Digital Portfolios: Part III Presentation by Barbara Rule and Heather Wax Instructional Technology Coaches November 2, 2009

Goals Using Photo Story to provide oral, research and writing artifacts for the portfolio. Receive equipment and record serial number. Learn to use the hand-held digital recorders and combine these files with previous Audacity files. Review the use of Audacity to create digital recordings.

PA Academic Standards 1.1H. Demonstrate fluency and comprehension in reading. o Read familiar materials aloud with accuracy. o Self-correct mistakes. o Use appropriate rhythm, flow, meter and pronunciation. o Read a variety of genres and types of text

Teacher Technology Standards 2D. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments o Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes.  Provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.

Creative Commons and Photo Story

Audacity Workspace

Audacity Buttons for Recording Record Go to Beginning Play Pause Stop Go to End

Audacity Tools for Editing Cursor Envelope Time Shift

Audacity Tools for Editing Cut Undo Copy/Paste Trim

Recording and Rendering Work with a neighbor. Create folder in My Documents. Open Audacity. Click Record. Speak slowly and clearly into the microphone. Render (save) file as an MP3 to My Documents folder ELL Oral Fluency. o Last Name_First name_Oral Fluency o Complete the Properites screen. Switch roles and repeat.

Digital Recorders Recording, in brief: Slide the HOLD button in the opposite direction of the arrow. (Turn On) Slide the mode switch (on side) to DICT. Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys (on front) to choose a folder. Press OK button (on front) to set. Press the REC button (on front) to start recording. Press the STOP button (on front) to stop recording.

Digital Recorders Playback, in brief: Press the LIST button (on front) to select the folder. Pres the UP and DOWN arrows (on front) to choose the file you want to play. Press the OK button (on front) to start playback. Use the + or - buttons (on front) to adjust volume. Press STOP button (on front) or OK button (on front) to stop playback. See User Guide for information on erasing recordings after you have saved them.

Digital Recorders Saving files to your computer, in brief: Slide the USB port out of the recorder using the USB button (on side). Be sure it clicks into place. Connect the recorder's USB to the USB port of the computer. Launch MY COMPUTER. The recorder will appear as a device – WS_400S. Locate the folder you recorder to – DSS_FLDA, for example. Transfer the voice files (WMA format) to your computer by saving to your portfolio file. Click the SAFELY REMOVE HARDWARE icon on the task bar located at the lower-right corner of the screen. Click Mass Storage Device – Olympus DVR USB Device.

Adding to Audio Files Import student’s audio file from the ELL Oral Fluency folder in My Documents. (Previously saved Audacity MP3 file.) Click the End button on the tool bar to move the cursor to the end of the recording. Record the new session using the headset-microphone OR import digital recorder file.

Adding to Digital Recorder Files In Audacity, click Project - Import Audio. Locate the digital recorder file. Use the Time Shift tool to move the imported recording to the end of the previous file. Render the new file using the same name. Edit Properties by right-clicking the file name. o Add the new assessment date

Recording and Rendering Work with a neighbor. Practice using the digital recorder. Practice importing the new file into your practice file.

That’s a Wrap! Questions Shut down laptops. Plug laptops into carts to charge for afternoon session. Follow-up with Barbara Rule (elementary), Heather Wax (middle and high school levels) if you need additional assistance.

Ticket Out the Door Go to to inventory your digital recorder.

Contact Information Barbara Rule o Heather Wax o