Speak it to me

While this resource does not have to do with VoiceThread directly, I think we need to be aware of this problem and of resources which raise awareness to combat this issue. Cyberbullying is unfortunately becoming more and more popular with the increased use of social media, and teachers always need to be on the lookout for it in the technologies we use for our classes. This is an animated little video discussing the wide range of what is classified as cyberbullying along with the possible repercussions of cyberbullying. Geared towards younger students.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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 VoiceThread about 100 ways to use VoiceThread in education. There are a lot of good ideas here from teachers who are already using VoiceThread in their classrooms. We used this resource as an "idea bank" to identify different uses of VoiceThread that we wanted to explore in our SIG.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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)

Probably similar to Digitales, students create a slideshow and can add text. No voice recording possible, but something to explore all the same.

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.