Article 2: 7 Things You Should Know About... VoiceThread - http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7050.pdf
Article 3: The PLN Matures. The Progression of the 21st Century Personal Learning Network - http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/08/pln-matures-progression-of-21st-century.html
Discussion Question:
After reading the three articles listed above, how do you think multimedia, collaborative presentation tools like Glogster and VoiceThread can help you in your efforts to make your PLN mature and progress?
After reading the above articles and working with Glogster and VoiceThread, I can see their value in creating classroom presentations and student projects. I didn't really care for Glogster, it was too restrictive and clunky to work with, but I do think students would enjoy using it for school projects.
VoiceThread on the other hand was a great tool to work with. I plan to use this more in my classroom for my own presentations. I have recorded audio/voiceover using PowerPoint before, but the best part about VoiceThread is that other people are able to leave video, audio, or text responses to your presentation.
I think a tool like VoiceThread is a great way to create and share content with other teachers to help grow your PLN. I also think that the capability to share comments with other users makes this a great to for working with other teachers.