103 Interesting ways to use audio in your classroom
Podcasting
LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of this chapter you will be able to: Say what a podcast is. List the equipment you need to make a podcast. Explain how podcasting can be used in the classroom. Make an audio or video podcast. Describe how you can add graphics to a video. Describe how podcasts can Full Article…
Audio Actors.
14+yrs Ease *** Overview: As part of this unit, learners begin to understand the key features of performing on the radio and to experience the roles of researcher, technician, actor, writer, producer, director and SFX manager. Description: Give learners the opportunity to listen to a professionally produced radio dramatization, we used The Archers http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qpgr/episodes/player Full Article…
Science Songs
A classroom favourite is getting your students to write a song, poem or mnemonic to help them to remember a sequence. This could be the colours of the rainbow (Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain), or the planets of the solar system My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets Or the electromagnetic Full Article…
Reading Recitals
Age: 6+yrs Ease ***** Overview Making audio recordings has never been easier thanks to a raft of free and easy to use downloadable software. We use Audacity® when asking pupils to record themselves reading individually or in a group. We use the audio recording for assessment purposes (peer, self and teacher assessment) and reporting Full Article…
e-Storybook!
Age: 5-7yrs Overview This is a simple way of creating a basic e-book. The process allows for the book to be published as a written book with pictures using Calameo software or as an illustrated audio book using Slideshare. Description As a class, create a basic story with a beginning, middle and ending. You can Full Article…