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Audio recording opens up a world of opportunity for students and can boost classroom learning. Technology audio tools like Vocaroo [vocaroo.com] can transform the learning experience across curriculum areas. Students can use a tool like Vocaroo to quickly document brainstorming ideas, allowing students to focus on their thoughts and ideas and not take valuable time worrying over spelling and also to read their writing out loud to check for mistakes in grammar and sentence structure (King, 2016). Introducing audio recording into the classroom is simple and easy to get used to for both teachers and students. Using any device with recording capabilities, students only need a quiet corner in the classroom to record their words. A simple tool like Vocaroo only takes the push of a button to record. Once the Vocaroo recording is completed, a student can choose to embed, copy a web link, share on social media, download the recording, or even share a QR code of their audio recording with their teacher in their preferred delivery method (Vocaroo, 2021). This bestows students with the qualities to be empowered learners and become creative communicators to effectively contribute to the world around them (International Society for Technology in Education-Students, 2021).

All students have the ability to use audio recording to reflect on their learning, capturing their personal assessments on what they felt were their glows and grows on a given assignment. Audio recording is a valuable tool for language learners who can use it to practice new vocabulary in a safe place (King, 2016). For our more vulnerable populations, the audio recording allows students the opportunity practice speaking and using vocabulary because they can rerecord as many times as needed until they feel more comfortable.

The practical implementation of using Vocaroo is simple and straightforward – the biggest reason why it is an easy-to-use audio tool for students of all ages. Vocaroo collects no student data, emails, names, or phone numbers – only the IP address for saving the audio file (Vocaroo, 2016). For teachers and students who are newly starting out in their educational technology journey, Vocaroo is the tool for you.