1. Aims and Objectives Module 2 – Creating a literacy resource with your IWB

2. Aims and Objectives Morning Session Learn additional tools of the interactive whiteboard Develop a literary resource using the tools covered Afternoon Session Using sound recording as a springboard to language learning Become familiar with Audacity – free, easy to use sound recording software and how it may be used as a classroom resource for literacy

3. Activity - What stage are you at? Hooper and Rieber Familiarisation Utilisation Integration Reorientation Evolution See pg 28 of NCTE course manual

4. Getting to know your IWB Additional Tools Resizing Cloning Linking – sound, website, other file pages Moving to back/front Manipulating objects – top/middle/bottom layer Grouping/ungrouping Locking /unlocking Containers Camera Spotlight Reveal tool Protractor Dice Compass Video Clock

5. Activity - Create a Literacy Resource Using the tools covered so far, create a resource for your own classroom which supports literacy, or enhance the resource you created yesterday. See pg 30 of NCTE course manual for further details

6. Recording & Using Sound with an IWB Sound Recording options Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ LAME Encoder for converting to MP3 http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/lame_enc.dll Help files for Audacity and LAME http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audacity_Wi ki_Home_Page Activity: Record 3 sound files for use with resource for literacy prepared in Modules 1 & 2

7. Activity - Assessment Consider possible uses of audio and sound recording in the assessment of literacy in your classroom. Example of one school using Audacity for literacy and assessment of same www.ncte.ie/elearningplan/videos © NCTE 2011

8. Checklist In this module, you have Explored additional tools for your IWB Created a literacy resource using these tools Explored sound recording as a literacy resource Downloaded Audacity Created sound files using Audacity.