Using Audacity in the Classroom

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DeAnna Jackson Stalnaker
Melissa Mauk
Chesapeake Bay Middle School
 It’s FREE
 It’s AACPS APPROVED
 It’s an audio recorder that allows you to record, mix,
change, and manipulative audio files.
 Create Podcast
 Record multi-track soundtracks for Windows Movie
Maker Projects (Ex. Steps to using Audacity)
 Record Data
 Create a student radio station
 Record students reading for Mother’s/Father’s Day
project.
 Record narration for student presentations
 Write and record songs or raps on various topics. (Ex.
Test Rap)
 Teach Fluency
 Read with Expression
 Record Children’s Book (Ex. To Give a Mouse a Cookie)
 Read their writing and have another student critique
 Create an old time radio broadcast
 Teaches imagery, mood, and expression
 Create Podcast Book Reviews
 Book Talks
 Record student interviews
 Oral histories
 Documentaries
 Reenactments
 Create song or rap to remember and explain important
historical events. (Ex. Cold War Rap)
 Record background audio for a historical picture.
 Record statistical data
 Verbalize concepts
 Record procedure for solving
problem
 Write and record songs to
remember mathematical
concepts
 Record data from
experiments
 Explain science projects
 Record lab directions
 Write and record songs to
remember science concepts.
 Record oral language test
 Read and record story or conversation
 Use to self evaluate or critique as class.
 Record vocabulary words and meanings.
 Record students practicing music
 Self evaluate and critique
 Record students as solos and mix to create a
chorus
 Record performances
 Create Tutorials (ex. Citation Maker tutorial)
 Record Student Assessments or Presentations
 Record excerpts from text books, novels, or poetry for
language arts.
 Record narration for presentations
 Create class and/or school announcements
 Help sessions for absent students
 Record guest speakers
http://djacksonstalnaker.edu.glogster.com/audacityintheclassroom/
 Audacity in Education. Wikispaces.
http://audacityined.wikispaces.com/.
 Boyd, Sheila. Awesome Audacity for Aspiring
Authors.
Everett Area Elementary.
http://bedfordcountysummertechdays.wikispaces.com/fi
le/view/Audacity.pptx.
 John. Audacity Tip Sheet. Classroom in the Cloud.
http://www.classroominthecloud.net/2010/03/audacity
-tip-sheet-for-students.html.
 Jackson County School District. Audacity: More than
just Copying Tapes to CD.
http://www.eaglepnt.k12.or.us/page.asp?navid=1688.
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