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>From: Felix Kronenberg <[log in to unmask]>
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Jaime,

have you thought about using a free online voiceboard, such as chinswing?

http://www.chinswing.com/

Recording would be browser-based and you could eliminate one step. It would
also enable you to connect with native speakers. In my German course this
semester, we've already had several posts from people that are not part of
the class. It really energized the students.

And an RSS feed is automatically generated, allowing you to subscribe to
discussions as Podcasts.

Of course if you prefer a closed system this would not be an option.

You might also look into yackpack; unfortunately they have started charging
a fee a while ago, but it might well be worth it.

http://www.yackpack.com/

Felix

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On 10/15/07 10:51 AM, "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Jaime,
> 
> If you're already creating the audio with Audacity - why don't you have
> your students post the audio files to a blog or a wiki?
> 
> Marlene
> 
> LLTI-Editor wrote:
>> --- Forwarded Message from Jaime Orrego <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>>> Date:         Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:35:25 -0400
>>> From: Jaime Orrego <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: Ourmedia
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> cc: Jaime Orrego <[log in to unmask]>
>>>     
>> 
>> Is there anybody familiar with Ourmedia.org?
>> 
>> We are conducting a Pilot Program for our third semester Spanish students
>> here at Illinois Wesleyan University.  Our students will do some oral
>> activities using Audacity and post them online so everybody who is part of
>> this project could listen to them.  I was thinking to use
>> odeo.com/studio.odeo.com but I don$E2t know how reliable this website is.  I
>> say this because I was trying to use it and it hasn$E2t been working this
>> week. I am trying to find a place where my students could upload their audio
>> files and I found Ourmedia.org but I do not know anybody who has used it
> before.
>> 
>> Thank you all for your help.
>> 
>> Jaime.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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