Fair Use guidelines
state you can only use up to 30 seconds of a song before copyright
infringement occurs. How can you digitally take a full-length song
and extract a portion for your project? How can students insert
music clips into their PowerPoint slides while respecting the rights
of the artists? This lesson shows you how! The 3 day lesson has
students downloading TV theme songs, using Audacity (free) to create
30 second clips, and creating a "Name That Tune" PowerPoint.
Very, very cool lesson! More
Audacity can be overwhelming, but
this looks like fun!
Recording Using Audacity
Do the glazed looks
on your students’ faces tell you it’s time to upgrade those tired
PowerPoint presentations? Do you know how to make your slides talk?
Do you know how to digitally record your voice & save your messages
as sound files? With free software? This lesson shows you how! Learn
how to download & install the free recording software Audacity,
record your voice, make corrections, save your work as MP3 files,
and import these messages into PowerPoint slides to make them talk.
We librarians are often the
"techies" in the building. I have recorded in Smart Notebook and in
Powerpoint, but not yet in Audacity. Like the idea of adding sound