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After a negative student reaction, prompt them to record their feelings using the pre-recorded loops.
Teaching mindfulness by creating a guided meditation.
To calm when upset: students record a passage of reading and add music.
Recording answers if student has difficulty writing.
Students create challenging social skill scenarios (i.e. how to manage losing a game). Then record, add sounds and audio.
Students with dyslexia can practice reading a passage for fluency and confidence.
Music representing the sound of different chemical reactions, explained orally as well as with music.
Weather forecasts or weather advisories.
Students record a museum-style description for items they created using the 3D printer and exhibit audio alongside the feature.
Wind chime and/or frequency project: chime plays 5 different frequencies.
Radio ad or public service announcement for winter weather safety.
Create soundtracks for others to follow particular science concepts.
Adopt an element (record notes and/or appropriate sound effects).
Students can add their audio for a commercial displaying the design, model and Newton’s Law regarding roller coasters.
Create lab safety public safety announcements.
Create soundscapes for each major biome, using a variety of sounds to identify characteristics, flora, and fauna.
Build a field guide to on-campus birds (include song samples and spoken recordings of appearance, diet, and habitat).
Study sound waves by examining recorded waveforms generated by a dropped ball.
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Create a rap or song for Latin paradigms. Student work becomes classroom entrance music to help build community.
Students can create short book talks promoting their last great read.
Students listen to a track and apply foreign language vocabulary to create a collective “audio” map.
Students can practice fluency and intonation by performing & recording readers’ theatre.
Oral assessments.
Students can record “book trailers” about great books they have read and share on announcements or school website.
Students can record “book trailers” about great books they have read and share on announcements or school website.
Poems of a century.
Langston Hughes versus the 20’s Music – pair an audio recording of one of Hughes’ poems with the music of the 20’s.
Storytelling from the Ancient Mali Empire.
Oral diary entry of a refugee or a famous early explorer.
Book talks. Promote a book you have read.
Record original student stories for work on confidence, fluency and oral communication.
Advanced Placement (AP) world language assessments.
Students aurally create step-by-step “how-to’s” for reference on a specific procedure.
Creating radio dramas in second language courses.
Create a program piece of music for an existing (or student original) literary text.
Students write meaningful song lyrics to a school anthem.
Students create a song depicting character traits from a class novel they are reading.
Students record a children’s story to share with younger students (enhance with music/sound effects).
Making thinking visible by responding to prompt.
Summarize a book or theme at the end of reading by recording and adding the audio elements.
Students write and record short stories (add appropriate music/sound effects).
Picture book read aloud: as you are reading, students draw a graph of the rise and fall in the action. Then create a soundtrack that mirrors the emotion and plot of the story.
Write and record original narrative poems.
Add meter-matching drum beats to record readings of class poems.
Build an original soundtrack that compliments the rising action, climax, and resolution of a novel.
Wordless narratives.
Read, record, and reflect.
Language immersion and conversation practice.
Improve reading fluency by having students record their own reading.
Add soundtrack to a foreign language text to demonstrate understanding of content or sequence of events.
Students create audiobooks from their writing (add a “ding” to indicate page turns).
Present student writing through a class radio drama or a poetry slam.
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Oral assessments.
Students create audio conversations about characters and people for a particular time period.
Create an audio tour for historical sites.
Students pick a historical character and describe that character without actually naming the person. The rest of the class listens and guesses the person.
Storytelling from the Ancient Mali Empire.
Radio show of “live” historic event.
Students record a museum-style description for items they created using the 3D printer and exhibit audio alongside the feature.
Create a radio series for a timeline version of historical events. This can be tied to one period or over time from different perspectives.
Old time radio program.
Historical broadcasts.
Interview someone that endured WW II or similar.
Oral diary entry of a refugee or a famous early explorer.
Create an original music piece to reflect periods and/or events in history.
Create a podcast: What does the Bill of Rights mean to me?
Create a podcast around a historical speech.
Wanted public service announcement for Fugitive (Criminal Minds Class).
Create a first-person audio analysis of a historical or political event.
Public service announcement for the Bill of Rights.
Students create a faux advertising campaign to convince immigrants to settle the new American colonies.
Students interview relatives on life histories.
Students record fireside chats as Franklin D. Roosevelt during the depression.
Correspondence report from a warzone.
Commemorate innovative inventions in human history with a series of radio commercials.
Record a re-enactment of a historic debate using multiple vocal tracks and sound effects.
“Day in the life” documentary creation that describes the sights, sounds and activities during a specific time period.
Compose and record radio drama based on a historical event.
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Create a remix to another student’s song. First student creates the basic structure of a song and the next student changes beats to create a remix.
Create an assignment where there are purposeful mistakes. Compare/contrast to a “finished product” example for students to look and listen.
Critique, reflect & self-assess performance (“Sports Announcement Technique.”)
Recorder practice.
PSA for music student to narrate music time periods while their performance is playing in the background.
Music video audio track (in conjunction with WeVideo or the like).
Pre & post test for music students. Record initial playing of instrument/music and re-record it at a later date to hear the improvement.
Students pretend to be adjudicators at an assessment event and critique their ensemble using the same score sheet that actual adjudicators use.
Elementary students could record a story with a predominant mood or voice. They can collaborate with a MS/HS music class to create background tracks for their story based on the desired mood.
Record the “best” version of a song each day to create a portfolio of improvement to reflect upon.
Students play/record a full ensemble piece .
Students arrange and record different versions of the national anthem to play during morning announcements.
Performance test followed by student reflections.
Create a soundtrack and effects to accompany the actors for a radio play of “A Christmas Carol” or something similar.
Record a performance of the band and have students create an adjudication/commentary of performance.
Home practice tracks.
Cover a favorite song, record, create the music for a music video.
Practice improvisation with pentatonic scale for guitar class.
Solo voice recordings with the addition of background instruments.
Create a collaborative soundscape (story with sounds). Each person can add 1 or 2 layers.
Create black & white silent film accompaniment music with sound effects for self made films.
Record discussion on volume levels, basic editing, and ducking alongside the music to encourage a real-world audio process to supplement the music creation.
Older students create a podcast detailing tips for younger students being introduced to the band or choir program.
Create musical intros with quick hooks and transitions; then discuss the importance of those features.
Produce a podcast of their original music.
Different class sections can collaborate to practice.
Practice number counting, rhythmic counting and counting songs.
Augment a musical using the audio recording features.
Record a radio show about the music classroom, sharing performance successes, compositions, rehearsal progress, talk about how school instruments and equipment are making a difference and so on. Broadcast the show episodes in the mornings at school, online, or submit the show to iTunes as a podcast (which makes it easy for parents to access and will show off your school activities publicly).
Composing various rhythms.
Create music for jingles in commercials and podcasts.
Part practice in choir.
Students record themselves singing or playing and then critique.
Use loops or created music as background for improvisation in jazz rehearsal.
Students create music, promotional material and tour schedule for fabricated band.
Students create a recording of them playing their favorite piece while adding the loops to fill out the rest of the band.
Facilitate playing tests by using the assignment & collaboration features.
Students create district on-hold music for phone system.
Students produce a portfolio of their best arrangements, compositions and performances.
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Oral assessments.
Student create repeating/growing patterns using the pre-recorded loops/sounds.
Study fractions using tracks.
Create a song to memorize a formula or theorem.
Use Groove Pizza in conjunction with Soundtrap to create grooves using math concepts like shapes, angles, and patterns.
Connect music to fractions. Replay a song set at 4/4, 3/4 and 6/8 time for students to hear the difference.
Create memorable math facts by using loops to lead your class in a sing-along.
Use the keyboard touch instrument to help students make musical connections to the Fibonacci sequence.
Student create repeating/growing patterns using the pre-recorded loops/sounds.
Display visual transformation of a function.
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Create an audio tour for historical sites.
Use in collaboration with Google My Maps – pin important places on the map, add pictures and audio recording from Soundtrap describing the significance of the locations.
Podcast the points of interest along a race route for runners to listen to as they pass the points of interest. Collaborate with the community organization or race hosts.
Students learn about a different country by interviewing a recent traveler and creating a digital travel album.
Create virtual field trips with student recorded tour guide voice overs.
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Audio recording of safety rules at school, cafeteria, playground, etc.
Student create passing music between classes (instead of bells).
Record interviews with classmates.
Connect with another school globally.
Record interviews with recent graduates.
Principal, teacher leader, student or group of students record the morning announcements
Create “badges/buttons that sing”: Students record a quote and invite others to wear. In conjunction with a QR code, viewers can scan the code to hear the student recording.
Select a song that fits a virtue celebrated at the school, cover it, make a video.
Collect sounds from around the school to make promo for assemblies or character trait songs.
Create a morning announcements theme song.
Compose a culture building song appropriate to specific school situation.
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Students record a museum-style description for items they created using the 3D printer and exhibit audio alongside the feature.
Critic podcast responding to art.
Students develop a narrative for visiting a museum featured in Google Arts & Culture, focusing on a genre or emotion that is evoked in the artwork, adding music and sounds that enhance the theme.
Reflection on process of making art (things learned, successes, etc)
Students develop a story about a work of art showcasing their understanding of symbols, colors and principles of design.
Public service announcement on shop safety in lieu of written assessment prior to using the tools & equipment.
Assessment recording of engine teardown that requires script writing as well as use of voice recording.
Students create a reflection and/or explanation of artwork they created for people to listen to as they observe their art via QR code.
Student teaches others about ideation, research and composition.
Critique a famous piece of art or discuss design elements by recording and reflecting.
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Create “branded” intros for screencasts or tutorials.
Use the recorder and audio recorder to create any and all audio to use with video production (iMovie, WeVideo, etc.)
Record how-to directions followed by creating a video with the recording.
Students create music, promotional material and tour schedule for fabricated band.
Podcast the points of interest along a race route for runners to listen to as they pass the points of interest. Collaborate with the community organization or race hosts.
Create a radio commercial to promote a product or business.
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Record, practice, and critique speeches.
In lieu of a written report, create a podcast.
Compare and contrast tracks regarding articulation, conversation & pronunciation.
Record a debate between two different viewpoints presenting.
Voiceover work for various projects.
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Students record daily news announcements.
Record daily journal of research progress or “Here’s what I tried in art/music today and why it worked or didn’t work.”
Biography research monologue.
Teacher records lecture or class discussions for archival purposes.
Student create repeating/growing patterns using the pre-recorded loops/sounds.
Students have guests from another city (state, country!) featured on a podcast.
Commercial for your subject, “Why does ___ matter?”
Interview professionals about their careers and experiences.
Student promote and explain images for various projects.
During field trips, students record voice notes and take photos. Then compile for an interactive guided tour.
Teacher records and broadcasts group discussions.
Use to interview sources for articles for a class newspaper.
Use as an alternative assessment for students that prefer not to be filmed.
Add audio to any presentation.
Student portfolios that captures their work over time.
Teacher flips the classroom by recording a tutorial that students listen to asynchronously.
Project based learning creations with student podcasts.
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Students record a radio commercial to promote a product.
Audio explanation of process while planning, preparing and cooking a meal.
Students create a nutritional informative public service announcement in conjunction with the school lunch program.
Create a podcast that gives information regarding a fruit or vegetable.
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Students record muscle awareness talks and show exercises, which work out the introduced muscles.
Students create meditation tracks.
Record a relaxation lesson with music for class.
Study the effects of music on the brain. Students create original music based on their research with voice explanation recorded.
Have the students create encouraging music and podcast lesson for a running or HIIT class.
Create short audio clips that are linked to TABADA movements.
Have students narrate a spin class (including cheers) and underline it with matching music, according to the intensity.
Create original music for playlist based on heart rate rhythms.
Creating PSAs for health related topics (examples: smoking, nutrition, health & fitness, diseases, etc.)
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Music production career path preparation.
Record, practice, and critique speeches.
Record scholarship auditions for post-secondary institution requirements.
Facilitate learning conversations using the text & video chat features while co-creating with collaborators.
Student portfolios that captures their work over time.
Students interview people about their careers and add appropriate sound effects.
