The school in which I teach has VERY limited resources and I am constantly looking for ways to pull in technology in a variety of ways. (As least expensive as possible) So when I was introduced to audacity I was in hog heaven!!!!!! I normally take a mike and sit at a tape recorder to record portions of books, short stories, and other literature for my students who need the additional modification. With audacity I am able to record and save tons of stuff without having to reuse cassette tapes. (I know, who uses those anymore?) I can burn my recordings to CD and save them for the next year and build a listening library for my students.
Now that I have experienced using the animation portion of Powerpoint a bit more I am excited to combine the two for those students who are below grade level. With the combination of the two the visual learners can make the connection with the reading selections. For example, one idea that I put to practice was to use pictures of characters that resemble those in the stories that I select for the class in a Powerpoint. As they are listening the characters change expressions, posture and so on to flow with the reading. At the end of a section or chapter I would take that time to introduce the new words and reread the portion of the story that it was in by showing the slide that it is connected to. Naturally this took a lot of time to prepare, but the excitement of those students who were able to join in the discussion with the rest of the class made it worthwhile.
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