“VoiceThread offers a natural online interaction that lends itself to student presenting & defending their work before experts and peers”
All great speakers were bad speakers at first
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ed.VoiceThread is a platform where students develop critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity skills.

A VoiceThread is a persistent virtual room that enables rich multimodal comments and conversations in a low stress and accessible format. Interpersonal interactions are just as warm as live interactions but instead are self-paced, giving students and teachers time for thoughtful reflection.
Humanizing
VoiceThreading allows you to replace the clickety-click interactions found in many learning tools with the authentic and complex human-to-human interactions that build important lifelong competencies. Speaking, listening, critical thinking, empathic accuracy, and the social and emotional skills required for an entire lifetime of fulfillment all require real human interactions to build.
AI Aware
Using VoiceThread, students don't just generate content; they interact with their peers and teachers in authentic and complex ways that AI cannot. Ask students and they'll tell you they're looking for social learning experiences that are authentic and self-paced. The cognitive skills they'll use to socially connect in a VoiceThread cannot be easily offloaded. No AI detection tools are required.
Research
VoiceThread is one of the most heavily researched tools created in the last 20 years. Over 3,337 research articles cite VoiceThread, and the vast majority point to positive impacts on teaching and learning. From pre-K to postdoctoral studies at some of the best learning institutions in the world, the evidence for efficacy is substantial. VoiceThread is ESSA III certified.
How VoiceThread fits into the curricular toolscape
“I feel very strongly that parents are important stakeholders, so we want them to have opportunities to connect with their Children's learning. VoiceThread is one of the ways we facilitate this connection"
“VoiceThread was the logical option for enhancing the quality of student feedback while integrating user-friendly EdTech. …Without doubt, Thomas will now achieve a better grade in this project and, more importantly, have a deeper understanding of how improved academic performance is related to goals.”
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71%
Strongly agreed
Students strongly agreed that "hearing my peers improved my ability to reach the learning objectives".
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59%
Strongly disagreed
Students strongly disagreed with a preference for traditional text based discussion board.
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4.75 / 5
Student satisfaction
Student rating for improving the development of their oral and language skills .
"I love this because I’m not brave enough to speak in class, but this program allows me to speak without the fear of being embarrassed.”
— 7th grade student



