VoiceThread

VoiceThread is a really cool interactive audio and video "thing." The best way to understand what a VoiceThread is, is to watch one-

You can upload a presentation into VoiceThread, but first you need to save slides as images. You can do this in PowerPoint by selecting "Save As" and then selecting .jpg as the file type. Newer versions of PowerPoint also have "Save as Pictures" under the file menu. Once you do this, you can easily upload them into your VoiceThread.

Examples

• Here is an example of a VoiceThread used in an English class.
• Here is an example of how to create a VoiceThread conversation. 
• Here is an example of how teachers are using VoiceThread to have their students create book talks (and keep track of them in a wiki).
• Michael Forster Rothbart, a photographer, traveled to Ukraine to chronicle the aftermath of Chernobyl.  He wanted to dig deeper than the sensationalist photos showing deformed children and abandoned buildings to explore the complex story about how a displaced community adapts and survives.  He used VoiceThread to tell this story.   NPR Article | Chernobyl PhotoJournal