SpeakPipe

This week JCS Digital Learning Team is sharing a handy free online voice recorder that works on any device with an internet connection and has no account registration required. SpeakPipe is very simple to use and student friendly with minimal advertising and large buttons. 



Click on start recording.

Depending on your device, you will need to give SpeakPipe permission to use your device microphone and also for your browser. I had to allow the following two permissions (students should be able to allow access on their device). 

Here are the two permission screens that I had to allow:

Permission Screen 1

Permission Screen 2

When you see the microphone, you are ready to record (recording starts automatically)!

Once you are finished, click stop.  You will then be able to preview your recording. If you do not like it, click reset to record again.


Give your recording a name to save it to the server. It will be available for three months on SpeakPipe's server.

The last step is to share your recording. You can embed your recording directly on a web page, share the link to the recording, or click on the link to have the option of downloading your recording to your device.

Some ideas for how to use SpeakPipe:
  • Audio book reviews
  • Substitute teacher instructions
  • Foreign language conversation practice
  • Audio response to blog posts or discussion questions
  • Poem dictation
  • Interpretive readings
  • Explanation of solving a math problem
  • Science lab observations
  • Study aids
  • Reading fluency
  • Homework help

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Cleaning up for EOY

Image
The end of the school year is here and it is a great time for students and staff to cleanup your email and drives before you leave for the summer.  Here are a few best practices and tools to help you. Student/Staff Drives: It is a good idea to backup all files on your school based drives before you leave for the summer. Refer to your EOY checkout sheets for your school process. Remember that the student share drive  will be deleted  this summer so remove any files you wish to keep. Google Takeout: Go to:  https://www.google.com/ settings/takeout To create an archive of all files on up to 16 different Google products including Drive and Gmail. This process is free and very simple, just follow the onscreen directions as shown below. 1. Create an archive by selecting the services you wish to archive: 2. Select your file download type and delivery method (by default all files will download as a zip file): 3. Click Create Archive, you will then
Read more

Insert Images into your Quizzes using Google Quizzes aka Forms

Image
You can now add images to your answer choices in Google Forms. Doing that allows you to have students select an image as the response to a question. You can also combine images and text in your Google Forms answer choices. It also allows you to select answer key, point value, and feedback!  Check out this video for step by step instructions:  Insert Images as Answer Choices  
Read more

2016 Microsoft Office for Home Use

Image
Microsoft Office for Home Use includes  Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016 Or if you use a Mac, get Office Home and Business 2016 for the same low price $9.95. Go to:  http://www.microsofthup.com/hupus/home.aspx Enter your work email and follow the on screen instructions!
Read more