Ahh - Voicethread. I've used it before, and kinda like it but kinda not. Last year a small group of art teachers used it as a way to have a book-club discussion. However, I found that it wasnt a good fit - each chapter was a pic or two and we each said something about the chapter. My suspicions are that there's some other tool that would better fit our needs. I think it would be great to comment about an artwork or series of artworks, tho. In the tutorial, using VT as a device for sharing instructions caught my eye. That's something I should think about altho again, I'm not sure it's the best tool for that. One of my early experiences with VT was in an online art course, where we were discussing an artwork. It was great for that!
Fotobabble looks like fun - I could see using it to add info to a pic - HA ! What if I had various artworks which the kids could pretend to make talk! That'd be an interesting way to explore meaning in artworks, and the kids would love it. Would need some cows for that. It could also be a way for them to add an artist's statement to a photo of their own work.
LittleBirdThreads was also fun, a way to string together works. Maybe I can figure out a way to use this with the 5th grade on their upcoming play based on fairy tales.
Voki - found some lesson plans using Voki, and checked 'em out. The down side is that the voice is very computerized - not so great when compared with LBT or Fotobabble. Some of these tools seem to overlap so I'm not sure what criteria you'd use to select one over the other. My guess is it 's things like how many frames the site can accept, or as previously stated, the sound of the voice.
So off the top of my head, Voice Thread and Little Bird Threads seem like they'd be the best fit for things I'd like to do, usually with many or all students from a class. I also prefer the student's voice to a computerized one. If the student wanted to mask their voice, no doubt they could figure out a way to do that.
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