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This is a great tool for holding group conversations. It is a "collaborative, multimedia slideshow." You can add images, documents and videos. The creator can leave comments and doodle on top of the media as they comment. The user can then share their voicethread with others. Those who view the voice thread can add comments too. There are numerous ways to use this tool in the classroom!

Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting.

A VoiceThread is a free collaborative multimedia slideshow that can contain images, documents, and videos. Viewers can leave comments via voice, text, audio file, or video. There are many ways to use this site: post a picture and have students record their thoughts; create a digital story with images, text, and voice; upload pictures of American Revolutionary heroes and have students record their research.

Skype has the potential to improve class participation and collaboration. It can also help cut costs by providing free voice and video calling to other Skype users worldwide. Some uses of the platform include multi-class and cross-district collaboration, professional development, and virtual field trips.

This site enables you to create a speaking avatar. It can be used to teach characterization or for presenting information in which students need to use oral language. The avatar can speak from recording your voice over a phone or typing in text.

A great way to give a daily message to the students. Can have the students record lunch menu for the class to hear each morning.

Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages. I personally have two of them on my teacher website. Sometimes you have to spell phonetically in order to get the Avatar to pronounce things correctly, but other than that, it is a blast creating them.