Compelling Discussions
Build speaking, listening, and reading comprehension with riveting online conversations. Through audio/video commenting, participants gather around learning content such as an image, video, or slide show, and interact as if they were together in person. All students will take part - even the quiet ones.
Immerse Students in Reading
Engage students in understanding texts through a medium they enjoy. They can listen to themselves read, and then re-record as many times as they need. Correct pronunciation and grammar errors without hurt feelings - students will respond to the sound of your voice.
"Students gain a deeper understanding of concepts when they express them out loud and hear them played back in their own voice."
Make Writing Fun
Are large class sizes and short time periods limiting your instruction? Give your students prompt, personal feedback anytime. Students will progress rapidly in all writing genres, including research papers, essays, book reviews and creative writing.
Collaborate, Share and Present
Students put forth their best writing and speaking when they have an audience. Collaborate with other students and teachers, including those in another state or country. Work across disciplines to incorporate visual media, in the arts, history, social studies -- whatever you can imagine is possible. Students can show their off their work to peers, family, and people throughout the world - without scheduling.
"Knowing that they were writing for a public audience beyond that of the teacher motivated students to do their best writing... and they did!"
Reach Students of All Abilities
VoiceThread’s tools enable a variety of methods to teach students with a range of abilities, learning styles, and ages. It incorporates all types of media and is perfect for IEP’s and individualized, personalized learning and assessment. Features include a screen reader, automatic closed captioning, 5 ways to comment on over 50 types of media, and many other WCAG/508compliant features.
Built-in Portfolio and Assessment
Capture a record of the learning process, including formative and summative assessment. Each VoiceThread can be saved as a video, to document the work and the discussions which occurred throughout the course. Clearly demonstrate Common Core skills such as reading, writing, listening and technology. Grading is efficient and organized with VoiceThread’s Assessment Tool.
"VoiceThread allows my students to share their voice and grow as fluent readers. Traci Blazosky is a third grade teacher at Clarion Area School District. She is also an adjunct instructor for the Instructional Media graduate program at Wilkes University of PA (blog). Instead of having to fight to get heard, they were all getting a chance to answer the question, and even better, they realized they could have conversations between each other, challenging each other and asking questions to clarify their peer’s responses."