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 * Need to send this to Mrs. Munson - her email -- rmunson@bluevalleyk12.org


 * Don't forget - when you send your audacity file to Mrs. Munson - bring the folder attached to the audacity file OR export as an MP3 (see below for how)

Examples: Digital Booktalks http://www.digitalbooktalk.com/ Nancy Keane's Booktalks http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/

IMPORTANT! You must use original work or copyright free to publish to the web. Unfortunately, a Google Image Search or a song from your iPod does not count as copyright free. The following sources provide copyright free resources.

__Help creating your Audio/Video Files:__ Use Atomic Learning available from Kan-Ed. [|Login to Kan-Ed] (check with Mrs. Munson & Mrs. Davis for password info. if needed) and click the Atomic Learning link. You will be able to access tutorials for iMovie, Audacity, and much more!

Music/Sound Effects http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/ http://ccmixter.org/ http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_audio http://www.classiccat.net/index.htm [|Public Domain Music]*The LMC also has a large collection of CD's with royalty free music and sound effects. http://www.incompetech.com/

Images http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html http://www.pics4learning.com/ http://www.freepixels.com/ http://www.freephotosbank.com/ "Any photos/pictures posted by the author “freephotosbank” are free to use as long as you are using them for a website, book, magazine, etc." **Note the author of the photo - if not freephotosbank - then you need to request permission.**

From home, I want to create an audio file. [|Download Audacity] [|How-to Use Audacity]from Discovery Educator Network

Create a folder on your desktop labeled LAME. 1. Download the LAME File. (http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~raa110/audacity/lame.html) 2. Click on the second link listed. [|**lame-3.96.1**] 3. Click OPEN. Files should pop-up. COPY these files to the LAME folder you created earlier. 4. Go back to your Audacity file. 5. Click FILE - Export to MP3. 6. Choose folder you need to save your file & name your file. 7. It will then ask you for the LAME file. So, through the dialog box that popped-up, go the desktop folder, LAME. Click Open. 8. Then click Save. If this doesn't work, please feel free to email Mrs. Munson & let her know. OR copy the audacity file & the folder that goes with it to a CD and bring to school.
 * __Export as an MP3__**