It is a learning tool that helps students to take online clases, and teachers to develop topics through videos, presentations with recordings, and images in which students can participate actively by adding comments, and recordings. Power point presentations, PDFs, documents, files, videos, and audios can be shared by using a microphone, webcam, text, phone, among others.
People can access to this tool in mobile apps, or sign into the website . Just make sure to use Chrome and Firefox browsers. You could use Microsof Edge and Safari to open Voice Threads, but not to record audio or video. Also, Internet Explorer does not support HTML5, so it can not be used with Voice Thread.
How to sign into Voice Thread:
Open the app in your cellphone, or go to the page in your computer, tap “sign in with email”, enter your email address and password, and tap “sign in”. Click HERE to sign into the tool.
Advantages of VOICETHREAD
- Increases student participation
- Increases student engagement
- Increases collaboration
- Builds community
- Creates interactive activities
- Assesses students
Disadvantages of VOICETHREAD
- It takes self-dicipline
- Plagiarism
- Cheating
- Isolation
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