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•Students generate their own content

•Teacher’s role shift to facilitators as opposed to instructors

•Enhanced student motivation and engagement

•Students have a platform to share their content

•Teaches audio editing

•Promotes reading skills

•Promotes listening skills

•It’s a great way to learn

•Science: A audio diary of an astronaut travelling to the moon

•Excursions: Students can use mobile devices (mp3 players, phones or cameras) to document their excursion

•Science History: Student produce a mock interview with a historical figure.

•Experiments: Student can document their procedure or results to write up later.

•Science History: Student produce a mock interview with a historical figure.

•Experiments: Student can document their procedure or results to write up later.

Computer

Headphones + Microphone OR mp3/ipod

Audacity (free software)

mp3 lame encoder (free software)

Start Menu

All Programs > Media > Audacity

Record a small section of audio.

File> Export as MP3You get a message asking if you want to locate the lame.dll file Click “Yes”

Resource R: CEGSALamemp3

File> Save ProjectSave Project to the desktop (easier to find)

Name your project: Digestion – Fred N and Jane D

Basic Functions : Stop, Play, Record, Pause.

Highlight segments of audio with the mouse

Ctrl X – Cut

Ctrl V – Paste

The optimal volume level is between -12 and -6

A tour through the Digestive System

Key words: Chewing, saliva, surface area, swallowing, oesophagus, stomach, hydrochloric acid, enzymes, absorption, small intestine, large intestine, faeces.

Key concepts: physical digestion, chemical digestion, function of the tongue, teeth, stomach, gall bladder, small intestine, large intestine.

open a browser > www.soundsnap.com

Download as an mp3 onto the desktop.

File > Open and locate the file on the desktop

Highlight segments of audio with the mouse

Ctrl X – Cut

Ctrl V – Paste were you want the sound effect inserted.

Google “tech-ease” and click on the first result “Tech-Ease: Video Tutorials”

Choose “podcasting with audacity”

Eg Noise removal

Free podhosting sites

www.podbean.comwww.gcast.com

Add them here!

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