1. Nanuet Professional Development
Technology Cheat Sheet
Voicethread
Voicethread is a multimedia presentation tool. Think of Voicethread as an online PowerPoint
presentation that teachers and students can collaborate on. Voicethread lets you upload photos or videos
to your presentation, which creates a URL for your project. The project link can be shared with students
or the project can be embedded in a website or blog. What makes Voicethread stand out separating it
from a Microsoft PowerPoint is the commenting feature. Students can comment on your presentation
through audio or typing. This helps to build a collaborative community discussion around your topic.
1) Navigate your browser to http://voicethread.com/.
2) The top menu bar lets you browse Voicethreads people have created. The database is extensive
with a lot of curriculum based threads. Browsing is a great way to get introduced to Voicethread
or use Voicethread without creating your own account. When you are ready to create your own
account click on Register. When you register for a free account you are able to create three
Voicethreads. You can always delete threads so you don’t bump over your limit. A paid class or
school account is about $1 per student.
3) Click on Create to start making your Voicethread. There are three steps to creating a Voicethread.
We will first concentrate on Uploading. Browse will browse everyone’s threads and MyVoice will
list your own threads.
4) Most of the time you are going to upload photos or videos from My Computer. You also have the
option to use media from Media Sources like Flickr and the NY Public Library, a URL or a video or
picture from your webcam.
2. 5) I am going to upload a picture of a crowd to ask my student for strategies to estimate the number
of people. You can upload more than one picture and upload videos. Click on Title and
Description to add these. After you upload your media you want to add comments. You can
comment by telephone (you need to pay for minutes), webcam, audio, or typing and using the
drawing tool.
6) I am going to use the text and drawing comment features to ask my students for strategies to
estimate the crowd in the photo.
3. 7) The last step is to share your Voicethread. A link is created where your students can find your
thread. You can copy and share your link through email or by putting it on a website. You can also
grab the embed code to put the Voicethread in a website, blog or wiki.
8) The Publishing Options lets you moderate comments and control who can view your Voicethread.
9) The last step is to have your students leave comments on your thread. This will lead to a
collaborative community discussion around your topic.
