2. This teacher used Worldwide Telescope to find images
of the solar system; he wrote a song about space; and
he made his own movie using Movie Maker.
3. These learners from Berea West Primary in Durban made an
AutoCollage of polygons and then wrote songs in groups about the
properties of these shapes, and sang these using Songsmith.
4. http://technoboffins.wordpress.com/
They used SongSmith for a fun literacy lesson just before the
December holidays. Their Grade 3 Technoboffins (from Elkanah
House) recorded some original Christmas songs. They
wrote, rehearsed and recorded these songs all on their
own. Click on the links to listen to their creations:
http://yourlisten.com/channel/content/113346/Christmas_Time?rn=vr5tna4di800
http://yourlisten.com/channel/content/113350/Yo_Yo_Santa?rn=94di265b6hvk
5. There are many ways to use
SongSmith
• Maths songs
• Language songs
• Create songs from own lyrics
• Tables songs
• Use songs as ways of remembering facts
• For music lessons to show how chors are put
together
6. • Irregular French verbs
• Music teacher Frank Machos from the High School of
the Future (Philadelphia, PA) is using Microsoft
Songsmith in his Digital Music class to teach the
fundamentals of music theory while inspiring
students to write their own music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNPAWCRnTg0
7. • to bring to life speaking practice such as
dialogues, verb drills, spelling revision, poems
and songs and to improve pronunciation in
the second language classroom
• It could also be used to create
podcasts, jingles for radio shows or to
advertise an imaginary product.
THE LIST IS ENDLESS