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Tips For How To Enjoy Participating in a Voicethread

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To be an active Voicethreader, start by carefully working your way through a presentation. While viewing pictures and listening to the comments that have been added by other users, you can:

  1. Gather Facts: Jot down things that are interesting and new to you
  2. Make Connections: Relate and compare things you are viewing and hearing to things that you already know
  3. Ask Questions: What about the comments and presentation is confusing to you? What don't you understand? How will you find the answer? Remember that there will ALWAYS be questions in an active thinker's mind
  4. Give Opinions: Make judgments about what you are viewing and hearing. Do you agree? Do you disagree? Like? Dislike? Do you support or oppose anything that you have heard or seen? Why?

You might try using the following sentence starters to shape your thoughts and comments while viewing or participating in Voicethread presentations.

Comments based on these kinds of statements make Voicethreads interactive and engaging.

  • This reminds me of…
  • This is similar to…
  • I wonder…
  • I realized…
  • I noticed…
  • You can relate this to…
  • I'd like to know…
  • I'm surprised that…
  • If I were ________, I would ______________
  • If __________ then ___________
  • Although it seems…
  • I'm not sure that…


Adapted from the collective work of Gallagher, Copeland and Project CRISS.
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  1. mawstools saidThu, 10 Apr 2008 06:35:14 -0000 ( Link )

    If you’ve never participated in a Voicethread, the initial screen can be a little intimidating.

    Not to worry! If you’ve got a microphone or a webcam installed, the hardest part is already done. (And, if you don’t have a mic or a webcam, you can use your telephone to leave your comments. There are no LD charges involved if you’re in North America.) Just click on the telephone and Voicethread will call you back and you can record your thoughts on their nickel.

    It’s fun to hear what others have to say and you can visit again and again as the conversation develops.

    You can draw on the slides, too, if want to illustrate something your own way.

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  2. Eleonor Elizabeth saidSat, 20 Dec 2008 15:15:19 -0000 ( Link )

    Thanks for this lesson, it help very much! Warmly, Elizabeth

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