VoiceThread Testimonials:

Testimonials from members of OCLWorkshop after their initial experience using VT as a collaborative communication tool:

Daphne Chen: 
“Voicethread is an effective tool because it combines audio, video, text, and photo into one place that can help people communicate across borders and at light speed, from anywhere in the world! In an audio recording, someone's voice really stands out and speaks to their personality and background the way that a paper might not do. I really hope that we continue using Voicethread.” 

Lydia Ding: 
“At first when I heard about VoiceThread, I was a bit skeptical about the program because there are so many different programs and websites on the internet that help people share information and collaborate efforts. When we started using it however, its capabilities really stood out to me. To be able to combine the different aspects of video, voice, drawing, text, and pictures into one is pretty elaborate and the fact that VoiceThread is so comprehensive and easy to use makes it even more attractive. It allows for everyone using it to get really creative with what they add to the VoiceThread. By using video and voice comments, it makes the final product so much more personable and accessible to everyone. Let's keep using VoiceThread - it's pretty awesome!”

George Ge: 
“VoiceThread is a great way for students to become comfortable with using technology to communicate with others. It also facilitates joint activities with other classes overseas, like China in our case. Finally, students can use Voicethread to practice public speaking in the language that they are learning. It is a fantastic learning and communication tool.”

Melissa Kan: 
“Similar to Microsoft PowerPoint, VoiceThread is a great tool for presenting information in a creative and engaging manner. VoiceThread is unique because it allows for a high degree of interactivity from audience members: rather than passively absorbing material, the audience must actively explore the VoiceThread conversation, clicking and opening the audio or video messages in order to access information. VoiceThread has many capabilities and it is easy to use – I’ll definitely be using it in the future!”

James Wen: 
“I love VoiceThread because it represents a way that innovative programming software can foster communication and learning. I'm quite surprised I never heard of this program or site before. I was aware of programs that would allow users to see and control each other's computers as a form of communication, but VoiceThread seems to be a blend of this capacity, Google documents, and email. It is like Google documents in that it is something anyone with the proper access privileges can edit and it is like email in that users can check it and alter it at their leisure. I look forward to using VoiceThread in the future and am glad we're communicating with people who live in a completely different world than ours with it.”

Crystal Wang: 
“VoiceThread was a great new tool for us to learn! It is not only a great way for us to learn Chinese in 2012, but also a new technology that we can use in all aspects of our life. The technology is not only straightforward, but also extremely professional in presentation. I can’t wait to use it again!”

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CABLLE: Procedure
CABLLE: Advantages & Challenges