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The LHS Audio Revision Project - podcasts from a Scottish School

11/6/09 - "Tutorials The following video tutorials cover software and hardware that can be used within the classroom to improve teaching and learning, or can be used to support every day administration tasks. Use the search box on the right to find a specific tutorial. 007 - Video conferencing with FlashMeeting Learn how to use FlashMeeting, a free web-based video conferencing tool intended for education. Open Tutorial Quick play 006 - Using Harvest Sounds to play audio files during dramas and radio shows Find out how to use Harvest Sounds, a piece of software used for playing audio files on the fly. Open Tutorial Quick play 005 - Using SpellingCity.com to support the learning of spellings Find out how to use SpellingCity.com, a free website, to support the learning of spellings. Open Tutorial Quick play 004 - ActivPrimary 3 - A basic introduction Find out the basics of how to use ActivPrimary 3, from Promethean. Open Tutorial Quick play 003 - Adding a soundtrack with Windows Movie Maker Find out how to add music to a video using Windows Movie Maker. Open Tutorial Quick play 002 - Creating word clouds with Wordle Find out how to display word lists in attractive word clouds. Open Tutorial Quick play 001 - How to download movies from Youtube In this tutorial you'll learn how to download movies from Youtube for use at a later date within the classroom."

Search 1,000s of audio projects submitted by others or make your own contribution.

20/8/08 - from the Lifehacker site, click YouTube Hacks to access. Simply put, this guide assists you in: 1. Downloading YouTube videos 2. Watching YouTube videos on a TV screen 3. Creating podcasts using YouTube RSS update feeds 4. Recording audio from videos 5. [best of all] pasting videos together to create your own compilation Great stuff!

25/2/08 - 'free' music available from the National Education Network (via WMNet) - only accessible via school networks - over 6000 recordings from known and unknown artists.

31/5/08 - "StoryMaker is a simple tool for creating digital stories. Using audio, pictures and text you can create storyboards, slideshows and much much more."

Mainly for secondary English but some resources would be useful for primary or teacher subject knowledge.

3/11/08 - This works pretty well but, as advised on the site, should not be used for illegal downloading.

27/2/08 - "Rememble is a 'washing line' for your digital bits and pieces. Thread together texts, photos, videos, sounds, scribbles, scans, notes, tweets... so they're not drifting in a digital wasteland...
1. Sign up. It takes less than a minute (honest), and save Rememble's mobile number on your phone.
2. Add texts, pics, vids, and audio clips from your PC or phone - as easy as sending to a friend.
3. Share as much or as little as you like with friends, make group timelines and generate your own communities for new things you want to do.

13/10/07 - Free online file conversion (Document, Images, Audio and Video)

17/11/07 - Convert text to audio MP3 file available to download.

24/8/08 - About ten suggestions for sites with Podcast music. The page was last updated in 2005, so some links may not work.

17/12/07 - audio downloads of actual 999 calls such as "I cannot find Homebase" and "There is pole dancing at Number 3"

2/10/07 - As it says.

29/1/08 - Royalty Free Music and Sound Effects plus free music loops, free sound effects, free midi files and free audio software

11/3/08 - "Welcome to SoundTransit.  SoundTransit is a collaborative, online community dedicated to field recording and phonography."

15/05/10 - "Fly your imagination around the world with inspirational stories to watch, hear, read and tell" - search by genre, age or country of recommended age-group. Plus ideas for using stories at school and home - possibly useful for parental newsletters or other home-school communication.