Make you own presentation with your voice

My brain shark (http://my.brainshark.com/Home.aspx) is a website that students can upload their own documents (e.g. ppt, word, photo, video and so on) and add voice to these documents. Students can make their own presentation or small video at home. This website provide teacher a way to practise students' speaking skill.

How to use:

1. teachers can give students homework (e.g. making a presentation about themselves), and then use this website to add their voice to their presentations. And then send this presentation with voice to their teacher. In this way, students will have chance to practise their oral English.

2. teachers can use this website to correct students' homework. Teachers can use red pen to mark where students' mistake in word, and then add teachers' voice to explain why that is mistake and how to correct it.And then send this word with teacher's voice to students


Advantages:

1. students can practise their oral English and it is easy for students to use. And it is fun to attract students' attention.


2. this website can motivate students to do homework. Using this website to do homework will be fun and easy.



Disadvanges:

although this website is good, I also find some limitations as listed below:

1. the lazy students will ask other people to help them. For example, lazy students will ask other people to write the draft for them and they just read the draft. Although they also practise their oral English, they do not use their brain to think about this task.

2.the time of record is short. Students or teachers can not record a long voice to a document.