VoiceThread is the most interactive video service I have ever seen. It takes all the features that normally come with a whole classroom and places it within the program. Teachers can use it to make videos for their students and students can respond in many different ways. The videos can be a stream, a screenshot, or even a document. Students can comment through words, telephone, microphone, doodles, pictures, or even create their own reply videos. They can respond to videos in real time and have their comments attach to the video itself. They can make their own videos which they can easily create voice-overs for, and which other students can then interact with and respond to. This whole system is INCREDIBLY interactive and, for someone who wants to incorporate flipped classrooms into my own teaching style, I can see it as an invaluable tool. It promotes great differentiation through effective technology use.
A website designed by my peers to help explain VoiceThread can be found at http://ed4702voicethread.weebly.com. You can also check out the video below for a little more info:
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