1. Audacity and Photo Story in
the Classroom
Presented by:
Tim Childers
Lake Forest Middle School
TAMS Conference, Memphis, TN

2. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
What Are They?
• Audacity
– A free download tool to record audio files
(voice, music, or both)
• Photo Story
– A free download tool to create movies out
of still pictures, text, and audio

3. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Why Audacity?
• It’s free and open source!
• It’s available for both Mac and PC.
• It’s fairly intuitive and doesn’t require a large
investment of time to learn.
• It will do 90% of what most people need.
• Most of what you learn in Audacity can be
applied to other audio editing programs.
• Popular, updated frequently, and has good
documentation and discussion boards online.

4. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Audacity
• Download at
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
– You will also need the LAME Encoder for MP3
at http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~raa110/audacity/lame.html
• Click here if you have never used Audacity
• Click here if you have used Audacity

5. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Audacity Tutorial
Click the Red
Circle to
RECORD

6. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Audacity Tutorial
Click the Gold
Square to
STOP

7. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Audacity Tutorial
Click the Green
Triangle to
LISTEN

8. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Audacity Tutorial
You can insert mp3 and wav song
files
You can narrate and insert sound
clips (dogs barking, Jaws theme,
etc)
You can change your voice to
sound like the opposite sex
The ideas are limitless!

9. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Audacity Teacher Ideas
• Record make-up work for absentees
• Record mini-lessons for students who
need remediation
• Record songs that emphasize skills or
rules that need to be remembered
• Record short stories for struggling
readers
• Record short segments for a Voki

10. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Audacity Teacher Examples
• Make-up work for absentees
• Mini-lesson
• Songs
• Short Stories

11. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Audacity Student Ideas
• Record book or movie reviews
• Practice reading and listening to one’s
self for improvement
• Tell personal or fictional stories written
in class
• “Teach” mini-lessons on topics they have
mastered
• Conduct interviews for assignments

12. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Why Photo Story?
• It’s free and open source!
• It’s fairly intuitive and doesn’t require a large
investment of time to learn.
• It will do 90% of what most people need.
• It is a simple drag-and-drop program
• Popular, updated frequently, and is widely
used by teachers in all grade levels.

13. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Photo Story 3
• Download at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/pho
tostory/default.mspx
• Click here if you have never used Photo
Story 3
• Click here if you have used Photo Story 3

14. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Photo Story 3 Tutorial
Import Pictures

15. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Photo Story 3 Tutorial
Some Pictures
may need the
black borders
removed for
better
transitions

16. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Photo Story 3 Tutorial
Drag pictures
into the order
you want them

17. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Photo Story 3 Tutorial
You can record
your narration

18. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Photo Story 3 Tutorial
You can change
the way the
pictures
transition

19. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Photo Story 3 Tutorial
You can select
or create music
for background

20. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Photo Story 3 Tutorial
Finally, export it
as a movie file!

21. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Photo Story 3 Teacher Ideas
• Create visual mini-lessons
• Create fun ways to teach objectives
• Create music videos
• Create short story or novel synopses
• Create a movie to introduce yourself to the
class
• Create a movie to introduce your class on
parents’ night

22. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Photo Story 3 Student Ideas
• Create visual book reports
– Jp2kidcasts.blogspot.com
• Create digital stories (fiction or non-
fiction)
• Create an introduction of the student to
the class

23. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Where Can I Get Audio?
• http://www.garageband.com
• http://www.freeplaymusic.com
• http://ccmixter.org/
• http://www.findsounds.com/
• http://www.freeaudioclips.com/
• http://www.webplaces.com/html/sounds.htm
• http://www.soundamerica.com/
• http://music.download.com/
• http://www.storycorps.net/
• Be sure to check out copyright policies at each site!

24. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Where Can I Get Photos?
• http://www.flickr.com
• http://www.piotrpix.com/free-image-gallery
• http://photorack.net/
• http://www.creatingonline.com/stock_photos/
• http://www.sxc.hu/
• http://www.freeimages.co.uk/
• http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
• http://gimp-savvy.com/
• http://www.photo.net/
• http://www.imageafter.com/

25. Audacity and Photo Story in the Classroom
Where Can I Get Photos?
• http://office.microsoft.com/en-
us/clipart/default.aspx
• http://www.soople.com/
• Please be aware that not all gallery sites
are appropriate for all age levels.
Always look through a site before
allowing your kids access.

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