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Using Audacity in the Classroom

Using Audacity in the Classroom. DeAnna Jackson Stalnaker Melissa Mauk Chesapeake Bay Middle School. What is Audacity?. It’s FREE It’s AACPS APPROVED It’s an audio recorder that allows you to record, mix, change, and manipulative audio files. . Quick Tutorial on Audacity.

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Using Audacity in the Classroom

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  1. Using Audacity in the Classroom DeAnna Jackson Stalnaker Melissa Mauk Chesapeake Bay Middle School

  2. What is Audacity? • It’s FREE • It’s AACPS APPROVED • It’s an audio recorder that allows you to record, mix, change, and manipulative audio files.

  3. Quick Tutorial on Audacity

  4. Classroom Ideas-All Subjects • Create Podcast • Record multi-track soundtracks for Windows Movie Maker Projects (Ex. Steps to using Audacity) • Record Data • Create a student radio station • Record students reading for Mother’s/Father’s Day project. • Record narration for student presentations • Write and record songs or raps on various topics. (Ex. Test Rap)

  5. Study Skills Rap

  6. More Classroom Ideas-Language Arts • Teach Fluency • Read with Expression • Record Children’s Book (Ex. To Give a Mouse a Cookie) • Read their writing and have another student critique • Create an old time radio broadcast • Teaches imagery, mood, and expression • Create Podcast- • Book Reviews • Book Talks

  7. More Classroom Ideas-Social Studies • Record student interviews • Oral histories • Documentaries • Reenactments • Create song or rap to remember and explain important historical events. (Ex. Cold War Rap) • Record background audio for a historical picture.

  8. Cold War RAP

  9. More Classroom Ideas- Math Science • Record statistical data • Verbalize concepts • Record procedure for solving problem • Write and record songs to remember mathematical concepts • Record data from experiments • Explain science projects • Record lab directions • Write and record songs to remember science concepts.

  10. More Classroom Ideas-Foreign Language and ELL • Record oral language test • Read and record story or conversation • Use to self evaluate or critique as class. • Record vocabulary words and meanings. Music • Record students practicing music • Self evaluate and critique • Record students as solos and mix to create a chorus • Record performances

  11. Classroom Ideas-Teacher Use • Create Tutorials (ex. Citation Maker tutorial) • Record Student Assessments or Presentations • Record excerpts from text books, novels, or poetry for language arts. • Record narration for presentations • Create class and/or school announcements • Help sessions for absent students • Record guest speakers

  12. What to hear the recordings again? Check out our GLOG! http://djacksonstalnaker.edu.glogster.com/audacityintheclassroom/

  13. Bibliography • Audacity in Education. Wikispaces. http://audacityined.wikispaces.com/. • Boyd, Sheila. Awesome Audacity for Aspiring Authors. Everett Area Elementary. http://bedfordcountysummertechdays.wikispaces.com/file/view/Audacity.pptx. • John. Audacity Tip Sheet. Classroom in the Cloud. http://www.classroominthecloud.net/2010/03/audacity-tip-sheet-for-students.html. • Jackson County School District. Audacity: More than just Copying Tapes to CD. http://www.eaglepnt.k12.or.us/page.asp?navid=1688.

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