cAsTa Ways: An interview with Steve Muth of VoiceThread
Posted By Kevin Gaugler on October 3, 2008
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In this episode we talk with Steve Muth, co-founder of VoiceThread, an online service that allows both instructors and students to upload just about any kind of file and have a discussion around it. Instructors, for example, could easily upload photographs or a PowerPoint presentation and have students comment on it orally or in writing. VoiceThread is easy to use and can be a powerful tool in the classroom. You can listen to the podcast at the very bottom of this post. We’ve even included a Voicethread here to play around with while you listen to our conversation with Steve. During the interview, Steve compares VoiceThread to Twitter, SlideShare and even YouTube. He also mentions the best practices of Bill Ferriter, a North Carolinia teacher who has created some excellent VoiceThread projects (Welcome to Our World, What Do You Value?) that seek to develop students’ cross-cultural and higher order thinking skills. We also interviewed Bill, so expect an episode soon in which we talk with him about how to use VoiceThread effectively in the classroom. What do you think of VoiceThread? If you’ve used it to teach, how?
*Update! VoiceThread now offers the ability to make text comments in Arabic, Hebrew and Chinese.
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Kevin Gaugler
Kevin Gaugler is Associate Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Technology has always been part of the DNA of his teaching. As a graduate student, Dr. Gaugler began working in The University of Connecticut's state-of-the-art multimedia language center to research relationships between the 5Cs and instructional technology. While at Marist, he has developed a a FIPSE-funded course entitled Spanish and Technology and has helped to create Identity Quest, a course that rethinks technology and study abroad. He has presented his pedagogical innovations at numerous conferences and colleges in the United States and is the author of several monographs.Comments
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