In class this week we used audacity to make our group advocacy podcasts and thought I would find out what it is all about especially since it is free tool to use. Audacity is an easy-to-use, open source audio editing software program that is available as a free download. Versions are available for desktop computers that run the Mac, Windows and Linux operating systems. Audacity has a variety of features that can meet the needs of a range of audio recording projects, from a very basic short live recording to more elaborate, multi-track projects that combine audio from a variety of sources. Audacity is used by hundreds of schools and institutions of higher education around the world and by many more private individuals and companies for basic audio recording and editing needs, since it is a no-cost solution for a variety of basic and intermediate digital audio editing needs. Many students and instructors also download Audacity to their local computers to make recording and editing possible in their own work space. Some uses of Audacity as an Instructional Technology resource are;
1. Record live responses to prompts during a class session held in a computer lab
2. Record a narration or introduction to be placed in a course Web space
3. Create audio review materials for student use
4. Edit raw interview recordings to create a more polished final product
5. Digitize cassette or CD audio course materials to share with others (additional post-production steps may be necessary)
6. Combine recordings made by individual students for a group project.
Since I have not used this resource in my classes yet does anybody have a link or project that they have done using this tool?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
It was fun using audacity. I didn't get a chance to do a lot of creative things with it...but even with the few minutes that we had, it was possible for us to almost complete our video. I look forward to doing more with it this week in class!
ReplyDeleteI used it with elementary students to improve thier reading fluency. They picked a reading passage and read it cold, (recording it on Audacity). We then worked on vocabulary and annunciation, and practiced reading it over and over. When they were ready they re-read it and recorded with Audacity themselves again. Then we compared the two recordings to hear their fluency improvement. Some teachers also use it as an assessment tool to time students how long it takes them to read 100 words.
ReplyDelete