VoiceThread

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This is to test a new Web 2.0 tool called VoiceThread. For me, it has potential for my online courses, so I thought I'd try it out here. See what you think. You click on the facebox on the side to hear me speak. You can add comments right on it either audio or typed by clicking on the appropriate box; or, of course, you can comment on this post in the usual way, should you feel so inclined. Commenting on the voicethread would be nifty, though, because then I'd see how it works. I suppose you might have to sign up to comment - I don't know.

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So in effect it has the potential to be an online lecture with PowerPoint display. Without the bozo who insists on reading aloud every word on the slide too, of course!

Cool.

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With the added advantage that anyone with an invite can also collaborate, so you can have contributions from the class, questions and answers etc. You can have one account with many users, so for example I've seen one where there are kids recording poetry and it's all in one place.

It really is very cool. Simple, but very very effective.