Post on 23-Feb-2016
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My Summer Vacation Girl
Awesome Audacity for Aspiring Authors
Mrs. Sheila BoydFirst Grade Teacher
Everett Area Elementary School
I was asked to share Audacity and how to use it in your classrooms. I use Audacity in my classroom on a regular basis. I think it’s a great teaching tool.
Today, I hope you will learn how to record, edit, and share sound files.
First, for those unfamiliar with Audacity, it is an open-source recording program that is quite powerful.
How to use Audacity in the Classroom
Record live audio Convert tapes and records into digital
recordings or CD’s Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV, or AIFF
sound files Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds
together Change the speed or pitch of a
recording And more
Audacity can be used to:
Audacity: Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
AUDACITY
How does one use audio in the classroom?
Audacity View
AUDACITY VIEW
Podcasting: Powerful and Practical: Audacity is the perfect tool for
podcasting
Using Audacity in the Classroom
In a Intermediate grade general music class, you might use Audacity to record multiple tracks for a video. In this example, students begin by heading to http://www.blobprod.com and use the online mixer to mix their sounds, using the soundbank provided. They record this in Audacity, then record their own voices reading a story they’ve written. Using the editing tools in Audacity, students then put the two parts together, and they’ve now created their own soundtrack to use with their Animoto video, which they’ve created using their own pictures. Neat project!
Multitrack Recording
Social StudiesMathLanguage ArtsForeign LanguageMusicScienceOther Uses
Uses of AudacityA different twist on classroom projects
Audacity
Social Studies Foreign Language
Support Statements
Interviews Description Clips
Teacher Audio Students Response Student Audio
Audacity
Math Language Arts
Procedures for solving a problem
Homework assignment podcast
Reader’s Theater Study Notes Summarizing Main
Ideas Narrate an event
from each character’s point of view.
Audacity
Music Science
Record Demonstration Tag for musical
events
Lab Directions Note Taking
Audacity
Record Speeches Record sound for PowerPoint slides
To provide evidence of learning, and upload to Glogster ( an online poster tool) to shaer with a wider audience.
To enhance any presentation
Audacity
Record compositions Record soundtracks for animations
Written compositions or class singing to share with others
Sing songs for projects about
1. human body 2. insects 3. grammar etc.
Promote reading development:
Record reading books. (Helps emergent readers)
Create sound stories for images using free sound effects websites. You can use a creative commons Flickr photos as your source of “sound-rich” images.
Audacity and Reading
Students write a story.Read it on audacityListen to the story for expressionDownload the story on school web page for parents and grand parents to hear.
(Only use the student’s first name for privacy.)
Write, read, tape, listen, and download.
Use audacity to advertise products the school produces to support service learning for their advertising unit.
Make an audio/radio advertisement.
Record kids speaking in one of their language classes then upload to Voki to create speaking Avatars.
Can be done in Intermediate or High School classes.
Promote to language learning:
Class or School Announcements Display of Student Work Help Sessions for absent students New Student Orientation ( Walking Podcast) New Parent Orientation Limited only to your imagination
Other:
Thank you so much for
attending my session!
Mrs. Sheila BoydFirst GradeEverett Area Elementary Schoolsboyd@everett.k12.pa.us