Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Voicethread vs Voxopop





I think that both tools are really good because they have different options that we can use in order to develop a different class for our students. I can say that in my case at the beginning they represented a headache because I had never worked with these kind of tools, so it was really difficult for me to develop my tasks. But once you learn how to use them, they are an advantage because you can present a new experience to your students.  They can enjoy using these kind of programs as long as you bring clearly instructions on how to use them.
In my opinion about Voicethread I have to say that I really enjoyed using this program because it brings a variety of options that you can use in order to share a topic, an opinion or a story through audio, images, videos or text.  Also another important option is that allows you to make it public or just for a closed group. They can comment or give their opinion using the option they prefer to use for example they have the option to record their voice, a video or just typing. I think it would be a great tool for us as future teachers to incorporate  this kind of technology to make learning interesting and fun for our students.
Regarding Voxopop I found that is a useful tool but as in Voicethread you have to know how to use it because in my special case I continue having some doubts about how to use it even though I think Voxopop is a good way to generate in students more speaking opportunities. 

1 comment:

  1. It's good to know that you got to manage the tools in the end, some people are very skeptical with them. I invite you to keep on using them because that is the purpose.

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