The Audacity to have fun in class!
I have been through some training on how to use Mac's Garageband to create podcasts, vodcasts, and sounds for classrooms use. Audacity is an open source program that works quite similarly to Garageband in the realm of recording. I showed my 10 year old daughter the assignment we worked on in class, and she wanted to make a recording. So, I recorded a one-sided conversation, then she recorded her portion of the conversation. We cut and pasted the two audio files into one conversation and she giggled like a 10 year old girl should. It was fun.
This will be a great assignment to use for review. For example,
1. As a review exercise, have student download the one-sided conversation (OSC) that asks relevant questions about a particular topic.
2. Students create a script of the questions and their answers.
3. Students record the conversation. They could use sound effects to make it more exciting.
4. Students turn in via email or Dropbox a copy of the script and the audio file.
Cool stuff!
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