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===Course background===
Regional Institute of English, South India (RIESI) and IT for Change (ITfC) are collaborating to design and conduct an workshop on “Audio resources creation for language teaching ” for English language teachers, who are participating in the CELT/PGDELT program of RIESI. The course is based on the National ICT curriculum theme “Creating with ICT”.

===Objectives of the workshop===
#To understand the connection between the word and the thought (can we communicate abstract ideas without words, i.e., sounds) and to recognize that the combinations of sounds and what they describe is arbitrary
#To explore new digital methods for language learning. Exploring Audacity FOSS ([[wikipedia:Free_and_open-source_software|Free and Open Source Software]]) tool to create rich language resources for use in a language lesson
#To learn to record and editing audio using Audacity. Making your audio resource richer by using multiple audio files (background music)
#To introduce the philosophy of creating and adapting existing audio resources ([[wikipedia:Open_educational_resources|Open Educational Resources created with FOSS]])
#To publish created audio resource on a [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change/sets/riesi-celt-audio-workshop-jan public repository] for the benefit of all teachers

=== Registration for the workshop ===
'''[https://teacher-network.in/limesurvey/index.php/919658?lang=en Click here to register for this Audio creation course]'''

===Workshop agenda===
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Timing'''
|'''Particulars'''
|'''Activities'''
|'''Resources'''
|-
|10:00-10.30
|Introduction to the workshop
|
#Understand the objective of the workshop
#Go through the workshop page and get familiar with agenda
|[[Learn Audacity#Installation|Audacity installation]]
|-
|10.30-11.00
|Get familiarity with Audacity
|
#Brief introduction about Audacity tool and FOSS
#Go through Audacity tools interface to get familiar with it
#Understanding two methods to input the audio on Audacity tool
|[[Learn Audacity#Working with the application]]
|-
|11.00-12.00
|
# Importing the recording
# Amplification of audio
|
# Import audio to systems
# Edit recorded audio files using basic tools as needed.
# Amplify the audio
# Saving your project
|[[Learn Audacity#Recording with Audacity]] <br>
[[Learn Audacity#Adjusting the volume of the audio]]
|-
|12.00 - 1.00
|
# Use Audacity platform to clear/edit background noise
# Access different background music and sound elements from the audio repositories
|
# Use "noise removal" to clear background noise
# File export as audio files
# All the participants will go through Background music repository
# Identify some suitable background sounds/music to add and copy to their folders
|[[Learn Audacity#Removing noise]]


[[Learn Audacity#Working with the application]]


[[Learn Audacity#Accessing and download background sounds]]


[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rpuG1V8ISYUS0IbbS7-EVNzWiDl-3VRD Background Music Repository]


|-
| colspan="4" |'''LUNCH BREAK 1.00 - 2.00'''
|-
|2.00 - 3.30
|
#Effectiveness of adding audio effects
#Understanding when and how to use audio effects to the audio's
#Using an audio editing tool to add sound elements.
|
#Use multiple tracks to add background music for the audio
#To understand what is a track and how tracks can be used mix audios+musics and multiple sound elements.
#Use amplification to adjust the output volume of audio files
|[[Learn Audacity#Importing audio and multiple tracks]]
|-
|3.30 - 4.30
|
#Use an audio editing tool to enhance an audio resource
#Understanding of using different background music to make more effective of the audio
|
#Fade in/out to adjust the audio -voice modulation
#Use Silence, noise reduction, pitch change and echo features
#Add different audio elements to the audio in any particular places
#Use Soundcloud.com to upload and share audio's
|[[Learn Audacity#Fade a section in or fade it out]]


[[Learn Audacity#Changing the Pitch, Speed and Tempo]]


[[Learn Soundcloud|Soundcloud Handout]]
|-
|4.30 - 5.00
|Participants' presentation
|
# Participants can present their audio to other
# Other participants give feedback 
# Participants' feedback
|To fill the course feedback form [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclxhQQ49FfOVT3F4P0BlUtAHwz43dWd7Q653ii9nUFBNM45Q/viewform click here]
|}
'''Note :''' '''Participants who actively participate and submit their final audio files by the end of the workshop will get participation certificates.'''

===Workshop Resources===
====Technology resources====
#[[Learn Audacity|Audacity handout]]
#[https://teacher-network.in/OER/images/3/32/Checklist_to_record_good_audio.pdf Checklist for recording good audio clip]
#[https://youtu.be/zeQy4a6alU0 What is copyright and what is OER] (Watch this video to know about different copyrights laws)
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq6rNIu3J1E Use SoundCloud repository to upload and share your audio materials]  (Video) 
====Online OER audio repositories====
# [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rpuG1V8ISYUS0IbbS7-EVNzWiDl-3VRD Background music tracks accessed from different OER repositories (Google Drive)]
# WikimediaCommons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files
# BenSound - https://www.bensound.com/
# Soundible - http://soundbible.com/
# FreeSound - https://freesound.org/
# SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/
# Pixabay - https://pixabay.com/music/search/no%20copyright%20music/
# [https://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Language_Lab Access Language lab modules created by IT for Change]

====Reading materials on ELT====
#[[Krashen hypotheses|Krashen's hypotheses for SLA]] (Second Language Acquisition)
#[https://www.academia.edu/5905884/Multilingualaity_and_the_teaching_of_English_in_India Multi-linguality_and_the_teaching_of_English_in_India] - Prof Rama Kant Agnihotri
#NCF2005 Position Paper on [https://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/NCF_Position_Paper_on_Teaching_Indian_Languages Teaching of Indian Languages]
#[[:File:Revised - Digital stories - a new approach to curricular material development, Ranganathan and Kasinathan, June 2017.odt#file|Digital Storytelling, an ICT-based method of co-constructing and transacting curriculum]]
====Additional resources====
#Rich recitations
#*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIPCWV2LAifpieVp4akjZ_A Karadi tales] - Very rich and brilliant audio stories based on Indian stories and using Indian tunes.
#*#[https://youtube.com/watch?v=LPMq2GOmBj8 Crickematics] with Rahul Dravid
#*#[https://youtu.be/hW57awyt024 Monkey on a Fast] with Sanjay Dutt
#Poetry online
##[https://poets.org/poems-poets Poems online] (10,000 poems) available for download
##Access poems and upload your poems [https://allpoetry.com/ All Poetry]
##[https://poetryfoundation.org/poems Poetry foundation]
#Great speeches:
##[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s I have a Dream, speech by Martin Luther King .Jr]
#Language Lab
##[https://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Language_Lab Language Lab stories]

==== Audio resources created by last batch participants ====
[https://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Audio_OER_by_Teachers Audio resources created by teachers at RIESI - Old repository]

[https://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Audio_OER_by_Teachers][https://podcast.itforchange.net/auto-draft/ Audio resources created by teachers at RIESI - New repository]

===Assignment submission===
At the end of the workshop submit your audio file [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkBdf_LGJh4gtSwemHDias8TyLOeco9TaCNi4aPwxm-OMgRg/viewform here]

=== Workshop feedback form ===
[https://teacher-network.in/limesurvey/index.php/111?lang=en Click here] to submit your feedback about this workshop
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