ICT student textbook/Combining sounds and words to tell a story

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Combining words and sounds to tell a story
In this activity you will learn to combine sound effects with an audio story telling

Objectives

1. Combining words and sounds to tell a story
2. Organizing recordings into files on folders
3. Ability to create an audio communication

What prior skills are assumed

1. Handling ICT equipment
2. Managing files and folders
3. Using multiple recording devices to record

What resources do you need

1. Working computer lab with projector
2. Computers installed with Ubuntu Operating System
3. Speakers
4. Recording devices and players
5. Handout for Audacity

What digital skills will you learn

1. Using multiple recording devices to record
2. Combining audio for effective story telling
3. Audio editing for combining audio to create effective stories, using Audacity
4. Organizing recordings on folders

Description of activity with detailed steps

Teacher led activity

Your teacher will read a story of the Town Mouse and Country Mouse for you. Listen to it. She will then read the same story with some sounds added to it. Listen carefully and discuss what is the difference you observe between the two story telling activities. She does this with a tool called Audacity.

Are words more powerful? Are sounds more powerful? How does combining words and sounds create more effective stories?

Student activities

1. You have already recorded many audio clips in the previous activity. Now add your narrations to the clips you have recorded. Combine the narration with the audio using Audacity.
2. You have already created a narration of local history. Add sounds or music to the narration.

Portfolio

1. Original audio clips and recordings
2. Edited audacity projects and edited audio files