Audio+Tool

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Here is an example of an audioboo. Audioboo is a website that allows voice recording. My Audioboo is a "how-to" for a guided reading lesson. I will post it on my class webpage for parents to listen to and follow while reading with their child at home. Another great way to use Audioboos is having students record their voices. You can record the whole class or just one student. My Kindergarteners are working on visualizations. They can listen to me or each other describe something and then we can talk about how we visualized it together. I read about a junior high teacher, James Green, who had video recorded his students creating an oral history project on their families. Not all of the families first language was English, so the students did voiceovers so all the families would understand what was being said (Cummins, 2007). This is another example of an audio tool being used in the classroom.

Cummins, J., Brown, K., Sayers, D. (2007). //Literacy, technology, and diversity: Teaching for success in changing times.// Boston: Pearson.