Module+3+Recording



 Module 3: Recording Objective

The goal of this module is to encourage you to make your own audio. As teachers, we know that students are more curious about the people around them rather than "some unkown guy" on TV. Imagaine yourself playing your own audio track in front of your students, is there anything more excited than this?

Procedures

Step 1: Setting up a microphone

 Here are the links for microphone setup. They provide very detailed information as to what to do in each step.

@http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorial_basics_3.html

 @http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tutorial_-_Your_First_Recording

Step 2: Record

 This is a website offering concise description about how to record with Audacity.

@http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorial_basics_4.html

Step 3 Edit and Export

__Note __

1. It is common that you might not be very satisfied with your recording. Try it again, or use the effects to modify your own voice. 2. You are not required to master all of these, but it would be nice to know if you are a teacher who wants to engage your students and who wants to present your lesson with novelty and surprise.

__**Resources **__

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">1. These links give you general despcription about the effects that are related to Audacity; however, you would never know whether you will like one effect or not if you don't try it at all.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">@http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Effect_Menu

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">@http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/menu_effects.html

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">2. There are also a great amount of resources on the Internet. Search "Audacity effects" in Google and see what you will get!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">3. Here is a few examples that you could start with.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">"Reverb" effect. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">@http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/effects_reverb.html

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">"Delay" effect. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">@http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/effects_delay.html

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">"Chorus" effect. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">@http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/effects_delay.html

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Practice

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Based on the two pieces of music you editted last time, ask yourself what kind of recording might go with them.You can choose from the list below or create your own style but make sure to complete two recordings by yourself that are due next Monday.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Read a passage (e.g. story,news, poem)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Describe an object (e.g. animal, person, book)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Express your feelings (e.g. happy, sad, angry)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Bring about a topic (e.g. football, music, life)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Sing a song (e.g. songs that are meaningful and appropriate for the thrid grade students)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Make a conversation with the participation of another person (e.g. radio station; role paly; movie lines)

__**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Submission //**__ __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Please send your work to ycui1@towson.edu by May 15th. __