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Since May 2005 Educause has been creating the 7 Things You Should Know About... series around the newest emerging learning and teaching technologies. Written from an educationalist's perspective each 2 page pdf follows a similar format comprising A scenario What the Technology is Who's using it How it works Why its significant What the downsides are Where its going and Implications for Teaching and Learning Check out the ever expanding collection.

Educause has done it again with another in their great "7 Things" pdf monograms this time turning their attention to VoiceThread. As usual they illustrate the application via a scenario before concisely looking at the upsides and drawbacks of the application as well as implications for teaching and learning. A really good read.