Sound Booth Projects

Task 1: Identify any vocabulary you are unfamiliar with and look up the definition. Double check that the definition makes sense in the context of the text. Place in the first section of the email.

Task 2: Language Choice - identify any language that attracts your attention for any reason. Why do you find it interesting? Jot down your reasons in the second section of the email

Task 3: Verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs. Identify the ones you find in the passage. What do you notice? Are there any patterns? Comment on your findings in the email.

Task 4: Predictions What might happen next? Why? Email.

Task 5: Opinions and reflections - what do you think of the story/narrators/characters? Email

Task 6: Connections does the task remind you about your own experiences? Or other books and films? What are the similarities? email.

Task 7: Questions - note them, and remember there is no such thing as a stupid question. Try to list more open questions than closed questions in your email.

Task 8: What key themes from the article do you think are important to this assignment? email.

And remember it is one email, not eight.

Task 2: Make your own

1. Make an audio/radio advertisement - Use Soundbooth to advertise products the school produces to support service learning.

2. Promote language learning – record kids speaking in one of their language classes then upload to Voki to create speaking Avatars.

3. Create Podcasts – limited only by your imagination. One Grade 2 grade classroom uses Soundbooth to create podcasts of book reviews, reports and poetry readings. Anther teacher’s class created music tracks for their video podcasts. Find a need and get podcasting!

4. Record speeches to provide evidence of learning, and upload to Glogster (a wonderful online poster tool) to share with a wider audience, as I’m doing with Grade 4 students for their environmental unit.

5. Promote reading development by recording kids reading books.

6. Create sound stories for images using free sound effects websites You could easily use creative commons Flickr photos as your source of ‘sound-rich’ images.

7. Record sound for PowerPoint slides to enhance any presentation.

8. Record comments/opinions to load to a Voicethread at a later stage. This can be useful if there are problems with multiple users on a Voicethread or to save time.

9. Record compositions or class singing to share with others (e.g. parents).

10. Record soundtracks for animations.