Sound Stories

24 02 2009

Your next unit is an inquiry into ‘How we Express Ourselves’. The central idea for this unit is:
We appreciate, interpret and express the arts in many different ways.

During ICT, you will be creating sound stories to accompany the pictures in the book, ‘The Mysteries of Harris Burdick’ by Chris Van Allsburg.

The first step is listening to sounds and choosing sounds that fit the illustration you choose. You can choose from
* media drive (my computer -> media drive -> royalty free music -> sounzabout volume 3 -> disc 3).

http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.shtml

Free Sound Effects, Royalty Free Sound Effects, Nature Sounds via kwout

or

http://www.grsites.com/sounds/

Absolute Sound Effects Archive via kwout

Below is a screencast on how to download sound effects from the Partners in Rhyme website.

  • Watch the screencast on how to get started using Audacity:

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    9 04 2009
      10 Great ways to use Audacity with your Students | Tip of the Iceberg (14:08:13) :

    [...] sound stories for images using free sound effects websites, as my Grade 2 students are doing for the school arts festival. You could easily use creative commons Flickr photos as your [...]

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