Reasons to use Voicethread

1. Teachers can create content for differentiated learning styles: enrichment activities for some, remedial content for others
2. Students create a collaborate digital storytelling project for their world language class/
3. Students are assigned a “That was a week that was” project on a rotating basis to create recaps of the topics covered in class each week
4. Students can narrate a tour of the world: Ancient Greece, China, Ancient Rome, etc.
5. Students can collaborate on an project with students in any state or any country
6. Math students can use the doodle tool to explain the steps for solving a math problem or upload graph paper to graph an equation
7. Students can share a favorite book or poem and receive feedback
8. Students can respond to a series of paintings to discuss Renaissance art
9. Students can evaluate political cartoons to discuss media and the election
10.  Create technology tutorials for teachers and/or students
11.  Use as an assessment tool for a class topic
12.  Foreign Language teachers can read a poem, text, or lines of dialogue and students can either respond or repeat for a skills assessment
13.  Upload images from a field trip and students can narrate the day or discuss each image’s relevance to the class material
14. In History or Humanities classes,  create Oral Histories
15. In Science, create a lab report
     

Voicethread for education wiki- including contact information about teachers who would like to work on a voicethread project with other schools

Voicethread tutorial in pdf format to be printed or viewed online

Voicethread Ning: a Professional Learning Network

17 Ways to use Voicethread in the classroom