Combining Audacity & Wikis Christopher Fathman Danielle Pelletier Studies in American Language San Jose State University
Agenda Audacity & Wikis L/S Lessons with Audacity & Wikis Using Audacity & Wikis in a Writing class A Wiki for YOU! Questions/comments
A collaborative website on which teachers and students can post, share, and edit documents, videos, links, pictures, etc. Different levels of authority can be assigned by administrator (teacher) PBworks PBworks What is a Wiki?
What is Audacity? A free voice recording software Allows students & teachers to create mp3 files (voice recording) that can be easily shared or posted on the web Audacity Audacity
How To Use Audacity??? play stoprecordvoice track *version 1.2 requires: file---export as mp3 (must download LAMEmp3 encoder) *version 1.3 automatically creates mp3 file
Listening & Speaking Courses A Wiki is the foundation for everything…… Posting syllabi, assignments, calendars, links, grades, voice files, pictures, documents Audacity allows students to create voice recordings (mp3 files) for listening/speaking assignments Summaries, Movie/Documentary reviews, Interviews, Critiques, Autobiographies G2oc.pbworks.com G2oc.pbworks.com
Audacity & Wikis in a Writing Class original student essay posted on the wiki T provides two forms of electronic feedback essay with T feedback is posted on the wiki Track changes – grammar & vocabulary Give oral feedback – content & organization
Audacity & Wikis in a Writing Class Give written feedback on grammar issues using “Track Changes” on Word Grammar: SVA, VT, Frag, Art, Prep Vocabulary: WC (word choice = should be academic language) WF (word form = word families) – adj/adv/n/v
Audacity & Wikis in a Writing Class Give oral feedback using Audacity mp3 file containing oral feedback is inserted within the word document Content & Organization Thesis statements Topic sentences Support In-text citations Reference page
Audacity & Wikis in a Writing Class Benefits: Easy to do Keeps it interesting Integrates skills Students = electronically- savvy Drawbacks: Time Tech-savvy
A Wiki for YOU!
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