Week 4 - Engagement activity 2

The "audacity" to use it

Yes, my pun is pretty bad.

Although I know of teachers who vary lessons and thread ICT's throughout them, my experience in schools suggests that teachers are not utilizing these technological tools instead opting for the "old school" way of doing things. Saying that,  I have helped students use audacity at schools for multimodal assignments in the past where they were recording their voice (usually a speech) and attaching it to a powerpoint. 

Most of the students did not have a lot of trouble using audacity at first they were the ones who taught me how to use it. I expect my students in my classes to be designing multimodal assignments and I would definitely include audacity or a program like it. History and English classes I observed had made use of audacity when the assignment called for it. 

I have talked to a few teachers and most think that audacity is as a good option to use for assignments but there are some who prefer just oral presentation and will deviate away from technology. I think that students should be able to use a variety of ways to develop and present assignments throughout their schooling life. Plus, to adhere to learner needs, sometimes because of learning difficulties students may not be able to present their oral, whereas if they could record their voice using audacity, they would be able to submit their assessment like their peers.

Shane.