Audacity



= **Audacity** =

Audacity
Audacity allows students (and teachers) to create voice recordings which can then be edited, saved, and shared (Note: free resource; audio files are easy for students to edit and sound effects can be added easily)

Educational Uses

 * students could use to record their oral reading (for running records; fluency check)
 * students could create their own 'mash-ups'
 * students could create and share podcasts (book reviews, reports, poetry reading); create music tracks for video podcasts
 * make an audio/radio advertisement - advertise products or services the school produces
 * promote language learning – record kids speaking in one of their language classes then upload to Voki to create speaking Avatars
 * record speeches to provide evidence of learning, and upload to Glogster (a wonderful online poster tool) to share with a wider audience
 * promote reading development by recording kids reading books
 * create sound stories for images using free sound effects websites; you could easily use creative commons Flickr photos as your source of ‘sound-rich’ images
 * record sound for PowerPoint slides to enhance any presentation
 * record comments/opinions to load to a Voicethread at a later stage. This can be useful if there are problems with multiple users on a Voicethread or to save time.
 * record compositions or class singing to share with others (e.g. parents).
 * record soundtracks for animations

'How to...'
This video clip shows how to use Audacity to create a podcast:

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Here is a different video clip showing how to use Audacity to create an MP3 podcast:

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Click this link (Documentation) to see the manual for Audacity.