Audio Fluency
For my first artifact, I wanted to share my Audio Fluency assignment. This was from Module 2 where we had to simply record ourselves reading something. I choose to find a content related article about math and anxiety. I simply downloaded an app to my Smartphone called Smart Recorder and just had to push record. The whole process was extremely easy but I found this assignment interesting for two reasons.
The first is that in high school math, I don't ever ask my students to read any articles. Most of the class time is spent discovering math formulas, solving problems, and asking questions. Never is there any articles to read. And yet, there are so many good articles about mathematics. This made me stop and think about the importance of not only solving problems but understanding the role of mathematics in society. This is the perfect opportunity to have class discussions about why so many people have math anxiety. I really want to try to incorporate more articles and discussions into the classroom that would aid in students ability to understand true mathematics.
The second reason for including this artifact is that I never actually stopped and thought about what I sounded like. This was the perfect opportunity to reflect on my speed, tone, pace, and clarity in talking and reading. This practice will come in handy when I make my own audio records or screencasts for my classroom.
I hope to bring audio and articles into the classroom more this upcoming school year. My plan is to find one article a month and to record myself reading it or post the article. Students will be expected to listen to the recording or read the article themselves, I like giving students options. Then the next day in class we can have a discussion about what they read and see where the conversation takes us.
I think your plans to use audio recordings in your high school math class will spark some great discussion and bring your math class to a new level.
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