SESSION 39: SCREENCASTING

What is SCREENCASTING?

Screencasting means to record what you are doing inside your computer. Some of the activities in this blog, like Audacity, are screencasting videos.
PRACTICE:

• Look for the program CAM STUDIO in your computers. It is a user friendly program , take a few minutes to check it out and see how it works.

Configurate it in "full screen" / "allow audio" / "minimize program on start recording"

• Prepare a practice: You are going to explain and record how to create a WORD document, how to edit it and save it.
• When you are ready, screencast the instructions. You'll need a microphone.
• Save the video, then upload it to www.youtube.com-In youtube, get the html (embed) code and paste it in a new post in your blog.-Check the results

Watch this tutorial by ESO 2 students

A tutorial using Cam Studio

SESSION 38: PODCASTS

A Podcast is a way to broadcast a series of audio files in the Internet. Anyone can create their own online radio show, or news, or soap opera... Podcasts are very useful to learn foreign languages. It is very useful to listen to short episodes, dialogues etc in English!

To create a Podcast, you can use certain sites that offer recording software and where you can also store your podcast. One of these sites is Podomatic .

• Sign up to Podomatic, and go to "My Podcast", then "Post An Episode", then give it a name and go to "Audio-Video".  Choose "Record Using a webcam or microphone"
• Prepare a short episode in English: a dialogue suggesting a visitor places to visit in Barcelona, or giving advice about the city (pickpockets, safety, where to eat... etc)
• Record it and then get the html code and embed it in your blog.

SESSION 37: SOUND EDITION 3: VOICETHREAD.

HOW TO USE VOICETHREAD: View this video with instructions and do the practice following the instructions 

Watch the video that guides you step by step to use Voicethread. The video is silent so that you can hear the voice when it is recorded with Voicethread . Do the activity suggested here

SESSION 36: SOUND EDITION 2: SOUND IN THE WEB

How can we embed sound files into html based tools, such as blogs, wikis or websites? A useful tool is soundcloud.com

Upload your mp3 file to soundcloud and get the code! then, embed it in your blog.

SESSION 35: SOUND EDITION 1:EDITING SOUND WITH AUDACITY

In this session you are going to learn how to record yourself or others and how to edit sound files using Audacity. View the video with the instructions or read the written document