Digital Media in the Bilingual/ESL Classroom
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Using Digital Audio in the Bilingual/ESL Classroom
Digital audio can improve the following Bilingual/ESL instructional strategies:
2. Model language and provide listening opportunities
3. Make connections to family and community
4. Provide opportunities for oral presentations
5. Provide a rigorous and challenging curriculum
6. Engage students in role playing activities, skits and drama
7. Use various media to provide real-world connections
8. Create narratives and encourage appropriate storytelling
9. Have students summarize their learning
10. Provide for authentic writing opportunities and publish student work

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Digital audio lesson plans

Audio Recorder:
Audio recorder is a free program that will record audio to your computer. You can then use this audio for slide shows or iMovie projects. This application is great for recording students while reading orally. You can download the latest version of Audio Recorder here. Instructions for using Audio Recorder can be found at UT's Visual Voices web site.

Windows Sound Recorder:
Windows Sound Recorder is similar to Audio Recorder and will work on a PC. A tutorial is available here.
iTunes Quickstart:
1. Select the audio file (song, sound effect, speech etc.) that you want to save to your computer.
2. Import audio from a CD, a web site or record yourself using audio recorder
3. Organize your audio files into playlists.
4. Burn your audio to a CD or use it in a slideshow or a movie
iTunes can be downloaded here.

Web sites where you can download music and other audio files:
http://www.freeplaymusic.com/
http://www.altavista.com/audio/default
http://www.findsounds.com/

iTunes Tutorials
Apple Learning Center
Atomic Learning iTunes 4

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Arturo Guajardo