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The Thread That Ties it All Together
Voicethread and Discovery Education
Jennifer Dorman
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VoiceThread
http://voicethread.com/
What is VoiceThread?
VoiceThread is a collaborative, multi-media
slideshow that holds images, documents, and
video and allows users to navigate among the
media and leave voice, text, and video
comments.
http://voicethread.com/
Exemplars
http://voicethread.com/share/8752/
http://voicethread.com/share/157725/
http://voicethread.com/share/151832/
http://ed.voicethread.com/share/588591/
Why Use VoiceThread?
Horizon Report 2009 K12 Edition, New Media
Consortium, referred to VoiceThread as a technology
"likely to have a large impact on teaching,
learning, research, or creative expression within
education”
Access a database of articles about successful
VoiceThread projects at the Ed.VoiceThread Digital
Library http://ed.voicethread.com/library/
Easy Moodle embedding and exporting for iPods
http://ed.voicethread.com/blog/
Finding Raw Media Material
Downloading Images
Click or right-click on the download size - Medium is suggested for
most multimedia presentations
Downloading Images
Be sure to copy the citation information for each image.
Downloading Video
Select your Download format
Click or right-click the Download icon.
Downloading Video
Don’t forget to copy the citation information.
Finding Editable Video
When searching for video content, select Editable under
Narrow My Results to filter your results for Editable content to
can be modified from its original format
Creating a VoiceThread
1. Create a VoiceThread account or upgrade to educator
status.
2. Click the Create tab. Add a title and description for your
VoiceThread.
3. Add media by uploading from your computer or capturing
from online resources - Flickr, Facebook, New York Public
Library, from your other VoiceThreads, or from an image UR.
4. Sequence media and add captions.
5. Add voice, text, or video comments and annotation.
6. Optional – Share your VoiceThread privately with other users
or user groups. (Use this option when including DE video.)
7. Set your Playback Options
8. Set your Publishing Options
9. Publish your VoiceThread via hyperlink or embedding.
http://ed.voicethread.com/pricing/k12/
Step 1 – Account Creation
VoiceThread Pricing Models – K12
http://ed.voicethread.com/pricing/k12/
Step 2 – Create New VoiceThread
Once you have
created your
account and
signed in, click
the Create tab.
Step 2 – Create New VoiceThread
Step 3 – Upload Media
Step 3 – Upload Media
Tip – If you copy the URL of
DE streaming images you can
paste them here to save on
downloading time,
Accessing Image URLs
Accessing Image URLs
Step 3 – Upload Media
Since VoiceThread can import
documents as well media, it is easy
to upload a citation page.
http://voicethread.com/
Step 4 – Add Captions
Tip – Add the Share
URL from the DE
asset page to the
Links To:
Getting URLs for Citation
Click on the
Share tab
and copy
the link.
Copy the image citation.
Step 5 – Annotating Media
Annotate media with text, audio,
or video comments.
Audio can be recorded with a
computer mic, uploaded as an
MP3, or phoned in.
The doodler lets users draw on
the media.
Tip – Since audio can be uploaded, you can use audio files and songs
from DE streaming or record your own with GarageBand or Audacity.
Downloading Audio
Be sure to copy the citation information.
Click the Download File to save the audio file to your computer.
Step 6 – Secure Sharing
Tip – You can invite
individual users or
groups to securely
view or comment on
your VoiceThread.
You can share
publically by clicking
on Get a Link.
Step 7 – Playback Options
Select Playback Options
Step 8 – Publishing Options
Select Publishing Options
Step 9 – Publishing
Each VoiceThread
has its own unique
URL and embed
code.
The VoiceThreads
can be embedded
into blogs, wikis, and
DE Builders.
Moodle users must download a Moodle plugin
http://ed.voicethread.com/blog/#20090220
Integration Ideas
Use VoiceThread as a more interactive alternative to
photocopied images and maps to allow students to
zoom in and explore.
Have students comment on teacher-created
VoiceThreads as an alternative to traditional
homework.
Use student comments on a VoiceThread as a way to
open class discussions to involve all students.
Have students use VoiceThread to create
presentations as alternatives to PowerPoints.
Integration Ideas
Use VoiceThread for whole-class instruction,
recording voice and doodle annotations for students
to view for extra practice or remediation and to
support absent students.
Embed VoiceThreads into Discovery Education
writing prompts, quizzes, assignments, and Science
assessments.
Add formal assessments to VoiceThreads by
uploading instructions and links to Discovery
Education writing prompts, quizzes, assignments, and
Science assessments.
Visit http://ed.voicethread.com/library/ for more
integration ideas.
Adding DE Builders to VoiceThread
Step 1 – Create a student activity using the Discovery Education
My Builder Tools.
Note – Assignment Builder, Quiz Builder, and Writing Prompt
Builder are accessible to DE streaming users. Science
Assessment Manager is available to DE Science users.
Adding DE Builders to VoiceThread
Step 2 – Copy the assign URL and code from the Assign tab of
the Builder and paste it into a new document that will be uploaded
to VoiceThread.
Adding DE Builders to VoiceThread
Step 3 – Upload the document from your computer to
VoiceThread and include the Assign URL as a caption.
Adding DE Builders to VoiceThread
Students will be able to access the activity by clicking on the
hyperlink caption or copying the activity code.
http://ed.voicethread.com/share/588591/
Adding DE Builders to VoiceThread
Step 3 – Upload the document from your computer to
VoiceThread and include the Assign URL as a caption.
Embedding VoiceThreads into DE Builders
Step 1 – Copy the embed
code from the VoiceThread.
Embedding VoiceThreads into DE Builders
Step 2 – Click on the HTML icon on the WYSIWYG editing bar in
your DE Writing Prompt Builder, Quiz Builder, Assignment Builder,
or Science Assessment Manager.
Embedding VoiceThreads into DE Builders
Step 3 – Paste the
VoiceThread embed
code into the HTML
Source Editor and click
Update.
Embedding VoiceThreads into DE Builders
When published, the
VoiceThread will be
displayed as an
interactive widget in the
DE Builder.
Students will be able to
navigate the
VoiceThread and leave
comments.
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