MOVENOTE app: add more to your presentations

This afternoon, I learned about a website and app which allows us to upload a presentation either from our computer or from google drive and record our voice and image using our webcam. http://www.movenote.com/

My first trial was with my ipad. The ipad app is FREE, however, you can only use photos you have on your device or a photo you take with the ipad to include to your presentation. Other than that, the app is very simple to use and  the quality of the recording seems to be really good.
https://api.movenote.com/v/saNK4Xb_Jds

My second trial was with using the WEBSITE http://movenote.com
I uploaded a presentation I had  on my computer and recorded myself as a test.
The slides are inspired by the article
http://www.learningunlimitedllc.com/2013/03/6-steps-to-a-flipped-classroom/

How can we use the site and app with students?

- with the app, students can tell their own stories based on a picture.

- students can record a picture description.

- with the website, the teacher can record flipped videos by using slides or pdf files.

- students can record presentations of projects they develop.

The MOVENOTE app is available for FREE for both IOS devices and ANDROIDS.

One more app for the list BYOD apps for ELT

Creating AUDIO QR codes

I wish we had an app which would allow us to record voice , host it, and automatically generate a QR CODE.

Well, TOKKERS does that for a price :(. As an educator in Brazil, I'm always looking for webtools and apps which are FREE so that they can be used to promote learning.

All things considered, in order to make an audio qrcode, I end up having to use two different tools: one to record and host the audio and another to generate the code.

So first, I used my AUDIOBOO app to record myself reading a poem and then grabbed the audio URL.

Then, I used http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ to generate the QR CODE and saved the image.

So, if you scan the code with you cell phone, you'll be able to listen to the poem.

Myna - recording yourself

I had already heard about Myna but hadn't tried it out. I normally use audacity for my recordings but today it was time to give it a go. First, I read a post written by José Picardo some time ago, watched the demo which is below and tried it myself.

Watch the demo


I wanted to see how easy or how hard it was to mix your voice with background music and to my surprise it's not that hard. I had a look at the library tracks, chose some of them, recorded myself saying some collocations you normally find in books teaching EFL at basic levels and mixed it up.

Don't expect a masterpiece, it was just a first (lousy) trial.

After you save it, you can embed the recording as below, or grab the URL http://aviary.com/artists/anamariacult/creations/collocations_basic_1

collocations basic 1.egg on Aviary.

If the recording doesn't play, CLICK HERE.

What I like about it:

• It's free.
• There's no need to download anything.
• You can upload a pre-recorded file or record yourself straight in the site.
• There's a library of background music you can use to make your mix.
• It's not complicated.
• It offers an embed code for your mix.

How can we use MYNA w/ students?

• record tracks with vocabulary you want students to memorize.
• record your students repeating vocabulary or collocations and then mix it up w/ music and play it for them.
• make a different kind of dictation w/ background music.
• simply use the site to record your students reading a text or dialogue.
• ask your students to create a mix with a list of words they have to memorize.

Any other ideas? Use the comment area to collaborate w/ more ideas.