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One-day workshops on "Audio materials development" for participants of the CELT program (different batches) of [http://riesielt.org RIESI] - July 27, 2019, August 24, 2019, September 8, 2019, January 25, 2020, March 1, 2020, March 12, 2021.  
 
One-day workshops on "Audio materials development" for participants of the CELT program (different batches) of [http://riesielt.org RIESI] - July 27, 2019, August 24, 2019, September 8, 2019, January 25, 2020, March 1, 2020, March 12, 2021.  
=== Objectives of the workshop ===
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== Objectives of the workshop ==
 
# Exploring new digital methods for language learning. Exploring Audacity FOSS ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software Free and Open Source Software]) tool to create rich language resources for use in a language lesson
 
# Exploring new digital methods for language learning. Exploring Audacity FOSS ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software Free and Open Source Software]) tool to create rich language resources for use in a language lesson
 
# Learning recording and editing audio using Audacity.  Making your audio resource richer by using multiple audio files (background music)
 
# Learning recording and editing audio using Audacity.  Making your audio resource richer by using multiple audio files (background music)
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# Publishing created audio resource on a [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change/sets/riesi-celt-audio-workshop-jan public repository] for use of all teachers
 
# Publishing created audio resource on a [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change/sets/riesi-celt-audio-workshop-jan public repository] for use of all teachers
  
=== Agenda ===
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== Agenda ==
 
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=== Some principles for recording audio resource ===
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== Some principles for recording audio resource ==
  
==== Pedagogical principles (Principles for recording conversations amongst two or more people) ====
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=== Pedagogical principles (Principles for recording conversations amongst two or more people) ===
 
# Relevant to the student school community home context.  
 
# Relevant to the student school community home context.  
 
# Meaningful. Richness, variety.
 
# Meaningful. Richness, variety.
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# Appropriate level of language complexity.   
 
# Appropriate level of language complexity.   
  
==== Technology rules (Rules for getting a good quality recording using your mobile phone or laptop) ====
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=== Technology rules (Rules for getting a good quality recording using your mobile phone or laptop) ===
 
# Script need to be ready before recording and detailed
 
# Script need to be ready before recording and detailed
 
# Find out a less noisy and closed place to record
 
# Find out a less noisy and closed place to record
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[https://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/images/f/fb/Checklist_for_recording_good_audio_in_a_computer.pdf Download this checklist from here]
 
[https://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/images/f/fb/Checklist_for_recording_good_audio_in_a_computer.pdf Download this checklist from here]
  
=== Resources ===
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== Resources ==
 
# [[Non-fiction ideas audio stories|Some ideas (non-fiction)]] for developing audio resources. (Stories are powerful and effective. They are also available in plenty - identify local stories, folk stories etc). In addition, non-fiction audio resources can be quite thought-provoking and creativity enhancing for older students.
 
# [[Non-fiction ideas audio stories|Some ideas (non-fiction)]] for developing audio resources. (Stories are powerful and effective. They are also available in plenty - identify local stories, folk stories etc). In addition, non-fiction audio resources can be quite thought-provoking and creativity enhancing for older students.
 
# Audio resources created in the RIESI workshops
 
# Audio resources created in the RIESI workshops
## June 2020, [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change-tcol-2018/sets/elta-audio-workshop-july-2020 ELT course]
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## [https://soundcloud.com/gurumurthy-kasinathan/sets/celt-audio-resources-batch-3 January 2021 CELT Audio album]
## [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change/sets/riesi-celt-audio-workshop-jan January 2020 CELT participants]
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## [https://soundcloud.com/gurumurthy-kasinathan/sets/audio-resource-poem December 2020 CELT Audio album]
## [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change/sets/riesi-celt-sept-2019 September 2019 - CELT participants]
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## [https://soundcloud.com/itfc-education-resources/sets/language-resources November 2020 Secondary school teachers album]
## [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change/sets/celt-24-aug-2019 August 2019 - CELT participants]
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## [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change-tcol-2018/sets/elta-audio-workshop-july-2020 June 2020] [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change-tcol-2018/sets/elta-audio-workshop-july-2020 ELTA course album]
## [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change/sets/riesi-celt-created-resources July 2019 - CELT participants]
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## [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change/sets/riesi-celt-audio-workshop-jan January 2020 CELT participants album]
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## [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change/sets/riesi-celt-sept-2019 September 2019 - CELT participants album]
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## [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change/sets/celt-24-aug-2019 August 2019 - CELT participants album]
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## [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change/sets/riesi-celt-created-resources July 2019 - CELT participants album]
 
## [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change/ Audio's  created by IT for Change]  - [https://soundcloud.com/gurumurthy-kasinathan/sets/tabla-bhols-1 Tabla Bhols] and Flute resources
 
## [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change/ Audio's  created by IT for Change]  - [https://soundcloud.com/gurumurthy-kasinathan/sets/tabla-bhols-1 Tabla Bhols] and Flute resources
 
## [https://swarasforschools.com/sfs-video-archive Swaras for schools] - combining English rhymes with Indian tunes
 
## [https://swarasforschools.com/sfs-video-archive Swaras for schools] - combining English rhymes with Indian tunes
# [https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity '''Audacity''' handout (Free and Open sources audio editor tool)] - to create audio resources
 
 
# [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]
 
# [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]
 
## [https://youtu.be/eSEgbhGokPA Karadi tale - Blue Jackal by Naseeruddin Shah]  
 
## [https://youtu.be/eSEgbhGokPA Karadi tale - Blue Jackal by Naseeruddin Shah]  
 
## [https://youtube.com/watch?v=LPMq2GOmBj8 Crickematics] with Rahul Dravid  
 
## [https://youtube.com/watch?v=LPMq2GOmBj8 Crickematics] with Rahul Dravid  
 
## [https://youtube.com/watch?v=3sPJgJXMjWw Monkey on a Fast] with Sanjay Dutt  
 
## [https://youtube.com/watch?v=3sPJgJXMjWw Monkey on a Fast] with Sanjay Dutt  
# '''Online OER audio repositories'''
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===Technology resources===
#* http://soundbible.com URL
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#[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity#Installation Install Audacity application in your computer]
#* https://freesound.org/ URL
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#[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rpuG1V8ISYUS0IbbS7-EVNzWiDl-3VRD '''Download different background music's to your computer''']
#*  [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files https://Wikimedia] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files commons]
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#[https://teacher-network.in/OER/images/3/32/Checklist_to_record_good_audio.pdf Checklist for recording good audio clip]
#* https://soundcloud.com/
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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]
# '''Reading resources'''
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#What is copyright and what is OER - See short [https://youtube.com/watch?v=zeQy4a6alU0&list=PLWUrlh2K8RdTORtWrlMIDjEPgdD-VC7BN&index=10&t=0s video]
## [https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Teachers%27_toolkit_for_creating_and_re-purposing_OER_using_FOSS/Audio_and_Video_OER Teachers' toolkit for creating and re-purposing Audio]
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#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq6rNIu3J1E Watch this video] to know upload your audio files on SoundCloud audio repository.
## [https://www.sk.com.br/sk-krash.html Stephen Krashen's Theory of Second Language Acquisition]
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===Online OER audio repositories===
## [[NCF Position Paper on Teaching Indian Languages#Objectives of Language Teaching|NCF 2005Position Paper on Teaching Indian Languages]]
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#[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files WikimediaCommons]
 
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#[https://www.bensound.com/ BenSound]
=== Feedback ===
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#[http://soundbible.com/ Soundible]
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#[https://freesound.org/ FreeSound]
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#[https://soundcloud.com/ SoundCloud]
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===Reading materials on ELT===
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#[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Krashen_hypotheses Krashens hypotheses for SLA] (Second Language Acquisition)
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#[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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#[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
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#[https://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/English:_Curriculum_and_Syllabus National Curriculum 2005 Framework Position Paper] on Teaching English
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#[https://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/English:_Curriculum_and_Syllabus National Curriculum 2005 Framework Position Paper] on Teaching of Indian Languages
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#[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/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]
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===Additional resources===
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#Rich recitations
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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://youtu.be/hW57awyt024 Monkey on a Fast] with Sanjay Dutt
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##https://www.swarasforschools.com/
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#Poetry online
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##[https://poets.org/poems-poets Poems online] (10,000 poems) available for download
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##Access poems and upload your poems [https://allpoetry.com/ All Poetry]
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##[https://poetryfoundation.org/poems Poetry foundation]
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#Great speeches
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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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== Feedback ==
 
Please fill the [https://tinyurl.com/pf270719 feedback form]
 
Please fill the [https://tinyurl.com/pf270719 feedback form]
  

Revision as of 16:21, 12 March 2021

One-day workshops on "Audio materials development" for participants of the CELT program (different batches) of RIESI - July 27, 2019, August 24, 2019, September 8, 2019, January 25, 2020, March 1, 2020, March 12, 2021.

Objectives of the workshop

  1. Exploring new digital methods for language learning. Exploring Audacity FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) tool to create rich language resources for use in a language lesson
  2. Learning recording and editing audio using Audacity. Making your audio resource richer by using multiple audio files (background music)
  3. Introduce the philosophy of creating and adapting existing audio resources (Open Educational Resources created with FOSS)
  4. Publishing created audio resource on a public repository for use of all teachers

Agenda

Time Session Structure Objectives/ Outcomes Activities
10.00 - 10.30 Overview Presentation Understand objectives of the workshop

Review the agenda

Understanding second language acquisition (Krashen)

Review the workshop page

Read the resource on Krashen (See Resources section)

10.30 -11.00 Record audio using different devices Demo Using different applications for audio recording

Understanding the technical specifications for audio – headphones, microphone, etc

Check list of recording a good quality audio

Audacity interface - Go through the audio recording process – record pause, play, stop and save as project file, export. Mobile apps are like sound recorder, audio recorder, recorder

Record and save audio files.

11-11.15 Tea break
11.15-12.45 Creating audio resources for the lessons in the text Demo and Hands-on 1. Understanding the power of audio in a classroom

2. Appreciating the incremental benefit that the digital audio resource brings to a classroom – possibilities of introducing contextual sounds
3. Understanding elements of good script writing

1. Participants have to select (on selected story line and poem etc)

2. Use lab computers or their personal laptop or mobile phones to record.
3.If it is story - participants can make groups of 2 people to record
4. For Poem - try to record same poem with different voice modulation
5. Save your audio files.
6. Import all recorded audio files into systems.

12.45-1.00 Hands-on Import audio into systems (who are recorded in mobile)

And import to audcaity (all)

1.00-2.00 LUNCH
2-3.30 Adding audio elements to your recording Demo and Hands-on 1. Effectiveness of adding audio effects

2. Understanding when to use audio effects and how
3. Using an audio editing tool to add sound elements

1. Use edit tools to refine your audio by removing unwanted part

2. To understand what is track and its uses
3. Use multiple tracks to add background music for the audio
4. Participants identify the sound effects they would like to add
5. File export as audio files and save as project

3-3.15 Tea break
3.30-4.30 Use different audio effects for make audio more interest Demo and Hands-on Using an audio editing tool to enhance an audio resource

Understanding of using different audio effects to make more effective of the story

1. Use amplify to adjust the output volume of your audio files

2. Fade in/out to adjust the audio -voice modulation
3. Change pitching and adding echo for the voice

4. Use different audacity tools like envelop, noise removal, silence.

5. Save Export your audio files in different formats.

4.30 - 5.00 Participants presentation Presentation Review participants created audio resources 1. Participants have to present their audio resources created in workshop.

2. Participants have to give feedback for fellow participants.

3. Workshop feedback from the participants

Some principles for recording audio resource

Pedagogical principles (Principles for recording conversations amongst two or more people)

  1. Relevant to the student school community home context.
  2. Meaningful. Richness, variety.
  3. Allowing scope for background music, sounds.
  4. Appropriate level of language complexity.

Technology rules (Rules for getting a good quality recording using your mobile phone or laptop)

  1. Script need to be ready before recording and detailed
  2. Find out a less noisy and closed place to record
  3. Turn off fans and air conditioners, use curtains or thick cloth to cover windows
  4. Don't use computer which makes noise
  5. Keep your Mic at-least 15cm away from your mouth
  6. Use good head phones –
    1. Audio jacks are working fine
    2. Mic input is working
    3. Headphones should support audacity or any other audio tools
    4. Input level should be less than 100%
  7. Do test recording to check quality. Satisfy yourself before final recording

Download this checklist from here

Resources

  1. Some ideas (non-fiction) for developing audio resources. (Stories are powerful and effective. They are also available in plenty - identify local stories, folk stories etc). In addition, non-fiction audio resources can be quite thought-provoking and creativity enhancing for older students.
  2. Audio resources created in the RIESI workshops
    1. January 2021 CELT Audio album
    2. December 2020 CELT Audio album
    3. November 2020 Secondary school teachers album
    4. June 2020 ELTA course album
    5. January 2020 CELT participants album
    6. September 2019 - CELT participants album
    7. August 2019 - CELT participants album
    8. July 2019 - CELT participants album
    9. Audio's created by IT for Change - Tabla Bhols and Flute resources
    10. Swaras for schools - combining English rhymes with Indian tunes
  3. 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

Technology resources

  1. Install Audacity application in your computer
  2. Download different background music's to your computer
  3. Checklist for recording good audio clip
  4. Fill this form, with your topic for audio resource creation in the course
  5. What is copyright and what is OER - See short video
  6. Watch this video to know upload your audio files on SoundCloud audio repository.

Online OER audio repositories

  1. WikimediaCommons
  2. BenSound
  3. Soundible
  4. FreeSound
  5. SoundCloud

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

Additional resources

  1. Rich recitations
    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/
  2. Poetry online
    1. Poems online (10,000 poems) available for download
    2. Access poems and upload your poems All Poetry
    3. Poetry foundation
  3. Great speeches
    1. I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King .Jr

Feedback

Please fill the feedback form