Takeaway message 04/14

After looking at voice thread and exploring the site a little, I think that students at the high school level could create some interesting presentations about a topic of their choice.  The site makes it easy to upload photos, to draw, and to incorporate your voice onto whatever presentation you are doing.  Using your voice in a presentation makes it more appealing because you can explain the image or text that is being presented, and this would hold people's attention better rather than just seeing a series of images or text.  I could see breaking students into groups and having them create a voicethread on a topic so that their classmates can learn about it being a valuable use of this resource.  What I found to be a cool feature is that the site has access to the digital photos of the New York public library.  There were over 700 photos to choose from if you were exploring a particular topic that related to their archives.  Over all, I can see it being a valuable tool once you get the hang of it.