COONARA COMMUNITY HOUSE Using audio in adult education The Beautiful Voice! Presenter: Lynne Gibb
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2. Image: 'Just Talking'
www.flickr.com/photos/8641421@N07/2950234853 Image: 'Simna'
www.flickr.com/photos/96531201@N00/30650093 If I were to ask you
what it is about the human voice that helps to engage us, what
might you say? COONARA
3. When Brent and Todd were trapped underground, what sound
would they have most wanted to hear? COONARA
4. Add voice to powerpoints Podcasting Digital storytelling
Voicethread Skype Voki Tokbox Twitter Screencasting Mobile
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6. Imagine, as a trainer, you record an audio program for your
students, upload it to a website, and within a short period of time
your students receive this program on their computer. Their MP3
player downloads the program automatically and they start listening
to the program whenever and wherever they want to. This is what
podcasting allows you to do. COONARA
7. The sound of my voice was very reassuring Because they
listened to the podcast on an mp3 player with earphones in their
ears, they could block out all extraneous noises and concentrate on
what was being said. They could play it over and over again so it
helped them remember things Because it was portable, they could
take it anywhere. (train, on holidays, car etc) It increased their
confidence in contributing to a class discussion because they had
prior knowledge of the topic. COONARA
8. Adding voice and music to a digital story brings it to life.
Ways to use Digital Stories: Students display their learning
journey Use on an eportfolio ESL students upload their stories to a
diversity wiki to share DST is a great way to teach beginner
computing skills (interesting, fun) COONARA
9. quot;A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show
that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to leave
comments in several ways. Voicethread Cert 111 Childrens Services
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10. using voice, with a mic (or phone in USA only) text audio
file video (via a webcam) Share a VoiceThread with friends,
students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. Users can
doodle while commenting, use multiple identities and pick which
comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can even be
embedded on web sites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs as
archival movies. With VoiceThread, group conversations are
collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All
with no software to install.quot; COONARA
11. Skype is a software application that allows users to make
telephone calls over the Internet. Calls to other users of the
service and to free-of- charge numbers are free, while calls to
other landlines and mobile phones can be made for a fee. Additional
features include instant messaging, file transfer and video
conferencing. COONARA
12. Voki is a fun tool that allows you to create your own
personal avatar and give it a voice. You can choose from a wide
selection of characters, as well as animals, anime looking
characters, and more, and you can personalize them with different
hair styles, clothing options, accessories, and more. You can add
voice by either adding a message via your phone or microphone, or
you can just type in a message and voice to speak what you ve
written. http://ementor.coonarahouse.org.au COONARA
13. What is Tokbox? It's free video calling from any website
with no downloads. I've tried it out, and here's what I found
particularly impressive: no client software downloads or
installation (it uses Adobe Flash Player 10, a web plug-in that
most browsers have) multiple users, maximum might exceed 50;
probably more effective with less than 12 no registration required
embeddable into other web pages other features too, like video
email, instant messaging (Excerpt from digital leadership)
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14. What is it? Twitter is a social networking and
microblogging service that allows you answer the question,
quot;What are you doing?quot; by sending short text messages 140
characters in length, called quot;tweetsquot;, to your friends, or
quot;followers.quot; Is it useful? Depends on how you use it. I use
it for networking, finding out about new things and keeping in
contact. COONARA
15. Twitter helps one organize great, instant meetups
(tweetups). Twitter works well as an opinion poll. Twitter can help
direct students attention to good things happening in the group
Twitter breaks news faster than other sources, often (especially if
the news impacts online users). Twitter brings great minds
together, and gives everyone daily opportunities to learn (if you
look for it, and/or if you follow the right people). Twitter gives
your critics a forum, but that means you can study them! Twitter
helps with staff development, find other teachers. Source:
http://cooper-taylor.com/blog/2008/08/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-education/
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16. A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen
output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing
audio narration. Screencasts are useful for demonstrating and
teaching software features (Wikipedia) Use Camstudio to create a
how to movie Jing is another free screencasting tool COONARA
17. Dont forget the humble mobile phone! Why? Most students
have one They are instant and direct Ims can be sent to one or a
group of students Can send reminder notices about assessment due
dates or changes in timetabling etc COONARA
18. Calls to one student private, reassuring Conference calls
to several students at once COONARA