VoiceThread: Online Collaborative Presentation Tool

Tech Tuesday #4:  VoiceThread

We've all been there.  Sitting in a meeting, our eyes start to cross, ears start tuning out as another PowerPoint presentation clicks, clicks, clicks through various slides.  Not that PowerPoint isn't a terrific tool to present information, but with all of the options for today's students to synthesize and publish information in unique ways, perhaps we should begin to consider it as an option rather than the default.

Today we're exploring a free, web-based tool that allows students to create video presentations by mixing images, videos, documents, presentations, and comments (voice and text).  VoiceThread (voicethread.com) allows the user to create a project and share it with collaborators.  They can then create a project together but remotely, solving the problem of when and how they will find the time and resources to create a presentation in a single file. 

To demonstrate the various tools and uses for Voice Thread, Here's a VoiceThread on VoiceThread! 

What possibilities do you see for VoiceThread with your students?  Leave us your comments :-)