Mrs. Nypert's 3rd Grade class recently wrote and recorded stories they've written. As students listened to their recorded voices, Mrs. Nypert used this as an opportunity to work on fluency skills. Podbean.com, a free online podcast hosting site was used to allow these recordings to be shared and saved. Also using Audacity, each student in Mrs. Carpenter's 1st grade class was recorded reading a familiar book. While listening to themselves read during a special story hour (complete with hot cocoa!), students were able to hear how they can improve their expression and fluency.
Listen to these podcasts of the third and first grade at: http://awright3.podbean.com/
*Audacity files were first exported as a .wav file and then converted to a usable mp3 file using this free online, easy to use converter: http://download.cnet.com/WAV-to-MP3-Encoder/3000-2140_4-10060500.html
PodBean is a great website to use to host podcasts! It is very easy to use. Teachers, if you plan on creating podcasts, consider using PodBean.com. Does anyone have another site they use to host podcasts?
ReplyDeleteMaybe we can use this when we have finished our winter stories!
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