Double Duty...

I learned to use Voice Thread by watching the video selections through the Voice Thread website and the You Tube video, Wonders – Introduction to Voice Thread Project. I found the You Tube video to be the most interesting. The creator used a Voice Thread project to teach the viewer how to use Voice Thread. The creator of the video used a narrator and commentators interchangeably throughout the video to teach the viewer how to use Voice Thread. As the slide changed, so did the presenter. Actually what was happening was the viewer was learning Voice Thread by actually experiencing the components of the tool through either the narrator or the person who commented on the slide. Also, you were learning the content of each slide. Prior to discussing the Voice Thread technique, the individual (narrator/commentator) would talk about the content of the slide; then, lead into the Voice Thread technique that was being used and taught through that particular slide. The viewer was directly and indirectly learning Voice Thread and content. Most of the videos I viewed had a narrator from beginning to end of the video. I found the You Tube video to be one that left the viewer with both an understanding of how to use Voice Thread and also how it could be used in a classroom. Guess you could say it was serving “Double Duty” .