to be able to encode mp3. It is free if your computers don't have it already, you can download it here.
As for being able to click on something and then have it play, you can make the mp3 or wav file a link like you were going to any other webpage - or you could make your orange button a link to the file. Then when you click on the button or link, the person can choose to open or save the file. If they hit open, it will open in Windows Media Player. If they hit save, it will save to the computer, and then they can open it with Windows Media Player.
Sorry, I don't know how to get it to play in the webpage without some sort of player.
Hope this helps!…
ed. Training and support are critical to its success and far too often overlooked or paid too little attention.
The key question is one of balance. How do educators continue to deliver innovation and creativity?
In my opinion it is essential that teachers have the ability to access and use the right tools if they wish. For example is the use of Second Life, U-Tube or Audacity acceptable within your own school? or does the school "limit" access and encourage activity only within the bounds of the VLE?
If it is the latter then it will always fail.
VLE suppliers (commercial or open source) can never innovate and change as fast as the Web.
So to answer your question - yes it is a good thing to have a single VLE used by everyone across the institution but not if it constrains innovation and creativity and access to other tools outside the VLE.
Good luck
Ian…
in my music classroom everything we do is shown on screen via a beamer and a second wireless keyboard is in the hands of a student. Main keyboard is a Roland FP-5 connected to a 1) PC running Emagic Logic Soundtrack and Logic Fun; Vanbasco for Karaoke, rehearsal etc. 2) OSX Mac running Logic Studio 8; Sibelius; Audacity
Still looking for an online collaborative tool to replace Rocket Networks that was closed down several years ago - having participated in CIER (Composers in Electronic Residence) and other composing projects in the past we are now looking for a simple platform for online musical collaboration between schools worldwide... Any ideas?
Chris Chater
cchater@gmail.com…
ibuting content because the actual download can be timeshifted to a non-demand time.
As far as recording - as John points out - Audacity is free, very reliable, and easy to use. The challenge is getting good audio quality and then finding the right sample rate.
I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that "recording" is not "podcasting" -- I've flogged this horse before so I'll leave it at that.
How many of these are you going to do? How often? How many different voices are you going to merge? What're the parameters for downloading? Should you be doing podcast at all? Or maybe using Bittorrent? Moving a large file to a lot of people on a short time period might indicate that podcasting isn't the best technology for distribution, but bittorrent might be ideal.…
multiples. There is an option to split the files based on labels or tracks. If you only have one track, labels will automatically be the default option.
To save time you don't have to actually type a text for each label. When you click on Export Multiple, you can add a File Prefix Name. This is where you add the name of the test and Audacity will automatically add a number to each file. The numbers should correspond to the test questions.
I created screen shots of this process so you can see what I'm trying to explain. (Screen shots created with Jing.) It sounds complicated but it is a very quick way to split your files and end up with each question in its own file.…
Added by Julie Baird at 7:45am on October 31, 2008
ree weekend seminar on podcasting and blogging. It was incredible the diversity of people that I met who are using or are trying to use this technology. While there I was introduced to a host that provides several services for podcasting and makes it very easy to place on the web. It is libsyn.com. I have been using my MAC which makes podcasting incredibly simple. Now, as a language arts teacher my class is in full swing using the podcast to record papers that the students write and putting them on the internet for others it hear. The students love it, the parents love it and I love the pedagogical benefits that it has given to my students. My answer for the easy to use podcast technology has been recording in Garage Band on the Mac, then loading it onto the host at Libsyn.com and Itunes.…
quickly as you would like (and I would have a similar situation as you) encourage your daughter to use the technology at home. I learned because my parents didn't know how to work things, so I just taught myself. Anytime you can encourage her, do it!!
Try PhotoStory 3 and have her take pictures and record stories with them, use Audacity (a free download) and have her record her own podcasts. Talk with her teacher and see if there are projects where she can use more technology at home and bring the project in. I create unique PowerPoints as birthday gifts for friends, including some pictures, music, inside jokes, etc. She could start with some of these! Good luck!…
month to host and distribute the podcast. This is much cheaper than other hosts out there. They provide the RSS feed and send it to Itunes where listeners can have it automatically downloaded as new episodes are added. Or, they can go directly to Libsyn to get episodes. Libsyn also provides reports as to when people are getting the podcast and how.
The MAC and Garageband are very podcast friendly. My parents, students and colleagues really enjoy hearing the students read their papers. The kids communication skills are enhanced. They need to read with expression, become aware of the shortcomings in their writing and now write for a purpose other than sticking their paper in a portfolio.
I highly recommend this combination of a MAC computer, GarageBand and Libsyn.com.
You can hear my podcast on Itunes at msrafson's podcast.
Thanks,
Sally…
.e.experiment with students mixing tracks of themselves playing different parts of a duet, take backing tracks created with Acid XPress and play "live" instruments over it. My students found this software easy to work with. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Acid Xpress 7 is a free download. It's similar to GarageBand and allows one to manipulate music loops to create something original. My students have found it very easy and intuitive to use. Instant positive feedback for the kids. acidplanet.com
Finale and Sibelius are fantastic if you have access to it, but they are very pricey. For a free alternative, you might look into noteflight.com. It's a web-based notation application with sharing capabilities.
Band-in-a-Box is handy for creating play-along files for students to play their recorder with. Find it at pgmusic.com. It's licensed in my province.…
hey could do it individually or with a friend. I gave them a list of sites to use to find information (they also could find their own). They wrote out a script. The next class I showed them the basics of Audacity, and then they created their podcasts. The last day of the class for the year I had them present them.
The cool part of the podcasts was that they ranged from serious to very off the wall--but still got the message across!
You could also have them use another class for the subject. For example, in Photo Story 3 I have them bring their Social Studies books with them. They take a chapter from a future lesson (such as WWII) and create a presentation from that. They had a great time. It was noisy, sheer madness at times, but the end products were great!
Sheila…