Comments on: Podcast218: Technology Shopping Cart Podcast04 - An Interview with Steve Muth and Ben Papell (Co-Founders of VoiceThread) Discussing the new VoiceThread for Education http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/01/18/podcast218-technology-shopping-card-podcast04-an-interview-with-steve-muth-and-ben-papell-co-founders-of-voicethread-discussing-the-new-voicethread-for-education/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:57:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Midge Frazel http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/01/18/podcast218-technology-shopping-card-podcast04-an-interview-with-steve-muth-and-ben-papell-co-founders-of-voicethread-discussing-the-new-voicethread-for-education/#comment-47408 Midge Frazel Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:09:04 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/01/18/podcast218-technology-shopping-card-podcast04-an-interview-with-steve-muth-and-ben-papell-co-founders-of-voicethread-discussing-the-new-voicethread-for-education/#comment-47408 I am writing a book on digital storytelling for ISTE and I am a fan of this blog. I am including a part about VoiceThread and amazingly, they put the ed.voicethread out,I contacted and got a reply from Steve AND, this podcast was on my iPod to listen to all in the same day. This is a wonderful tool for the family historian and you will be seeing this promoted for the family reunions you mentioned, Wes, in the genealogical publications and blogs Midge I am writing a book on digital storytelling for ISTE and I am a fan of this blog. I am including a part about VoiceThread and amazingly, they put the ed.voicethread out,I contacted and got a reply from Steve AND, this podcast was on my iPod to listen to all in the same day.

This is a wonderful tool for the family historian and you will be seeing this promoted for the family reunions you mentioned, Wes, in the genealogical publications and blogs

Midge

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/01/18/podcast218-technology-shopping-card-podcast04-an-interview-with-steve-muth-and-ben-papell-co-founders-of-voicethread-discussing-the-new-voicethread-for-education/#comment-47233 Wesley Fryer Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:21:46 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/01/18/podcast218-technology-shopping-card-podcast04-an-interview-with-steve-muth-and-ben-papell-co-founders-of-voicethread-discussing-the-new-voicethread-for-education/#comment-47233 You're right Dean, thanks for pointing out this mistake in the podcast. I visited the ed.voicethread.com website today (now that it is "live") and saw the same thing you did: The fee is $10 per month or $60 per year. This seems a little steep. Probably worth it, but not what I had understood based on this interview. You’re right Dean, thanks for pointing out this mistake in the podcast. I visited the ed.voicethread.com website today (now that it is “live”) and saw the same thing you did: The fee is $10 per month or $60 per year. This seems a little steep. Probably worth it, but not what I had understood based on this interview.

]]> By: Dean Mattson http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/01/18/podcast218-technology-shopping-card-podcast04-an-interview-with-steve-muth-and-ben-papell-co-founders-of-voicethread-discussing-the-new-voicethread-for-education/#comment-47232 Dean Mattson Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:59:27 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/01/18/podcast218-technology-shopping-card-podcast04-an-interview-with-steve-muth-and-ben-papell-co-founders-of-voicethread-discussing-the-new-voicethread-for-education/#comment-47232 I found this podcast very informative and got me very motivated to keep finding ways to utilize VoiceThread. I must point out though that the one time $10 educator lifetime fee is a little misleading. Although that option is available, what's described in this podcast, where a teacher is able to create accounts for her students, actually costs $10 a month or $120 a year. That's a big difference. Now it might very well be worth that kind of money. They're currently running a deal where the first group of teachers can sign up for $60 and I decided to take advantage of that. But I'm fairly confident in saying that not another teacher in my school would fork over that kind of money. And if the $60 option wasn't available, even I would not have paid $120 for it. It's a great service and I commend the developers for some of the innovative things they've done to help get schools involved. I hope they succeed, but I also hope they keep in mind that many teachers will have to decide whether or not to pay this fee out of their own pockets and a certain percentage of them will not be able to justify this cost. I found this podcast very informative and got me very motivated to keep finding ways to utilize VoiceThread. I must point out though that the one time $10 educator lifetime fee is a little misleading. Although that option is available, what’s described in this podcast, where a teacher is able to create accounts for her students, actually costs $10 a month or $120 a year. That’s a big difference.

Now it might very well be worth that kind of money. They’re currently running a deal where the first group of teachers can sign up for $60 and I decided to take advantage of that. But I’m fairly confident in saying that not another teacher in my school would fork over that kind of money. And if the $60 option wasn’t available, even I would not have paid $120 for it.

It’s a great service and I commend the developers for some of the innovative things they’ve done to help get schools involved. I hope they succeed, but I also hope they keep in mind that many teachers will have to decide whether or not to pay this fee out of their own pockets and a certain percentage of them will not be able to justify this cost.

]]> By: Joel Zehring http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/01/18/podcast218-technology-shopping-card-podcast04-an-interview-with-steve-muth-and-ben-papell-co-founders-of-voicethread-discussing-the-new-voicethread-for-education/#comment-47148 Joel Zehring Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:33:28 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/01/18/podcast218-technology-shopping-card-podcast04-an-interview-with-steve-muth-and-ben-papell-co-founders-of-voicethread-discussing-the-new-voicethread-for-education/#comment-47148 Great tech tools! I'm working on a series on TBoT called <a href="http://teachersbag.edublogs.org/category/gtd/" rel="nofollow">Getting Teaching Done</a>, based on David Allen's book. A teacher, as much as any professional, needs a trusted system to deal with the flood of input and interruption they receive everyday. Great tech tools! I’m working on a series on TBoT called Getting Teaching Done, based on David Allen’s book. A teacher, as much as any professional, needs a trusted system to deal with the flood of input and interruption they receive everyday.

]]> By: VoiceThread for K-12 Education « Moving Along http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/01/18/podcast218-technology-shopping-card-podcast04-an-interview-with-steve-muth-and-ben-papell-co-founders-of-voicethread-discussing-the-new-voicethread-for-education/#comment-47023 VoiceThread for K-12 Education « Moving Along Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:34:48 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/01/18/podcast218-technology-shopping-card-podcast04-an-interview-with-steve-muth-and-ben-papell-co-founders-of-voicethread-discussing-the-new-voicethread-for-education/#comment-47023 [...] 19, 2008 by Nancy Listening to Wes Fryer’s Podcast 218, I learned that VoiceThread is coming out with a special site for K-12 education. It will be [...] [...] 19, 2008 by Nancy Listening to Wes Fryer’s Podcast 218, I learned that VoiceThread is coming out with a special site for K-12 education. It will be [...]

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