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

This is a more involved audio website that can be used for assessments. This is a more comprehensive site for educators as it is created specifically to make online audio assessments - you can even set time limits. This is not a casual site - you have to put a lot of work into setting it up.

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.

Depending on the reliability and quality, this can be a great way for students to very easily submit an audio/video assignment to teachers, and share with other students. They have a for pay version - 9.95/month for educators - which gives the added functionality of saving videos.

This is a better version of Mailvu. You can create an account, upload and download videos. It is very easy to create a video - just hit record - and then send it via email to someone. The recipient can save the video and then reuse it (as in my example uploading it to VoiceThread.) Seems to be a great tool to have students submit audio/video.

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.

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.

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).

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 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.

It may seem strange to bookmark a site that's full of links to other sites and tools, but this one just seems to comprehensive and far-reaching that I thought it was worthwhile to include. Video editors, teleprompters, conversion tools, screen capture - it's all here. If you want to explore video tools beyond Voicethread, or to work in conjunction with Voicethread, start here.

Another amazing collection of video-related online resources - too good to pass up. This is a very comprehensive list of online tools, really covering the range of functionality, including creating and editing. Excellent if this is something you want to explore in detail.

This is a large list of resources related to the use of VoiceThread and its pedagogical purposes. Some of the resources listed on this site we have already bookmarked, but there are many resources that we have not seen before. There are more example VoiceThreads for use in education, and also lots of teacher tips for using VoiceThread.

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.

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)

Another interesting site, this is primarily uses phone to record (I think direct online recording is better for students), which can be attached to pictures, so similar to Voicethread, the big difference being that this is one way (i.e. there is no comment back from the listener)

This is a really exciting looking site - basically allows you to invite lots of people into an online live roundtable - great for getting together to practice, and it's recorded. The downside it is only available to user 18 years old and up, so that pretty much ills it for K-12.

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.