Here is the link to my audio: https://voca.ro/12LnO5L1lJtK I use Audacity in the classroom, and it’s become my “go-to” only because I’m familiar with it, and it is easy to convert. However, playing with some of these other free resources revealed much more novice-friendly programs that I think are easier when the students are...
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Story Pirates I was thrilled to see Story Pirates on the recommended list because it is hilarious, engaging, and although it is polished and professional, it still features stories written by children, so it always has a resonant message for kids and applauds imperfection. The podcast regularly features celebrities without emphasizing their fame, and...
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I actually became overwhelmed with all of the different tools to create infographics, and I definitely struggled with what content to use to create an original infographic. However, infographics are so great at condensing and simplifying information that now that I now how to make them, I think I’ll use them more frequently than traditional...
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Serif VS Sans I couldn’t resist posting this infographic as well, and I envy the mind that created it. This is an excellent visual of fonts, and it is perfectly balanced through color and personification of the images. Even the stripes in each letter indicate opposites. This is streamlined, easily understood, and highly effective because of its...
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I experimented with all of the free editing sites suggested in the sandbox, and I settled on using Big Huge Labs primarily because this turned into a bit of a family project with my eight year old, and he was fascinated by this site. This is such a great resource for educators–it is so easy to use and very engaging. I think it’s an excellent (and...
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I appreciate very simple, clean fonts. Readability is really important, and I find that I get very frustrated with elaborate or narrow fonts. However, I find the traditional fonts that we used to insist were the only acceptable formal fonts to be really dull and tedious (like Times New Roman). I am partial to most sans serif fonts because they are easy to...
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