audioboo

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boooooooooooOoo!
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i need you boo... i gotta see you boo...

when i was typing the title of this post, i suddenly remember this nice song by chris brown. let's listen to this song while reading this post. SHALL WE??

so, let's get back to audioboo. What is the meaning of boo really? to be frank, i still don't know. when i look up in the dictionary, it says that boo is a sound that people make when they don't like a person. I know that sound, but i can't see the connection with audioboo. haha. WHATever!

Below is my audioboo. Listen to it if you want to. As usual, nasal congested-like behaviour sound.

HOW TO USE IT??

go to the page HERE. 

this is how the homepage looks like. easy, right? they've got an audioboo application downloader for smart phones. Firstly, of course, SIGN UP/LOG IN if you already have an account

don't forget to tick the small box before joining audioboo

you can either follow friends or invite friends to view you audioboo

random audioboo that can be listened to, recorded by people from all over the world

your profile. you can upload your photo, record new audio, or listen to the previous audioboo that have been recorded

THESE ARE THE WAYS/QUICK STEPS TO RECORD AUDIOBOO:

 

you can either upload your own files, or just record a new audio directly. if you are not happy with the recording, you can restart another recording. then gives it a title. You can add pictures, location or some descriptions if you want to. published audioboo will be saved into your profile

this appears when you click on one audioboo file.here, you can edit your audioboo, you can publish it on tweeter, like it on fb, embed it onto your blog, or email it to someone

dropping comments in two ways: i) written and ii) audio comment

when dealing with files and sounds on the internet, we'll always connect it to the word podcasting. What is it really? Based on the online dictionary, podcasting is a series of digital video files that can be downloaded through web. In my opinion, podcasting is VERY USEFUL to be used in learning language, especially in improving speaking skills. 

of course AUDIOBOO is one of the podcasting tools that can be used by students and teachers in the web.

the question here is:
  HOW AM I GONNA USE IT IN MY CLASSROOM??

• I can ask students to record their reflection on certain issues in about 2-3 minutes long at home and email it to me. This activity is suitable to be done monthly, for lower intermediate level of students. So teacher can assess their students' performance/improvement in speaking. As for students, they can express themselves more compared to when they are learning in the classroom. *this is because audiboo only record your voice, not your face and not in front of the class, so students will be more relaxed and confident*
• Students can practice their own speaking skills every week in which they can record their own voice talking about a topic per week, then compare it to each other at the end of the year. So here the students can evaluate their own improvement. *I think this can be a good practice for students as when they are doing the recording by themselves and get familiar with it, they won't feel shy or afraid to make mistakes because there's no teachers' control (Willis and Willis). This will also encourage autonomous learning where students will be independent
• students can be exposed to different ways of people using English from all over the world, so they can learn not only about language difference, but in cultural aspect too. So, this can help them to be more lenient towards the use of English in their daily life
• can be used as a materials to improve listening skills as well, where teacher could ask students to listen to people from different culture speaking in English and make them familiar with it. From this, i believe that students' listening skills will improve. They can grab difficult words faster as they are familiar with how certain people from certain cultures pronoun certain words.

I LIKE IT BECAUSE:

• it can be connected to other pages such as tweeter, iTunes, facebook, blog and email it to your friends
• it offers application for smart phones, so the audio can be recorded and uploaded by using phones as well, not only laptop
• it allows people from all over the world to share information
• it's easy, quick, free and effective (it doesn't give people headache)

I DON'T LIKE CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT
AUDIOBOO, WHICH ARE:

• it is limited to 3 minutes only, and because of that students can't talk much
• it can't be downloaded
• it doesn't have real life interaction (one way of communicating only, absence of distruption, backchanelling, etc)
• can't be done frequently because it will discourage students to be more active, brave and confident enough to talk in front of the class (though it may help, but it is a long term result)
• requires access to internet connection

IF YOU STILL HAVE TROUBLE USING AUDIOBOO, GO TO THIS LINK BELOW:

Help Videos for Audioboo

http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/audioboo/index.html

.that's it for today.

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