1. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Presented by: Tim Childers Lake Forest Middle School TAMS Conference, Memphis, TN

2. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom What Are They? Audacity –A free download tool to record audio files (voice, music, or both) Photo Story –A free download tool to create movies out of still pictures, text, and audio

3. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Why Audacity? It’s free and open source! It’s available for both Mac and PC. It’s fairly intuitive and doesn’t require a large investment of time to learn. It will do 90% of what most people need. Most of what you learn in Audacity can be applied to other audio editing programs. Popular, updated frequently, and has good documentation and discussion boards online.

4. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Audacity Download at http://audacity.sourceforge.net http://audacity.sourceforge.net –You will also need the LAME Encoder for MP3 at http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~raa110/audacity/lame.html http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~raa110/audacity/lame.html Click here if you have never used Audacityhere Click here if you have used Audacityhere

5. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Audacity Tutorial Click the Red Circle to RECORD

6. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Audacity Tutorial Click the Gold Square to STOP

7. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Audacity Tutorial Click the Green Triangle to LISTEN

8. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Audacity Tutorial You can insert mp3 and wav song files You can narrate and insert sound clips (dogs barking, Jaws theme, etc) You can change your voice to sound like the opposite sex The ideas are limitless!

9. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Audacity Teacher Ideas Record make-up work for absentees Record mini-lessons for students who need remediation Record songs that emphasize skills or rules that need to be remembered Record short stories for struggling readers Record short segments for a Voki

10. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Audacity Teacher Examples Make-up work for absentees Mini-lesson Songs Short Stories

11. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Audacity Student Ideas Record book or movie reviews Practice reading and listening to one’s self for improvement Tell personal or fictional stories written in class “Teach” mini-lessons on topics they have mastered Conduct interviews for assignments

12. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Why Photo Story? It’s free and open source! It’s fairly intuitive and doesn’t require a large investment of time to learn. It will do 90% of what most people need. It is a simple drag-and-drop program Popular, updated frequently, and is widely used by teachers in all grade levels.

13. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Photo Story 3 Download at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/pho tostory/default.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/pho tostory/default.mspx Click here if you have never used Photo Story 3here Click here if you have used Photo Story 3here

14. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Photo Story 3 Tutorial Import Pictures

15. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Photo Story 3 Tutorial Some Pictures may need the black borders removed for better transitions

16. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Photo Story 3 Tutorial Drag pictures into the order you want them

17. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Photo Story 3 Tutorial You can record your narration

18. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Photo Story 3 Tutorial You can change the way the pictures transition

19. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Photo Story 3 Tutorial You can select or create music for background

20. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Photo Story 3 Tutorial Finally, export it as a movie file!

21. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Photo Story 3 Teacher Ideas Create visual mini-lessons Create fun ways to teach objectives Create music videos Create short story or novel synopses Create a movie to introduce yourself to the classCreate a movie to introduce yourself to the class Create a movie to introduce your class on parents’ night

22. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Photo Story 3 Student Ideas Create visual book reports –Jp2kidcasts.blogspot.com Create digital stories (fiction or non- fiction)Create digital stories (fiction or non- fiction) Create an introduction of the student to the classCreate an introduction of the student to the class

23. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Where Can I Get Audio? http://www.garageband.com http://www.freeplaymusic.com http://ccmixter.org/ http://www.findsounds.com/ http://www.freeaudioclips.com/ http://www.webplaces.com/html/sounds.htm http://www.soundamerica.com/ http://music.download.com/ http://www.storycorps.net/ Be sure to check out copyright policies at each site!

24. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Where Can I Get Photos? http://www.flickr.com http://www.piotrpix.com/free-image-gallery http://photorack.net/ http://www.creatingonline.com/stock_photos/ http://www.sxc.hu/ http://www.freeimages.co.uk/ http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp http://gimp-savvy.com/ http://www.photo.net/ http://www.imageafter.com/

25. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom Where Can I Get Photos? http://office.microsoft.com/en- us/clipart/default.aspxhttp://office.microsoft.com/en- us/clipart/default.aspx http://www.soople.com/ Please be aware that not all gallery sites are appropriate for all age levels. Always look through a site before allowing your kids access.

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