VoiceThread allows you to easily create digital conversations around images, documents, and video.  VoiceThread is widely used in K12 education and is now being used by colleges and CNN.  Come learn all about VoiceThread and how you can use it in your classroom.  Ideas for classroom implementation will be span all levels.

What it looks like...

Mrs. Ngai's Classroom Voicethreads - http://www.ngaiclassroom.meyertown.com/voicethread.htm

Voicethread 4 Education Wiki - http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/  

How to do it... (online tutorials -http://learningweb2.wikispaces.com/voicethread) 

1. Decide the visuals you are going to use and make sure they are digital.
2. Go to http://ed.voicethread.com/#home (this is the secure education part of the site)
3. Click sign in or register in the top right corner
4. Upload your images
5. Record your audio for your images
6. Either choose to keep it private and keep working on it or make it public for the world to see.

If you need help...

Help section is here: http://voicethread.com/help/faq/

Education Resources

• (MY FAVORITE) Using Voicethread for Digital Conversations - http://digitallyspeaking.pbwiki.com/Voicethread
• Voicethreads: Extending the Classroom with Interactive Multimedia Albums - http://www.edutopia.org/voicethread-interactive-multimedia-albums
• Voicethread 4 Education Wiki - http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/ 
• Voicethread Ning - http://voicethread.ning.com/ 

Media Resources

Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index http://cagle.msnbc.com/

Flickr CC http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/

Life Photo Archive http://images.google.com/hosted/life

National Archives Experience http://www.digitalvaults.org/

The Library of Congress' Photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/

Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page