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'''Audio resource creation for English language teaching - an online course from English Language Teachers Association (ELTA) and ITfC'''
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== '''Background''' ==
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IT for Change and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan (KVS) are collaborating to design and conduct an online workshop on “'''Audio resources creation for teaching''' ” for KVS teachers. The workshop is based on the National ICT curriculum theme - '''Creating with ICT'''. This note discusses the objectives, approach, requirements of participants and expected outcomes from the workshop.
  
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=== '''Background''' ===
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== Objectives of the workshop ==
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IT for Change and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan (KVS) are collaborating to design and conduct an online workshop on “'''Audio resources creation for teaching''' ” for KVS teachers. The course is based on the National ICT curriculum theme - '''Creating with ICT'''. This note discusses the objectives, approach, requirements of participants and expected outcomes from the course.
 
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=== Objectives of the course ===
 
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# To explore the arbitrary connections between word and thought and script and sound
 
 
# Exploring new digital methods for language learning.  
 
# Exploring new digital methods for language learning.  
 
# Exploring Audacity FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) to create language resources for language teaching
 
# Exploring Audacity FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) to create language resources for language teaching
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# Publishing created audio resource on a public repository for the benefit of all teachers
 
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=== Requirements from the participants ===
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== Requirements from the participants ==
 
# All the participants should have a computer (desktop or laptop) along with a good mic + speaker (headphones).
 
# All the participants should have a computer (desktop or laptop) along with a good mic + speaker (headphones).
 
# Audacity application must be installed on the computer. For installation instructions, refer [[Learn Audacity#Installation|https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity#Installation]].
 
# Audacity application must be installed on the computer. For installation instructions, refer [[Learn Audacity#Installation|https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity#Installation]].
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# Each participant need to select poem, phrase or drama to create audio material on the topic.
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# Each participant need to select poem, phrase or drama to create audio material on the topic. Click here to fill your topic [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCpR-dvhh87ULFWZXrAjaqgE9kWFENadvZAXt4MH2fImyb-g/viewform details in the form] and selected topics details you can see [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QabZO9ZRAa96PEl0KlnDWp5Bemf32xmuzQDU_nQBtK4/edit#gid=1266770061 from here].
  
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===Join the webinar sessions===
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==Join the webinar sessions==
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The first session of this workshop will start on August 7th 2020 from 2.30 pm to 4 pm.
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The 3 webinar sessions will be held on the following dates: 7th, 9th and 11th of August. The webinar timings will be '''from 2.30 to 4 pm'''.
  
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=== Expected Outcomes ===
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== Expected Outcomes ==
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It is expected that at the end of the course, each participant would have created an audio resource, on their selected topic (poem or prose or any other resource). This resource would be published on a public repository.
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It is expected that by the end of the workshop, each participant would have created an audio resource, on their selected topic (poem or prose or any other resource). This resource would be published on a public repository.
  
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=== Agenda ===
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== Agenda ==
 
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|'''Resources'''
 
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|Webinar 1: July 21st 2020 from 5.30 to 7 pm
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|Webinar 1
 
|Role of Audio in Language Teaching Learning
 
|Role of Audio in Language Teaching Learning
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|1. Introduction to the course and agenda. Norms
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|1. Introduction to the workshop and agenda.  
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2. Demonstration and discussion about listening and ELT. Hearing a [https://youtu.be/hW57awyt024 Karadi tale]
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2. Demonstration and discussion about listening and ELT. Hearing a [https://youtu.be/hW57awyt024 Karadi tale] and participants will identify different audio elements
  
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3. Participants will identify different audio elements
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3. Participants will choose one topic to create audio
  
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4. Participants will choose one topic to create audio
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4. Go through the checklist of recording a good quality audio
  
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5. Instructions on installing the required software for the hands-on session and doing an initial recording.
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5. Go through basic audio recording  options in audacity
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6. Save the recorded audio files.  
 
|Learn Audacity - [[Learn Audacity|https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity]]
 
|Learn Audacity - [[Learn Audacity|https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity]]
  
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Assignment - Install Audacity. Record the audio using  Audacity
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Assignment -  
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# Select topic to create audio
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# Record the audio using  Audacity
 
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|Webinar 2: July 24th, 2020 from 5.30 to 7 pm
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|Webinar 2
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|1. Using different applications for audio recording
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|1. Understanding  Audacity editing functions
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2. Understanding the technical specifications for audio – headphones, microphone
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2. Understanding when and how to use audio effects
  
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3. Understanding of Audacity editing tools.
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3. Adding sound elements.
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|1. Go through basic audio recording  options in audacity
 
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2. Go through the checklist of recording a good quality audio
 
  
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3. Go through the audio recording process - record pause, play, stop
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4. Adding a second track
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|1. Edit recorded audio files using basic tools as needed
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2. Get familiar with audacity project files and the audio files
  
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4. Save as project file, export recorded audio files
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3. Use some Audacity features - noise removal.
  
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5. Edit recorded audio files using basic tools as we needed
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4. Use the "amplify" feature to adjust the volume of the audio files
  
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6. Get familiar with audacity project files and the audio files
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5. Use multiple tracks to add background music for the audio
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|Learn Audacity - [[Learn Audacity|https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity]]  
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|[[Learn Audacity]]  
 
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|Webinar 3: July 29th, 2020 from 5.30 to 7 pm
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|Webinar 3
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|1. Effectiveness of adding audio effects
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|1. Using an audio editing tool to enhance the audio resource
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2. Understanding when and how to use audio effects to the audio's
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2. Using different background music elements to make more effective of the audio
  
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3. Using an audio editing tool to add sound elements.
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3. Publish created audio resources on the web as open educational resources (OER).
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|1. Use edit tools to refine audio by removing unwanted part
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2. To understand what is tracks and how tracks can be used
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1. Use fade in/out, pitch to make your audio more rich and clear.
  
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3. Use multiple tracks to add background music for the audio
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2. Use multiple tracks to add background music for the audio
  
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4. Use "noise removal" to clear background noise
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3. Add different audio elements to the audio in any particular places
  
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5. File export as audio files and save as a project.
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4. Understanding of SoundCloud audio repository.
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|[[Learn Audacity]]
 
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|Webinar 4: July 31st, 2020 from 5.30 to 7 pm
 
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|1. Using an audio editing tool to enhance an audio resource
 
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2. Understanding of using different background music to make more effective of the audio
 
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|1. Use amplification to adjust the output volume of audio files
 
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2. Fade in/out to adjust the audio -voice modulation
 
  
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3. Use Silence, noise reduction, pitch change and echo features
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5. Upload and share our created audio files on SoundCloud.
  
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4. Add different audio elements to the audio in any particular places
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|[[Learn Audacity]] and [http://www.SoundCloud.com SoundCloud website]  
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|[[Learn Audacity]] and www.SoundCloud.com
 
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|Webinar 5: August 4th, 2020 from 5.30 to 7 pm
 
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|1. Understanding OER and different OER licenses.
 
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2. The presentation of participants created audio files.
 
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3. Publish created audio's on the web.
 
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|1. Understanding about OER resources.
 
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2. Understanding the types of OER licenses.
 
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3. Understanding of SoundCloud audio repository.
 
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4. Upload and share our created audio files on SoundCloud.
 
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|SoundCloud handout : [[Learn Soundcloud|https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Soundcloud]]
 
 
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=== Resources ===
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== Workshop resources ==
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====Technology resources====
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===Technology resources===
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# [[Learn_Audacity#Installation|Install Audacity application in your computer]]
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# [[Learn Audacity|Click here to see the Audacity handout]]
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# [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rpuG1V8ISYUS0IbbS7-EVNzWiDl-3VRD Download different background music's to your computer]
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# [https://teacher-network.in/OER/images/3/32/Checklist_to_record_good_audio.pdf Checklist for recording a good audio clip]
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# [https://teacher-network.in/OER/images/3/32/Checklist_to_record_good_audio.pdf Checklist for recording good audio clip]
 
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# [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSff7Mu3ezMZGQK2jt6Bt9ZY3BSnSCb2-_prXBKtC8XQ9zMKVA/viewform Fill this form, with your topic for audio resource creation in the course]
 
 
# What is copyright and what is OER - See short [https://youtube.com/watch?v=zeQy4a6alU0&list=PLWUrlh2K8RdTORtWrlMIDjEPgdD-VC7BN&index=10&t=0s video]
 
# What is copyright and what is OER - See short [https://youtube.com/watch?v=zeQy4a6alU0&list=PLWUrlh2K8RdTORtWrlMIDjEPgdD-VC7BN&index=10&t=0s video]
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# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq6rNIu3J1E&feature=youtu.be Uploading your audio OER on soundcloud - short video]
  
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==== Online OER audio repositories====
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=== Online OER audio repositories===
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# [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rpuG1V8ISYUS0IbbS7-EVNzWiDl-3VRD Background music tracks shared by IT for Change (Google Drive)]
 
# [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files WikimediaCommons]
 
# [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files WikimediaCommons]
 
# [https://www.bensound.com/ BenSound]
 
# [https://www.bensound.com/ BenSound]
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# [https://soundcloud.com SoundCloud]
 
# [https://soundcloud.com SoundCloud]
  
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==== Reading materials on ELT ====
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== Additional resources ==
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===Audio resources===
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# [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIPCWV2LAifpieVp4akjZ_A Karadi tales] - Very rich and brilliant audio stories based on Indian stories and using Indian tunes... must  listen to [https://youtube.com/user/karadionline/videos all]
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## [https://youtu.be/eSEgbhGokPA Karadi tale - Blue Jackal by Naseeruddin Shah]
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## [https://youtube.com/watch?v=LPMq2GOmBj8 Crickematics] with Rahul Dravid
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## [https://youtube.com/watch?v=3sPJgJXMjWw Monkey on a Fast] with Sanjay Dutt
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# https://www.swarasforschools.com/
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# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King .Jr]
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=== Reading materials on ELT ===
 
# [[Krashen hypotheses|Krashens hypotheses for SLA]] (Second Language Acquisition)
 
# [[Krashen hypotheses|Krashens hypotheses for SLA]] (Second Language Acquisition)
 
# [https://academia.edu/7452953/Multilinguality_education_and_harmony Multi-linguality, education and harmony] - Prof Rama Kant Agnihotri (Multi-lingualism, as a resource for ELT
 
# [https://academia.edu/7452953/Multilinguality_education_and_harmony Multi-linguality, education and harmony] - Prof Rama Kant Agnihotri (Multi-lingualism, as a resource for ELT
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# [[: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]]
 
# [[: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]]
 
# [https://www.sk.com.br/sk-krash.html Stephen Krashen's Theory of Second Language Acquisition]
 
# [https://www.sk.com.br/sk-krash.html Stephen Krashen's Theory of Second Language Acquisition]
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# '''[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SNUrMMwmGvZ7mxm__AhEE5IU1IUlJVEo?usp=sharing Webinar participants presentations on the above readings]'''
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=== Workshop feedback ===
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====Additional resources====
 
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# [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIPCWV2LAifpieVp4akjZ_A Karadi tales] - Very rich and brilliant audio stories based on Indian stories and using Indian tunes... must  listen to [https://youtube.com/user/karadionline/videos all]
 
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## [https://youtu.be/eSEgbhGokPA Karadi tale - Blue Jackal by Naseeruddin Shah]
 
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## [https://youtube.com/watch?v=LPMq2GOmBj8 Crickematics] with Rahul Dravid
 
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## [https://youtube.com/watch?v=3sPJgJXMjWw Monkey on a Fast] with Sanjay Dutt
 
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# https://www.swarasforschools.com/
 
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# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King .Jr]
 
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# [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cxZhcqxYIEVtdsiojo9cgd2HPNoE6jBK?usp=sharing Click here to see the last session (August 5th) session recording]
 
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=== Course feedback ===
 
 
To fill the course feedback form [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclxhQQ49FfOVT3F4P0BlUtAHwz43dWd7Q653ii9nUFBNM45Q/viewform click here]
 
To fill the course feedback form [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclxhQQ49FfOVT3F4P0BlUtAHwz43dWd7Q653ii9nUFBNM45Q/viewform click here]
 
[[Category:English]]
 
[[Category:English]]
 
[[Category:Course]]
 
[[Category:Course]]
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[[Category:Workshop]]
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[[Category:Digital literacy]]
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[[Category:Audacity]]

Latest revision as of 08:51, 11 August 2020

Background

IT for Change and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan (KVS) are collaborating to design and conduct an online workshop on “Audio resources creation for teaching ” for KVS teachers. The workshop is based on the National ICT curriculum theme - Creating with ICT. This note discusses the objectives, approach, requirements of participants and expected outcomes from the workshop.

Objectives of the workshop

  1. Exploring new digital methods for language learning.
  2. Exploring Audacity FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) to create language resources for language teaching
  3. Learning recording and editing audio using Audacity. Making audio resource richer by using multiple sources
  4. Understand the philosophy of creating and adapting existing audio resources (Open Educational Resources created with FOSS)
  5. Publishing created audio resource on a public repository for the benefit of all teachers

Requirements from the participants

  1. All the participants should have a computer (desktop or laptop) along with a good mic + speaker (headphones).
  2. Audacity application must be installed on the computer. For installation instructions, refer https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity#Installation.
  3. Each participant need to select poem, phrase or drama to create audio material on the topic. Click here to fill your topic details in the form and selected topics details you can see from here.

Join the webinar sessions

The 3 webinar sessions will be held on the following dates: 7th, 9th and 11th of August. The webinar timings will be from 2.30 to 4 pm.

Expected Outcomes

It is expected that by the end of the workshop, each participant would have created an audio resource, on their selected topic (poem or prose or any other resource). This resource would be published on a public repository.

Agenda

Webinars and dates Particulars Activities Resources
Webinar 1 Role of Audio in Language Teaching Learning 1. Introduction to the workshop and agenda.

2. Demonstration and discussion about listening and ELT. Hearing a Karadi tale and participants will identify different audio elements

3. Participants will choose one topic to create audio

4. Go through the checklist of recording a good quality audio

5. Go through basic audio recording options in audacity

6. Save the recorded audio files.

Learn Audacity - https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity

Assignment -

  1. Select topic to create audio
  2. Record the audio using Audacity
Webinar 2 1. Understanding Audacity editing functions

2. Understanding when and how to use audio effects

3. Adding sound elements.

4. Adding a second track

1. Edit recorded audio files using basic tools as needed

2. Get familiar with audacity project files and the audio files

3. Use some Audacity features - noise removal.

4. Use the "amplify" feature to adjust the volume of the audio files

5. Use multiple tracks to add background music for the audio

Learn Audacity
Webinar 3 1. Using an audio editing tool to enhance the audio resource

2. Using different background music elements to make more effective of the audio

3. Publish created audio resources on the web as open educational resources (OER).

1. Use fade in/out, pitch to make your audio more rich and clear.

2. Use multiple tracks to add background music for the audio

3. Add different audio elements to the audio in any particular places

4. Understanding of SoundCloud audio repository.

5. Upload and share our created audio files on SoundCloud.

Learn Audacity and SoundCloud website

Workshop resources

Technology resources

  1. Click here to see the Audacity handout
  2. Checklist for recording a good audio clip
  3. What is copyright and what is OER - See short video
  4. Uploading your audio OER on soundcloud - short video

Online OER audio repositories

  1. Background music tracks shared by IT for Change (Google Drive)
  2. WikimediaCommons
  3. BenSound
  4. Soundible
  5. FreeSound
  6. SoundCloud

Additional resources

Audio resources

  1. Karadi tales - Very rich and brilliant audio stories based on Indian stories and using Indian tunes... must listen to all
    1. Karadi tale - Blue Jackal by Naseeruddin Shah
    2. Crickematics with Rahul Dravid
    3. Monkey on a Fast with Sanjay Dutt
  2. https://www.swarasforschools.com/
  3. I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King .Jr

Reading materials on ELT

  1. Krashens hypotheses for SLA (Second Language Acquisition)
  2. Multi-linguality, education and harmony - Prof Rama Kant Agnihotri (Multi-lingualism, as a resource for ELT
  3. Multi-linguality_and_the_teaching_of_English_in_India - Prof Rama Kant Agnihotri
  4. National Curriculum 2005 Framework Position Paper on Teaching English
  5. National Curriculum 2005 Framework Position Paper on Teaching of Indian Languages
  6. Digital Storytelling, an ICT-based method of co-constructing and transacting curriculum
  7. Stephen Krashen's Theory of Second Language Acquisition

Workshop feedback

To fill the course feedback form click here

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