Audio+Tools

1. Name of Program: Blabberize 2. URL of Program: [] 3. URL of online program tutorial: [|Blabberize] 4. Purpose of the Program: upload a photo and make the person/animal/object in the photo talk with the sound of your own voice 5. Ease of Use: I was lost at first, but after watching the tutorial it seemed easy 6. Your reaction to the program: It was easy and fun to use this program! It helps if you have a good photo to use for it. Students would love to use this program on a biography project or for some other assignment.

1. Name of Program: Voicethread 2. URL of Program: [] 3. URL of online program tutorial: [|Voicethread] 4. Purpose of the Program: a recording device, using images as visuals and then allows comments via microphone, typing, or phone 5. Ease of Use: excellent 6. Your reaction to the program: I really like this program, but I wish you didn't have to have an e-mail address to comment. This makes it difficult to use in my 5th grade classroom because my kids don't have e-mail addresses of their own.

1. Name of Program: Audacity 2. URL of Program: [] 3. URL of online program tutorial: [|Audacity] 4. Purpose of the Program: a recording audio device <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Ease of Use: okay <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. Your reaction to the program: I love the idea of this program because I could definitely use it in my classroom for my low struggling readers. However, I felt it was complicated to get it downloaded and once I recorded myself it was challenging to save properly. I would imagine that there are easier programs to use that would produce the same desired result.