I really enjoyed watching the videos and learning about this capability. I searched for audacity on my computer at school last week, but I couldn't find it. I then realized our computers don't have microphones (or web cams). I tried to search for a similar program, but quickly realized I couldn't discern which, if any, might perform a similar function like audacity. I also realized that I couldn't get the microphone on my headset to work with anything other than skype and couldn't figure out how I might use the microphone on the logitech web cam I purchased (it sits on top of my monitor). Hmmmmm.
I went to our computer lab three times in hopes of being able to spend time using the program. One time a class entered about five minutes after I started working. Each of the next two times I was only in the lab about ten minutes before I was paged to come back to the office to deal with various matters.
My idea was to have students talk about the books they were reading for "March is Reading Month." One of the activities we have challenged students with is a different genre of reading each week. They can then complete a short summary of the book and submit it for a drawing to take place when we return to school from our Spring break. I thought it would be fun to select a few students from each grade level who could share the name of the book they read, the author and a quick summary (perhaps even tell if they would recommend it to others) - a book talk of sorts. I could then post the students' first names and the title of the books they were summarizing.
I think the potential to utilize and feature students is endless.
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Sorry you had so much trouble with your office computer. The application is not part of the administrator computer image, but can be added. then it should work with your microphone. I will contact you directly.
ReplyDeleteIt is wonderful that you did not let your technical difficulties prevent you from seeing the real power of Audacity. Your idea of having students talk about the books they read is terrific! You could use one of the computers in the LMC too! Any of the student or teacher computers will have Audacity installed on it. The students will be absolutely thrilled to be able to record their thoughts about their books. Please blog back about how it goes!
Carol