my summer vacation girl

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.

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

podcasting

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!

Social StudiesMathLanguage ArtsForeign LanguageMusicScienceOther Uses

Social Studies Foreign Language

Support Statements

Interviews Description Clips

Teacher Audio Students Response Student Audio

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.

Music Science

Record Demonstration Tag for musical

events

Lab Directions Note Taking

Record Speeches Record sound for PowerPoint slides

To provide evidence of learning, and upload to Glogster ( an online poster tool) to share with a wider audience.

To enhance any presentation

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.

Students write a story.Read it on audacityListen to the story for expressionDownload the story on school web page for parents and grandparents to hear.

(Only use the student’s first name for privacy.)

Use audacity to advertise products the school produces to support service learning for their advertising unit.

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.

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

Thank you so much for

attending my session!

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