A different use for recording in Word
Posted by dmlagrone on March 13, 2009
I wrote several days ago about using the Word Notebook layout in order to access the recording feature. I had then envisioned it as a way to provide students with text that was both written and oral, assuming that they have the technology to access it. Today I was doing my morning tech reading and I had another idea: How about using this feature for students to record their “writing”? Someone could then transcribe it for them.
As I began trying this, I discovered that I was speaking much too quickly to listen to myself and type as it played. Then I thought about how composing works. Maybe a student who is composing would be speaking more slowly and thoughtfully than I was when I was testing this feature. So I tested it that way. I think it would work.
Students could possibly transcribe their own recordings. That, to me, seems like a good idea because they could hear the ways that they were using language, as well as rethink their ideas as they type.
I have embedded an example here of what I’m thinking:
No, I didn’t add this. I realized that I don’t know how. I will work on that and add it in my next post!
