BP7_2009122_Tool#2 (VoiceThread)

VoiceThreadEd. is a web-based communications network for K-12 students and educators for creating and collaborating on digital stories and documentaries, practicing and documenting language skills, exploring geography and culture, exploring art exhibits and developing peer evaluations and critiques in the K-12 art classroom. Students can find and honor one another’s points of view. Students participate in Ed.VoiceThread only after being added by an educator or administrator with an Ed.VoiceThread class or school subscription. I would use this as a tool of communication as well as assessment, by setting up a VoiceThread class account and downloading students work for a class critiques and discussions.

Students are added via the online Administration Tool, one-by-one or by importing contact files. For each student, a first and last name is collected, along with any teacher, school and district information. Student email addresses are not required for participation. By default, a student identity/avatar only shows the pupil's first name. All other information is available only to the administrator. Educators are free to override this restriction if parental permission is received.