Use Audacity to turn readers into performers

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WNC EdNET
Instructional Technology Awareness ConferenceInstructional Technology Awareness Conference
(iTAC2) (iTAC2)
October 29, 2010October 29, 2010
B208 11:30 – 12:00 onlyB208 11:30 – 12:00 only

2. Eric ColeEric Cole
Instructional Technology Facilitator -Instructional Technology Facilitator -
McDowell County SchoolsMcDowell County Schools
eric.cole@mcdowell.k12.nc.useric.cole@mcdowell.k12.nc.us
http://tinyurl.com/coleEMJH
http://tinyurl.com/EMJHTech
http://outputfilter.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/ericcole
Skype: ericdcole
Plurk: ericcole
LinkedIn: ericdcole

3. • Communicate Effectively
• Become Better Readers
• Become 21st Century Learners
• Solve Problems
• Work Collaboratively
• Use Technology Tools
• Create
• Lifelong Learner

4. • Give Lower Level Students Audio Version Of Classroom
Materials
• Give Students Opportunities To Practice Speaking Correctly
• Gives students The Opportunity To Create And Interpret
The Text In Their Own Way (They Become The Director)
• Students Are Learning A Valuable 21st Century Skill
• Students Learning to Use Various Programs Together
• Collaboration between students

5. 7th Grade LA Teacher
• Daniels Story
• Santa Knows
• Overboard
• Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde
• The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Lit2Go (Florida's Educational Clearing House)

6. • Text For The Students To Record
• Computer With Audio Editing Software
• Sound Effects
• Microphone
• Quiet Place To Record

11. • http
://www.guidesandtutorials.com/audacity-tutorial.h
• http://curriculum.union.edu/tips/audacity.php
• http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorial
• http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/17-audaci

12. • develop fluency through repeated exposure to text
• increase comprehension
• integrate reading, writing, speaking, listening in an
authentic context
• engage students
• increase reading motivation
• create confidence and improve the self-image of
students
• provide a real purpose for reading
• provide opportunities for cooperative learning
info from:
http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/programs/whatisrt.htm

13. • The Reading Lady
• Aaron Shepard
• Teaching Heart
• Timeless Teacher
• Stories To Grow By
• Pro Teacher (Long List html and PDF
format)

14. What Can I Do With The Audio?
• Burn a CD for the student to take home
• Upload to the students IPod, or Cell phone
• Upload to your classes website
• Put it on the Schools Server for all teachers
and students at your school

15. NCTIES March 4, 2010
Keith Ledford:
Skype: keithledford1
Twitter: keithledford
keith.ledford@mcdowell.k12.nc.us
Skype: ericdcole
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ericcole
eric.cole@mcdowell.k12.nc.us
Eric Cole:
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