Thing 19: VoiceThread

My first impression of voice thread is that its is another really cool web2.0 tool but I wasn't completely sold on using it professionally pr privately. Then I started exploring it more and I became more and more impressed and I am now thinking of more ways I could use it in class and in my private life. I loved the sample voicethread of the old family picture and having everyone talk about their memories of what was going on. I would love to have my extended family do something like that. Once I found out that it is possible for a small fee to download a movie of a voice thread, I became even more interested in that possibility. Although, I have no idea if my older relatives could grasp the concept. I am considering using it in my classroom as well, however, I feel like I am adding so many new tools to my curriculum, I may quickly overwhelm my students. Plus, who knows how many days I'll actually be able to reserve in the computer lab this year. I really wish I had even 3-4 computers in the classroom. Then I could have students take turns at the beginning of class for a week or so to comment on a voicethread. Then we could watch the final result as a class. I guess I could have them work on it at home. I'll have to think on that some more.