VOICETHREAD

This week I used a new digital tool called VoiceThread. At first I couldn't really imagine myself using VoiceThread going forward and didn't know where it would fit into my PLE diagram. However, after giving it some thought I realized that VoiceThread could be very helpful when completing group presentations at school. For example, you could make a power point slide and then each group member could add their comments to the original slide, instead of having to update multiple versions and send them back and forth between group members. Overall, I think that VoiceThread is a really great collaborative tool and I will include it in my PLE diagram under school related digital tools. In my opinion, the only downside of VoiceThread is that it can appear kind of messy with all of the comments under the slides. As well, sometimes people's audio comments would just start playing as a transitioned between slides or if I left the tool open in another tab on my browser. Personally, I don't really feel comfortable speaking at my computer to add a comment and would much rather type my comment out. Therefore, I think that somebody who would rather talk than type would find this digital tool much more useful and efficient. As mentioned above, I will still continue to use VoiceThread as a way to collaborate with group members on class presentations, as I believe the ability to add multiple people’s comments will be useful when drafting a power point slide.