution, and creative tools, teachers are able to create a collaborative, more effective, and high quality presentation. By using this program, teachers have more resources to commuincate to each student differently. For students this tool could inspire crticial thinking. Through the use of creative tools, Students are more liekly to maintain attention and in result are effected by the presentation. The more effective tools teachers can use the more helpful the device can be for students to learn certain standards and communication traits. Scaffolding occurs through the collaboration of resources. Web linkis, exporting information, creating an overall presentation are all methods to further highlight the effectiveness of the lesson.

5. Shannon Trentham