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This is one of the most well-known authorities on learning and teaching foreign languages. Members can locate resources on foreign language teaching and learning, as well as connect with other foreign language teachers. Perhaps foreign language teachers could use the Oral Proficiency Interview rubrics to help grade speaking assessments submitted on VoiceThread? Our group plans to continue to follow this organization to look for additional resources related to VoiceThread.

MiWLA is a professional organization for world language teachers. This site offers lots of resources for foreign language teachers in Michigan, such as information about their annual conference, publications related to best teaching practice, and ways to connect with other world language teachers in Michigan. Follow them on Twitter @miwla Our group plans to continue to follow this organization to look for additional resources related to VoiceThread.

One of the best tools that I know of for use in teaching foreign language. Very flexible. Use it to teach new content, to let students practice listening and/or speaking, for student projects, to collect native speakers comments etc. Note that there are two versions: Voicethread and Ed Voicethread. Ed requires a school account, but provides an added measure of security and functionality in terms of classes (well worth it)

This website gives several examples of World Language VoiceThreads. They are examples of French, Spanish and English VoiceThreads. These examples can be used as they are, modified, or enhanced based on what is desired in the classroom. The website also provides link to other resources available through the VoiceThread website.

Description from Wiki: "Samples submitted by teachers of VoiceThread projects made by their students VoiceThreads used for professional development Resources, including other websites that contain VoiceThread examples Best Practices - tips and ideas of how to best implement VoiceThread in your curriculum Subject area ideas & examples of those ideas" We used this site to locate resources to assist teachers using VoiceThread in the classroom. Check out the ESL (English as Second Language) VoiceThreads for ideas for use in the world language setting (may need modifications).

Digital story telling - stories are a great way to help students improve their language ability - this gives them a way to create something around that. This tool is more focused than Voicethread, and as a result less flexible, but still provides a similar experience and functionality.

MSU's Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR) has created this free resource. I haven't used it as a teacher yet, but one of my French classes used this for speaking presentations. If I remember correctly, students entered in a classroom ID and then made recordings.

Audacity is a program used to record audio in mp3 files. Users must download the program, but then they can easily record audio. Files can be sent to teacher or can be uploaded to a VoiceThread as an alternative to leaving a comment directly on the VoiceThread. Many schools currently use Audacity as a recording tool in language labs.

A French Clip Art site.Clip Art images are given in many different areas. Useful images for the foreign language classroom (can be edited for other languages). This is a great tool for creating graphics for the classroom, using as flashcards, adding to worksheets/quizzes/tests, and incorporating as a talking point in VoiceThread.

Great visuals! Thanks for sharing.

Here is another good site with an overview of features of voicethread. This site also offers a great deal of handouts of how to guides, teacher tips, and examples etc. The table of contents for this site is as follows: Using Voicethread for Digital Conversations Unrelenting Desire to Interact What is Voicethread? Planning a Voicethread Commenting Tips for Voicethreaders Sample Strand of Comments Assessing Voicethread Participation Teaching Students to Create and Moderate Threads Sample Voicethreads Voicethread Handouts Voicethread Overview Voicethread Do's and Don'ts Tips for Teachers Copying an Existing Voicethread Previewing a Voicethread Commenting on a Voicethread Commenting Language The Cultural Photograph Welcome to Our World Powerpoint Template for Quotation Voicethread The Holocaust and Hitler's Youth Template Scoring Student Participation in an Asynchronous Conversation Sources for Images Citing Images

Very specific and detailed instructions/suggestions for using Voicethread in the classroom. Has tips and even talks about assessing.

This is a lot of information and background on Voicethread. The best part is a Voicethread entitled 100 ways to use Voicethread in education.

A professional organization for teachers of French. This website offers many resources for French teachers such as promotional materials, resources for the classroom, resources for French advocacy, professional publications, and provides a way to connect with others in the same profession.

This is a great example of "commenting" in action on a VoiceThread. You can see examples of the many different ways to leave a comment: audio, video, text. We use this resource as an example of "what VoiceThread can do" and our group viewed this VoiceThread to learn about the ways teachers can use VoiceThread (screencasts, screen shots, commenting, etc).

Digital Storytelling - how can students put together all the pieces of a digital story.

Podcasting - both audio and video. Another site, primarily aimed at podcasting. Nice explanation and interface.

Podcasting functionality - great for students to share, but also to teach other students. Specifically for podcasting.

This appears to be an interesting way to create a dialogue between the teacher and student (not sure it is any better than Voicethread). The teacher records spoken prompts and the students hear the prompt and record a response, which the teacher can then assess.

This is a PPT presentation that walks you through how to record with audacity. While users must download this program, using Audacity to record audio can work as an alternative to commenting directly onto a VoiceThread. Using Audacity, students can create mp3 files, save them to their computer, send the files to their teacher, or upload the file as a VoiceThread comment.

Stumbled upon this today - you can subscribe to different podcasts. There seems to be many different topics that educators can search for, but this link is to a search for podcasts with "francais" tags. Link to VoiceThread: teachers could use a segment of the podcast as a prompt for discussion.