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ACE providers:

PRACE, Carlton, Glenroy, Moreland &

Coonara

audio and voice

technologies in the

classroom

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Project Goals

+ Find out more about audio technologies – some research

+ Use audio technologies in class

+ Trial an innovation

+ Evaluate the experience

+ Write up a lesson plan to share

Preston Reservoir ACE& Victorian Learnscope

prace.vic.edu.au

ace [at] michalk.id.au

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Successes at mid-year (i)+ Recorded assessment tasks to mp3 (VCAL)

+ Low-level literacy learners listen and read stories via laptop / mp3

+ VCAL students creating interviews with video camera and editing software

+ communication skills teachers video and record student presentations

+ Literacy student embeds audio into powerpoint

+ Teachers explore portable audio gadgets, and web2 apps (voki, voicethread, skype)

+ Set up project wiki, with stream of delicious links

+ Created free software CD for teachers

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Successes by end of project (ii)

+ Low-level literacy learners listen and read stories via CD at home

+ Two ESL groups hook up in a live session via skype

+ ICT learners in the community learn by screencast recordings, outside the classroom

+ More literacy and ICT students embed audio into powerpoint

+ Literacy students create digital stories of their own

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Successes by end of project (iii)

+ VCAL teachers interview students, putting audio onto web for other students to listen

+ VCAL students use audio editing software (Audacity) and bluetooth to make new ringtones for their phones

+ People in Children’s Services course introduce themselves via audio on the web, and create audio avatars with Voki

+ Children’s Services students attempt discussion via Voicethread, but the technology betrays their trust

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Technologies

+ portable mp3 gadgets (iRiver, iPod)

+ sound editor: Audacity (open source)

+ headphones, microphones

+ instant collaborative web: wikispaces (AccessACE)

+ audio avatars: voki.com

+ microsoft powerpoint

+ screencasting: Jing, camstudio

+ interactive digital story: Voicethread

Find the technology that suits your purpose

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Listening activitiesPeople at Converge created this list on the day .. What other activities would you adapt to a blended solution?

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Challenges

+ Sessional teacher time

+ Ailing equipment

+ Windows audio nightmare

+ Steep learning curves

+ Range of abilities (both teacher and student)

Mission: support and nurture beginners, challenge and support

the leaders !!

In other words: Keep it simple.

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Tools for the classroomThese are the tools people discussed in the workshop. Read their comments on the wiki (address below):

+ Digital story - Voicethread

+ Avatar - Voki

+ Telephone - skype

+ Screencast - Jing, camstudio

+ Audio on the web - wikispaces.com

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Audio technologies in ACE

Preston Reservoir Adult Community Education (PRACE)

Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre

Glenroy Neighbourhood Learning Centre

Moreland Adult Education

Coonara Community House

Credits + Thanks for funding from Australian Flexible Learning Framework http://flexiblelearning.net.au/VIC

+ Thanks also for “creative commons” licensed photos from Flickr users: Grant Neufeld, yousoundhollow, afeman, danieljohnsonr, penmachine and pablosanz - all at flickr.comContact

+ Michael Chalk at PRACE

+ 9462 6077

+ ace [at] michalk.id.au

+ http://michalk.id.au/

Project Wiki

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