Creating Digital Artifacts: Part 2

Here are a few suggestions for success:

1. Discuss what you plan on saying prior to recording.
2. Don’t over rehearse or you will exasperate your student (especially on a Sunday night before school).
3. Utilize the pause feature for times the student needs coaxing or to hide long pauses
4. Use a photo to represent the recording. Many times I use a drawing or a photo with no identifying information (as I knew I would be posting info online). This is also a good idea if you have students with certain acceptable use and publishing regulations.

Here are the steps to create a digital homework reflection with Audioboo: 

1. Disable location services. If on a field trip, the location might be a nice addition but if in the classroom (or at home), I would not include the location as it is pinpoints the user fairly accurately and that may not be information you want to share online.
2. Tap Record.
3. Record up to 3 minutes of audio.
4. Tap Publish.
5. Add a photo.
6. Title your Boo.
7. Add a description and tags. Teaching students to add tags is a perfect for summarization and key words.
8. Once it is published, you can grab the embed code from the site and add to your own website.