Video Thread Project

  This project was another new one for me, but it was very user-friendly and enjoyable.  It is a simple tool that can do so much.  I found it very interesting, and it really would not take too long to upload some photos and record you or someone else describing them.  The narratives add to the photographs, and I think that hearing someone talk about the situation would enhance the setting and the pictures more than simply reading a caption or looking through photos would.  I really liked Skip's idea about using a group photo to get each individual to comment on it.   That could be very interesting to hear the different perspectives, and it could be used for family pictures, class pictures, older pictures, etc.  

         I think that students could have a fun time playing with this and scrolling through pictures.  It would be simple for them to navigate through, and it could be helpful for the teacher to find out a little more about what the students know.  I think it would be slightly difficult to teach an actual lesson plan through this method, and it also costs money to continue using it though I believe it's relatively inexpensive, but it could be incorporated in other ways.  A teacher could use it for fun to get the students interested in the tool by posting random pictures and assigning certain people to view it and comment on what they get out of the photo.  The teacher could also post different significant historical pictures of people and have certain students take on that character and post a small voice comment discussing particular characteristics or happenings that relate.  These were just a couple ideas that came to me, but I am sure I would need to test out one or two before knowing for certain how well it would work in the classroom.  I really enjoyed the ease with which the comments could be recorded and edited.  If I was in the middle of recording and messed up, I could just cancel and start the comment over, which I did a few times. As with every other tool that I have learned and used this semester, it will be something I will keep in mind in case I find the right moment or lesson in which it could be used.  I will also remember most of these for myself or projects that I want to create; that way I will ensure that I will not forget how to use them and I have thought of many personal uses.  I have enjoyed learning everything that we have this semester, and I consider this class very important.