Bill Ferriter, a class act 6th grade teacher in NC, describes how he plans to use VoiceThread in a new class project.

What I like the best about Voicethread is that it allows teachers to seamlessly integrate digital collaboration into the curriculum. Because the skills necessary to use Voicethread are minimal, there is almost no tech-barrier to overcome by teachers or students---and because the tool is simple by nature, the focus of any digital effort remains on the content rather than the technology.

VoiceThread allows users to upload images about any topic, and then to engage in an audio and text conversation about each image. Watch the doodles on a potato! Shades of Ink.

Bill plans to use it in a digital partnership between students in his class and classes abroad.

He offers links to two handouts for other teachers to consider, also.

Thanks, Bill.

Tableteers and other venture educators may find Voicethread useful in and out of classrooms. Hmmm. Probably I should look into this for my work, too. :)

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