Simple Way to Record with Audacity

Remember I talked about how you could record your students' reading fluency using a simple software program? I did this with Room 47 students this year, and it's pretty easy to do. At the end of the year, it's a way for teachers, students, and parents to compare the progress students are making in their fluency (makes those oral fluency numbers mean something). Take a look at this video I found on TeacherTube--see, I told you you don't have to reinvent the wheel--it's a quick tutorial on Audacity, a free downloadable program for recording. The tutorial is using the Windows version, but it's basically the same for the Mac (and your Mac already has a built-in microphone, so you're good to go). Check out the video. If you want to try it out, just go to the free download site.