Conclusions+and+Recommendations

Given the **ease of use** of Voice Thread, and the multitude of ways in which to provide commentary, Voice Thread would be an **excellent addition** to any OCDSB teacher’s technology tool kit. With its cross-curricular applications that span the entire K-12 spectrum, using one’s own creativity is really the only limitation.

The **ability for the teacher to moderate** comments is a very useful feature and should ease an educator’s fear of inappropriate comments being made on the voice thread. Teachers would need to be willing to invest the time in listening to each comment individually and deciding whether or not to hide or show it.

Technically, it is easy to use, which should appeal to teachers who are not as **comfortable with technology**. Having a variety of options for contributing commentary eliminates the dependence on one type of technology having to work (e.g. microphones or webcams).


 * Deployment** of this tool in the system would be very easy since no installer would need to be built. What is required however, is Flash Player 7 or higher.

My **overall rating** of this online tool is **9.0** out of **10** for the free educator account.