The+Audacity!

=Students Using Audacity= D. Saliba

Audacity is a computer program that can be used for recording and editing sounds. It has been used throughout the year by Northern Parkway’s students to record and edit various technology projects. Most recently our fifth grade has had the opportunity to use the program to record their readings of Aesop’s Fables, which is one of the many projects featured at this year’s technology fair. First, our students read many of Aesop’s Fables before choosing their favorite. After selecting their favorite fable, they re-scripted it, breaking it into parts. In library classes, students were given time to rehearse their scripts and instructed on how to record their own voices reading their scripts. The wonderful feature about Audacity is that after learning how to use it, our students can download it onto their home computers for free! Visit http://audacity.sourceforge.net/.