WEEk 4: PRESENTATIONS, GRAPHICS & MULTIMEDIA
I decided to play around with VoiceThread (with a few pictures from my trip to Peru last summer) because I had never used it. It is quick and easy to get started once you register (e-mail address and password). Since I didn’t have a microphone I just played around with the comment button that allowed me to type them in. I like how you can zoom in and out of the pictures to explore things in more detail. I also played around with the ‘doodle’ tool which would be helpful in teaching to highlight areas of interest. What was annoying is that when I did a ‘doodle’ on one page it often showed up on other pictures as well and I would have to go back and edit those pages. This program is great because of how quick it is to use, but in terms of editing, I like Photo Story because you can add more special effects and it allows you to add music easier. I can definitely see myself using this with my students though (it would be fun to create a tour of the human body systems using this) or having them play with this to present something since it is a free Web 2.0 application. It is nice how easy it is for others to comment, participate, or share (I would be able to e-mail the link to parents so they could see their child’s creations).
I spent about 20 minutes trying to embed the whole thing into my blog and it wasn’t working correctly, so just click on the link below to view my very amateur video (I made it quickly so ignore the spelling errors, etc.):
What a cool thread. I’d love to go to MP. What good photos. It took me a few times through to get all the quirks of VT but now I love it and it is so easy ( and free) for my students. Nice work, I can imagine the blood dripping… ha ha. Sorry to be late in responding to our post. Alison