For this week\u2019s sandbox, I really enjoyed playing around with all the different audio tools. I liked how AudioPal was simple to use. Because of the sixty-second time limit, I can see this tool being used for students to summarize a book or use it for making a \u201ccommercial\u201d to get other people interested in a particular book. Something short and sweet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vocaroo didn\u2019t seem to have a limit on the amount of time for a recording. This could be used for students to try their hand at podcasting. The materials they record could be longer and have more substance than if they used AudioPal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I really thought kids would have fun creating audio files with Voki. \ud83d\ude42 There were definitely a lot of different characters to choose from and different ways to manipulate how you wanted the background or the avatar to look.\u00a0 I did think that the graphics were quite dated, but to a young student creating a talking avatar, I don\u2019t think they\u2019d care.\u00a0 I liked the option of historical figures like Rosa Parks and Thurgood Marshall as an avatar.\u00a0 This could be a great tool for the teacher (or librarian) to use by recording a presentation using that avatar.\u00a0 It could bring those figures \u201cto life\u201d for the students.\u00a0 They also had figures from fairytales.\u00a0 Students could have fun adding their own voice to one of the three little pigs to retell that story.\u00a0 The only negative that really drove me nuts when playing around with Voki was the ads.\u00a0 There was a huge ad that kept popping up and scrolling halfway up the screen every time I was using it!\u00a0 That can lead to little fingers clicking on things that could lead to potential problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also love Chrome Music Lab.\u00a0 What a fun way to be creative!\u00a0 This could definitely be used in a makerspace area (on a low volume, of course \ud83d\ude42 ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I listened to the Knights of Spatula from the Purple Rocket Podcast. It was about knights on a quest from the king that used sound effects and silly humor that kids would like. A fun podcast to use in the library or classroom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For this week\u2019s sandbox, I really enjoyed playing around with all the different audio tools. I liked how AudioPal was simple to use. Because of the sixty-second time limit, I can see this tool being used for students to summarize a book or use it for making a \u201ccommercial\u201d to get other people interested in… <\/p>\n