Friday, September 25, 2015

Provide Audio Options for Students to "Show What They Know"

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In the article The Smart Way to Use IPads in the Classroom (Lisa Guernsey, 2013)  Sam Ross, a second grade teacher talks about the power of adding audio components to our students' assignments and projects. "Children are being able to show what's in their minds by adding oral explanation".  "That's off-the-charts amazing."  He explains that this is particularly effective for students who may not like to speak up in class.

Our third grade classrooms are using Voice Record Pro to practice their reading fluency.  They record themselves reading an assigned passage,  Then they share these recordings with their teacher via Google Drive.  Click here for a student instruction page to use with your class.
Some of our middle school students have created a Voki to share what they learned about their personality types.  See an example project here.

Here are a few additional tools to add audio and voice to your projects and activities:

Educreations
Vocaroo
Book Creator
Notability
VoiceThread
Audioboom


Do you use audio tools in your class creations and projects?  Please share some of your ideas, resources or thoughts in the comments below.
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  1. Sherri TellishSeptember 25, 2015 at 3:42 PM

    I have had my students count to 100 using the app Counting Board. They recorded themselves as they counted. Then I listened to it to see if they were missing any numbers.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 27, 2015 at 2:51 PM

    Sherri, I love that this strategy allows the educator to go back and check on students when we may have more time. Sometimes it is such a challenge to check in on every student during a lesson. What tool did you use to to have your students record?

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2015 at 10:42 PM

    I have done a similar project as the 3rd grade, with my 4th grade students. I give them a passage to read. They record themselves reading it (using Quick voice). Then they listen to themselves and have to circle their errors on their paper. They analyze their errors and then rerecord to see if they have made improvements. It's a great way to make them aware of their own reading and promote self-monitoring.

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    1. UnknownOctober 1, 2015 at 9:21 AM

      Thank you for sharing this idea! I love that your students have to be intentional about finding and correcting their errors.

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