VoiceThread

It was an interesting experience of learning about VoiceThread this week. VoiceThread is an interactive multimedia slide show tool, enable users to hold conversations with images, documents and video. I didn’t create a VoiceThread of my own this week, however, I experienced how to add my comments into three of the threads that were assigned in week 9’s learning.

VoiceThread is a user friendly digital tool. I followed the instruction on the weekly guide and opened an account with my email. The topics have been set up by our facilitator and all I need is to response to the discussion. 

My comments are all in text form this time as I think this is the easiest way to express myself clearly on VoiceThread. However, I review my colleagues’ post and I found using voice or video were also an effective way to comment. To record audio in  VoiceThread you will need a microphone (build-in or add-on) and to record video, you will need a microphone and webcam.

One thing I think I really want to do next time is to design my own VoiceThread. I will need to choose a meaningful discussion topic, upload images, document, audio or video, and then invite others to comment. 

Giving and receiving responses I believe is part of the most important components of a learning process. VoiceThread allows learners to response to threads and communicate with others via text, voice message or even video, and these ways of learning can be used to promote student engagement and motivation.

Link to VoiceThread Discusion
https://voicethread.com/?#q.b4264778.i21791857
https://voicethread.com/?#q.b4264778.i21791859