AUDIO WORKSHOPFLORENCE LOJACONORICHARD CLOUET

Listening to audio or watching video content topped the list of how students like to use technology to learn

Information Technonoly on Campuses, 2011EDUCAUSE poolBowen, 2012, p.55.Richard

AUDIO CAPABILITY foreign language acquisition

Students’ expectations

Language course

Portable technology

DELIVERY OF CONTENT IS BOTH

A TECHNIQUE A TEACHING STRATEGY

WHY A TEACHING STRATEGY?A PARADIGM SHIFT

FROM LINEAR … … TO MULTIDIRECTIONAL

WHY AUDIO FILES IN EDUCATION?

GENERAL EDUCATION

• prompt and customized FEEDBACK

• a tool to PREPARE, REVIEW material

• ASSIGNMENTS

• on-the-go TASKS (U-learning)

• REUSABLE material

• easy to SHARE and to COMMENT

LANGUAGE EDUCATION

• students record their own voice for pronunciation in a safe environment

• comprehension skills

• audio forums

• audio digital stories

• more significant class-time

INTEGRATING AUDIO IN THE SYLLABUSthe case of Foreign Language Acquisition

U-LEARNINGOut of the boxOut of the classroom

Video on YouTube

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A 3-STEP PROCESS

• Windows Sound Recorder

• GarageBand• Audacity

RECORDING

• MP3 Tag• Audacity• MP3Toolkit

TAGGING• Goear• Yodio• SoudCloud• Audioboo

BROADCASTING

RECORDING CUSTOMIZED AUDIO FILES

WINDOWS SOUND RECORDER GARAGE BAND

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AUDACITY and LAMETHE WINNING COMBINATION

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EDITING METADATA Tags are your best friends!

MP3 TAG EDITOR AUDACITY

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EDITING METADATA WITH MP3 TAG EDITOR

When filling out the metadata form, fill at least:TITLEARTISTALBUM

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EDITING METADATA WITH MP3 TAG EDITOR

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MP3 TOOLKITTAG, BURN, CONVERT: DO IT ALL!

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GOEAR website & APPFROM BOOK CHAPTERS TO PLAYLISTS

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SOUDCLOUD website & APPGROUPWORK & AUDIO FORUM

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YODIO: embedded player for your VLE AUDIO FOR POSTCARDS & DIGITALSTORY

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AUDIOBOO website & APPMATCHING PHOTO AND AUDIO EASILY

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• Up to three minutes of recording time per boo.

• Upload unlimited boos to your Audioboo profile

• You can add titles, tags, geolocation info and a photo

WHEN WORKING WITH AUDIOtools & concepts to choose

TO CREATE

TO RECORD TO TAG

TO PUBLISH

REPOSITORY PODCAST

BUILDING A TAILORED COURSE TOGETHER

Playlists

Audio files

Course

TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT MAKE BETTER TEACHING.

PEOPLE DO.