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.

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How does one use audio in the classroom?

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Podcasting: Powerful and Practical: Audacity is the perfect tool for

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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:

Download Audacity at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Thank you so much for

attending my session!

Mrs. Sheila BoydFirst GradeEverett Area Elementary Schoolsboyd@everett.k12.pa.us