Thursday, June 18, 2009

Philosophy of Teaching Speech (and tips)

Hello!
Below is my speech! I am so glad that I was able to make this actually work! It was a community effort, so thank you Jessica and the Bank Street Help Desk.

Here is what I did--it looks complicated, but it wasn't.

1. Download Audacity--http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
this is really quick and easy. I don't like downloading things, but this was great.

2. Record yourself in audacity--this was easy, you just click the red, round record button and speak! The harder part was how to edit, but you can figure it out. You can highlight the track and press delete, or the "cut" button.

File type--Audacity has it's own type of file, so you need to EXPORT the file as a .wav or .mp3. With all my struggles, I found that exporting it as .mp3 was my best bet.

3. Download Lame Library - http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/
You need to download this in order to Export the file as an .mp3
Save it to your desktop so that it is easy to find.

Audacity - go to FILE > Export as mp3

4. Then I uploaded my mp3 file (my speech) into the website http://www.divshare.com/
and linked the file to this post!

Please click here to hear my Philosophy of Teaching Speech.
Please click here to view my Powerpoint Presentation.
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3 comments:

  1. UnknownJune 19, 2009 at 11:46 AM

    Amanda - Thank you so much for sharing your hard work in getting your speech just right! I appreciate that you stuck it out (and downloaded all the right programs) til it worked perfectly. Kudos. I am sure this post will help your classmates immensely.

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  2. AdrienneJune 21, 2009 at 7:40 AM

    Thank you, Amanda!
    I would never have figured this out without your directions!

    -Adrienne

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  3. KKJune 26, 2009 at 10:57 AM

    Amanda,
    As you point out, teachers have so much to think about: the environment of their classroom; the knowledge and skills they want the students to learn; and the importance of building each child's self-esteem and confidence. In addition, them must be able to recognize student’s gifts, their interests, the learning preferences, and developmental readiness for academic tasks. And, they must do this while instilling and modeling moral and just behaviors. Your passionate delivery of your views indicates the firm and powerful foundation you have built for yourself as an educator.

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