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Audioboo

By Colin Davitt

Why
Audioboo is a mobile and web platform that effortlessly allows you to record and share audio for your friends, family or the rest of the world to hear.  It allows you and the students to capture those teachable moments and preserve them on the web.  Creating these clips has never been easier with the use of the website or the Audioboo app.  Turning these clips into a podcast is dead simple with a simple click of a button.


How
This resource is available on most every mobile device and can record directly from the website. The final product can then be embed in your site or played directly from Audioboo.
Want the exact steps on creating the boo? See the Take Aways section below.


Audioboo in the elementary classroom. Here are the latest boos created by and for elementary kids.
More examples of how Audioboo is used in a modern classroom.


Take Aways
How to create an Audioboo for your classroom:
http://audioboo.fm/about/audioboo
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