Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Presented by: Tim Childers Lake Forest Middle School TAMS Conference, Memphis, TN

What Are They? Audacity A free download tool to record audio files (voice, music, or both) Photo Story A free download tool to create movies out of still pictures, text, and audio

Audacity

A free download tool to record audio files (voice, music, or both)

Photo Story

A free download tool to create movies out of still pictures, text, and audio

Why Audacity? It’s free and open source! It’s available for both Mac and PC. It’s fairly intuitive and doesn’t require a large investment of time to learn. It will do 90% of what most people need. Most of what you learn in Audacity can be applied to other audio editing programs. Popular, updated frequently, and has good documentation and discussion boards online.

It’s free and open source!

It’s available for both Mac and PC.

It’s fairly intuitive and doesn’t require a large investment of time to learn.

It will do 90% of what most people need.

Most of what you learn in Audacity can be applied to other audio editing programs.

Popular, updated frequently, and has good documentation and discussion boards online.

Audacity Download at http://audacity.sourceforge.net You will also need the LAME Encoder for MP3 at http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~raa110/audacity/lame.html Click here if you have never used Audacity Click here if you have used Audacity

Download at http://audacity.sourceforge.net

You will also need the LAME Encoder for MP3 at http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~raa110/audacity/lame.html

Click here if you have never used Audacity

Click here if you have used Audacity

Audacity Tutorial Click the Red Circle to RECORD

Audacity Tutorial Click the Gold Square to STOP

Audacity Tutorial Click the Green Triangle to LISTEN

Audacity Tutorial You can insert mp3 and wav song files You can narrate and insert sound clips (dogs barking, Jaws theme, etc) You can change your voice to sound like the opposite sex The ideas are limitless!

Audacity Teacher Ideas Record make-up work for absentees Record mini-lessons for students who need remediation Record songs that emphasize skills or rules that need to be remembered Record short stories for struggling readers Record short segments for a Voki

Record make-up work for absentees

Record mini-lessons for students who need remediation

Record songs that emphasize skills or rules that need to be remembered

Record short stories for struggling readers

Record short segments for a Voki

Audacity Teacher Examples Make-up work for absentees Mini-lesson Songs Short Stories

Make-up work for absentees

Mini-lesson

Songs

Short Stories

Audacity Student Ideas Record book or movie reviews Practice reading and listening to one’s self for improvement Tell personal or fictional stories written in class “Teach” mini-lessons on topics they have mastered Conduct interviews for assignments

Record book or movie reviews

Practice reading and listening to one’s self for improvement

Tell personal or fictional stories written in class

“Teach” mini-lessons on topics they have mastered

Conduct interviews for assignments

Why Photo Story? It’s free and open source! It’s fairly intuitive and doesn’t require a large investment of time to learn. It will do 90% of what most people need. It is a simple drag-and-drop program Popular, updated frequently, and is widely used by teachers in all grade levels.

It’s free and open source!

It’s fairly intuitive and doesn’t require a large investment of time to learn.

It will do 90% of what most people need.

It is a simple drag-and-drop program

Popular, updated frequently, and is widely used by teachers in all grade levels.

Photo Story 3 Download at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx Click here if you have never used Photo Story 3 Click here if you have used Photo Story 3

Download at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

Click here if you have never used Photo Story 3

Click here if you have used Photo Story 3

Photo Story 3 Tutorial Import Pictures

Photo Story 3 Tutorial Some Pictures may need the black borders removed for better transitions

Photo Story 3 Tutorial Drag pictures into the order you want them

Photo Story 3 Tutorial You can record your narration

Photo Story 3 Tutorial You can change the way the pictures transition

Photo Story 3 Tutorial You can select or create music for background

Photo Story 3 Tutorial Finally, export it as a movie file!

Photo Story 3 Teacher Ideas Create visual mini-lessons Create fun ways to teach objectives Create music videos Create short story or novel synopses Create a movie to introduce yourself to the class Create a movie to introduce your class on parents’ night

Create visual mini-lessons

Create fun ways to teach objectives

Create music videos

Create short story or novel synopses

Create a movie to introduce yourself to the class

Create a movie to introduce your class on parents’ night

Photo Story 3 Student Ideas Create visual book reports Jp2kidcasts.blogspot.com Create digital stories (fiction or non-fiction) Create an introduction of the student to the class

Create visual book reports

Jp2kidcasts.blogspot.com

Create digital stories (fiction or non-fiction)

Create an introduction of the student to the class

Where Can I Get Audio? http://www.garageband.com http://www.freeplaymusic.com http://ccmixter.org/ http://www.findsounds.com/ http://www.freeaudioclips.com/ http://www.webplaces.com/html/sounds.htm http://www.soundamerica.com/ http:// music.download.com / http://www.storycorps.net/ Be sure to check out copyright policies at each site!

http://www.garageband.com

http://www.freeplaymusic.com

http://ccmixter.org/

http://www.findsounds.com/

http://www.freeaudioclips.com/

http://www.webplaces.com/html/sounds.htm

http://www.soundamerica.com/

http:// music.download.com /

http://www.storycorps.net/

Be sure to check out copyright policies at each site!

Where Can I Get Photos? http://www.flickr.com http://www.piotrpix.com/free-image-gallery http://photorack.net/ http://www.creatingonline.com/stock_photos/ http://www.sxc.hu/ http://www.freeimages.co.uk/ http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp http://gimp-savvy.com/ http://www.photo.net/ http://www.imageafter.com/

http://www.flickr.com

http://www.piotrpix.com/free-image-gallery

http://photorack.net/

http://www.creatingonline.com/stock_photos/

http://www.sxc.hu/

http://www.freeimages.co.uk/

http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp

http://gimp-savvy.com/

http://www.photo.net/

http://www.imageafter.com/

Where Can I Get Photos? http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx http://www.soople.com/ Please be aware that not all gallery sites are appropriate for all age levels. Always look through a site before allowing your kids access.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx

http://www.soople.com/

Please be aware that not all gallery sites are appropriate for all age levels. Always look through a site before allowing your kids access.