VoiceThread for HOTS: Using Technology to Analyze, Evaluate, and Create
in INDIANA READING JOURNAL VOLUME 44 ISSUE 1, PAGES 36-45

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This article explores VoiceThread as an online tool for supporting literacy and Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) within the top three levels of the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy.  VoiceThread is a collaborative Web 2.0 tool allowing users to create, share, and comment on images, documents, and videos.  Readers are first provided with an overview of VoiceThread followed by curriculum opportunities for using VoiceThread to analyze, evaluate, and create.


VoiceThread: A Useful Program Evaluation Tool
in THE JOURNAL OF EXTENSION FEBRUARY 2018 // VOLUME 56 // NUMBER 1 // TOOLS OF THE TRADE // 1TOT6, REBECCA MOTT, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI EXTENSION COLUMBIA, MISSOURI

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In today’s digital world, Extension professionals are using a wide variety of tools to gather feedback and data from program participants and stakeholders (Rowntree, Wittman, Lindquist, & Raven, 2013). Through online asynchronous discussion boards, chat rooms, and even online live synchronous discussions, the Internet has changed the manner of qualitative data collection forever (Stancanelli, 2010). VoiceThread (http://voicethread.com) is a multimedia platform used by primary and secondary school educators around the world as a storytelling and collaborative tool that also offers promise as a tool for qualitative program evaluation. The unique features of VoiceThread provide a rich backdrop for conducting virtual focus group interviews.


VoiceThread: Enabling Peer Feedback in First Year Computer Engineering
in DR MAIREAD SEERY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE & DESIGN, FACULTY OF SCIENCE & HEALTH, ATHLONE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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This case study presents how VoiceThread, an online application used to create multimedia presentations and conversations, was used to enable first year students to give and receive feedback. In the process, the presentation skills of the student are enhanced.