PRESENTATIONS
Wondering how to publish a Google Presentation on a blog?
Check out the
Google Presentations Guide
Looking for other sources of online presentations?
Go to the
Presentations Guide.
- Watch the video
- Check the links of interest
- Find a Slideshare presentation of interest and post it on your blog.
- Create a basic Google Presentation and post it on your blog.
AUDIO
Things to do/try
- Explore the audio-related sites listed in the AUDIO GUIDE. Use Diigo to bookmark at interesting sites (from there or other sources). These can include audio activity sites, podcasts, audio utilities, or anything else that is related to the use of audio for language learning.
- Register at Voki.com, create a Voki chatbot, and post it on your blog.
Voki Screencast Guide here
- Play with speech recognition. Google Doc Voice Typing and/or Google Translate
- Recording and editing an audio file with Audacity. Audacity Introduction Screencast
Audacity should already be installed on your BUFS laptop. If not, you can download Audacity here.
Record a short conversation or monologue about anything you like.
- Export it as an mp3 file.
- Then either
- upload it to your Google Drive and share the link
- upload to your Drive and use the 'special code' to embed
an audio player on your blog
- upload it to Clyp.it and post the flash player on your blog like this:
Smart phones can be an easy way to record conversations in a language class. Andriod phones come with a default recorder and there are many free apps available for Android and iPhones.
Optional Task :
Record some audio on your phone. Most messaging apps (Kakao, Band, Hangouts) now support audio message, however exporting those and/or publishing them somewhre else can be challenging. One of the issues with phone recordings is that they are sometimes saved in file formats (like .amr or m4a) that are not easily shared via Kakao, Band, or other apps. There are several ways to convert these files to friendlier formats. (Screencast Guide Here) You can use online converters (listed on the Audio Guide) or upload your phone recording to your Google Drive and install the Driver Converter app by clicking 'Open with/Connect More Apps/and find 'Drive Converter'. I suggest converting that file to an mp3 file. You can also install the Clyp.it app and record that way (although you will not be able to download an mp3 and/or edit the file).
VIDEO
Look at
VIDEO GUIDE and the screencasts there
The guide covers....
- Sites that use video for language learning
- Posting Videos on your blog
- Downloading YouTube and other online videos
- Editing videos with Windows Movie Maker
- Watching TV Shows and Movies online
- Screen capturing & sharing
- Creating a YouTube Playlist
Optional Tasks
- Look at the Language Learning Sites listed on the Video Guide Explore the sites listed there. Use Diigo to bookmark those or other video sites of interest.
- Go to YouTube.com, Ted Talks, or other video sharing sites, find any video of interest, and post it on your blog by copying the embed code.
- Use a video download tool (like Savefrom.net, KeepVid.ch, or Torchbrowser ) to save a video file from YouTube or another video sharing site.
- Use a screencapture tool like Debut, Screencastify, Zoom, or Screencast-o-matic to record a screencast and post it to YouTube or your blog.
- Use Windows Movie Maker (or Vivavideo app) to edit a video.
- Check out and join the TTP YouTube MegaPlaylists
