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Using my BrainShark
I have been making use of myBrainShark over the last three years and it has been a really successful tool to work with. Students can produce their own PowerPoint slides, load them up onto myBrainShark, and then add their voices to their slides. myBrainShark then packs the PowerPoint presentation with the audio and creates a link to a file that can easily be shared with the teacher. So, students can create PowerPoints on a given topic, record and re-record their voice until they are happy with their recording, and then share their work at the click of a button. Students and teachers can listen to the recordings and add notes/comments as feedback. I have used this tool with great success. I recently got students to create PowerPoint presentations of six to eight slides where they provided personal information about their families, friends, interests, and hobbies. They then added their voice to the PowerPoint presentations and shared them over the internet. I played back their recordings, took notes, and provided them with feedback on the work. In class, I played back some of the best examples and asked the students why they thought I had selected them. myBrainShark is particularly useful because there is no need to share big files and it is an online tool. Once the students have uploaded their presentations and added their voices, they simply share the link. The teacher can click on the link and listen to the recordings directly from the myBrainShark server. This tool can also make an excellent contribution to eportfolios. This tool is especially good for English for Academic Purposes students and those doing Business English. Many of these students will be expected to give PowerPoint presentations during their course and this is a great way of getting them to practice. Students are not limited to PowerPoint. They can load up PDF documents, Word files, pictures, and even videos, and then add their own voice narration. Students can also share their recordings with other students and in this way get peer feedback.
(Adapted from SHRESTHA, P. Book review: Innovations in Learning Technologies for English Language Teaching, 2014)
According to the text, mark the statements below as True (T) or False (F). Then, check the CORRECT alternative.
( ) My BrainShark is a great online tool for presentations with audio. Students can upload files and then add voice to them
( ) The tool creates a link to a file that can easily be shared with the teacher and other students.
( ) Students can create PowerPoint presentations of six to eight slides only.
( ) Teachers and classmates can give feedback on the recordings by adding comments.
( ) This technology is a great way of preparing students for Academic presentations.
The statements are, respectively,
