Audacity Using Audio in the Classroom

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Audacity Using Audio in the Classroom

• Presenter Cathy Arnold
• Instructional Technology
• Greenville County Schools

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Audacity Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio
editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X,
GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
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How does one use audio in the classroom?
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Audacity View
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Audacity View
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Uses of Audio
A different twist on classroom projects

• Social Studies
• Math
• Language Arts
• Foreign Language
• Music
• Science
• Other Uses

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Social Studies

• Support Statements
• Interviews
• Description Clips

Foreign Language

• Teacher Audio Student Response
• Student Audio

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Math

• Procedures for solving a problem
• Homework assignment podcast

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Language Arts

• Readers Theater
• Study Notes
• Summarizing Main Ideas
• Narrate an event from each characters point of
  view.

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Music

• Record
• Demonstration
• Tag for musical events

Science

• Lab Directions
• Note Taking

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Other

• Class or School Announcements
• Display of Student Work
• Help Sessions for absent students
• New Student Orientation (Walking Podcast)
• New Parent Orientation
• Limited to your imagination

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Download Audacity at http//audacity.sourceforge.n
et/
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Cathy Arnoldcoarnold_at_greenville.k12.sc.us
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Thank you so much for attending my session!