Podium for Podcasting
I’ve had the chance recently to have a little play with Podium from Lightbox. Podium is a PC based podcasting software which enables users to create, edit and publish audio and video podcasts from a...
View Article7 Sources of Creative Commons Audio For Podcasts
A podcast sounds better with a bit of music in it. Or some special audio effects. But the problem is that legally you can’t just use any mp3 file from your music library since you will be breaching the...
View ArticleWoices – location based audioguides
Woices is a FREE internet service that allows people to create, share and consume echoes, audio records that are linked to a very specific geographical location or real-world object. Woices ultimate...
View ArticleBlabberize – make talking pictures
Blabberize is a fun site that lets you create talking heads and record your own voice to go with it. It’s pretty simple to use – and it’s free. Upload a photograph, define the bottom of the mouth and...
View ArticleMake simple podcasts with the Cinch app
Cinch is a simple sound recorder which will let you record and upload simple audio files. You can record via the Cinch website or you can download an app which will do the same job on your iPhone /...
View ArticleFileLab – online video and audio editing
FileLab is an online Video and Audio editor. It’s a free, alternative to software such as Windows MovieMaker or Audacity. OK, both of those are already free, but especially in the case of MovieMaker...
View ArticleYouTube launches a library of free-to-use music
If you are looking for music tracks to use in class projects such as presentations, photo slideshows and podcasts, then it can be tricky to find songs that you can use that are not subject to some form...
View ArticleApp-vent Day 11 : Measure Sounds with Decibel 10th
Decibel 10th turns your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch into a sound meter which uses the iPad microphone to measure the sound level all around you. It also shows a graph of the sound level over time. This...
View ArticleUsing Royalty-Free (Open) Music from Pixabay in your Multimedia Projects
As we reach the end of a *very* long school year, many teachers will be producing end-of-term videos with their students. If these get shared on social media then they will most likely fall foul of...
View ArticleAlternatives to Audacity for Audio Recording
Many schools use Audacity for recording audio with the students. It’s great, free software for making podcasts, recording sound effects and more. Recently Audacity has been bought by Muse Group, who...
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Vocaroo
If you want to try your hand at podcasting, but don’t want to be fiddling about with sound editors or suchlike, then take a look at Vocaroo. Basically Vocaroo is a website which will let you record a...
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Making Music with the Myna Sound Editor
I’ve written about Aviary before. If you haven’t seen it, Aviary provides a suite of online tools that allows you to take screengrabs and edit / host images. For free. Twitter has been buzzing this...
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Stripping the audio from a YouTube video
Had a request at the weekend from a ex-student of mine for some help on how she could get the audio from a YouTube video and put it onto CD. I thought it might be useful to share the procedure I tried....
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Creative Commons Audio for your IWB
The internet is awash with websites that provide music and sound effects, but quite often using them in your own projects would breach copyright rules. Luckily there are many sites that now provide...
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Creaza – cartoon, audio, video, mindmap creator
Creaza is a free online suite of applications that lets you create online cartoons, edit movies, edit audio and create mindmaps.It’s not fre for the full version, but you can try it out and do quite a...
View ArticleEssential Digital Resources for your IWB
One of the talks I gave at the Teacher2Teacher conference was on finding useful digital content to use on your Interactive Whiteboard. There’s more to the Internet than YouTube and Google Image search!...
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Online Audio Stories
Online Audio Stories provide free downloadable audio books for children. With a wonderful selection of short stories for kids and bedtime stories, their free storytelling audio books for children are a...
View ArticleCreative Commons Images and Audio
I’ve had a few requests recently for links to good sources of images and sounds for the classroom. I’ve written about this on here a few times in the past, so in a shameless piece of rehashing – here...
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