Audio+Apps




 * Audio App #1: Audioboo **

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Let your students record themselves on Audioboo on the iPad. Then, go to your computer and log in at www.audioboo.com. Your "boos" will be there! From there, you can embed or link your students' boos to your website, wiki, or blog. Classroom ideas:

1. Have a daily or weekly podcast! Students can simply use an iPad to record what they learned that day. If you're having a class meeting at the end of the day, have one or two students create your podcast. Parents would LOVE hearing these updates - it would be more fun than a weekly newsletter:)

2. Book reports or book trailers - students could promote literature by recording their opinions and thoughts about books.

3. Create a recording and then link it to a QR code. Print the QR codes on stickers and send them home for a quick reminder, class information update, or a record of student learning.

4. Students record themselves reading. They can hear themselves for fluency or lack of fluency. Listen for choppiness.

5. Use recordig for a running record.

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 * Audio App #2 - Tellpic: **

For this sample, I made a Pic Collage of the Bluebonnet books I've read thus far. Then, I saved my Pic Collage to my camera roll on the iPad. I opened up Tellpic, chose my Pic Collage picture and started recording. Very easy! Students could do something similar with any collage picture they make or just an individual photo they take using the iPad.

Classroom uses: 1. This is great for students who struggle with their writing. Have them record their ideas about their picture for the pre-writing phase. Then use their recording to assist them in making an outline.

2. Have students take or create a picture that represents a favorite poem. Then have them record themselves reading the poem. This is a great exercise for fluency.

3. Let students create a comic strip and add a voiceover to the pictures.

Audio App #3 - iTalk: media type="file" key="dowell pep rally.aiff" width="300" height="50" After you make a recording, your only option is to email it to yourself. Warning: the recordings must be 2 MB or less in order to email. That's less than 1 minute of recording (I tested it.) This app definitely comes in handy on my phone if I am at a band concert or keynote where I only care about the audio.

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