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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
A great way to combine Powerpoint and video - kind of a dual presentation. [Downside for me - doesn't handle Chinese]. Great tool for combining two already powerful presentation tools, either for teacher use or for student use.
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.