There is a free audio recording program called Audacity. It allows for editing of voice and also background music. There are also video training lessons on TeacherTube.com.
/www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=cb3860f2a6d4b38c6490). Most of the teachers who took the course were "low tech" and they did wonderfully. Granted, many of them just read a story or talked about a historical figure. Aside from pointing Audacity to the LAME mp3 encoder the first time you export as an mp3, it is simply press the record button, talk/sing/whatever and then press the stop button. Even the instructions in the Podcating Booklet make it far more complicated than it needs to be. Suggest to the beginners to begin with the basics: just talk/read/sing in their first few recordings, then begin to learn to add the extras. And as someone already said, if that doesn't work, let the students handle the recording.…
Ann:
Thanks for the information. I have seen audacity and really like it as well as voicethread.
I will be looking into Photostory.
Thanks for taking your time to reply.
Gary
Wouldn't it be simpler to use say an ipod recorder and cut out the Audacity side of things? That way the student could just go back if they needed to?
Rebecca McFadyen
lot of fun to make and I really wanted to share this ideas with others. Any feedback would be loved! Thanks!
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Kevin, Thanks for the idea. I have the MP3 recorders or can record on my laptop. I still have to download Audacity. The course is informative, though we're only on week1.
Thanks so much for the information.
I am going to check these sites out.
I have used photostory and audacity and am looking forward to investigating befunky.
thanks,
Gary
The resources wiki on podcasts is a gold mine of things about podcasting it also has links for audacity and the lame plug in. Lots of great examples, check out the lesson plans link.