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Audacity
Audacity® is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is installed on your computer. Downloads are available for Windows, Macintosh and Linux from the Sourceforge web site. Select the **Stable, Latest Version** for your platform, not the Beta version. **You do not have to download and install Audacity to use your digital recorder**, but if you do install Audacity, you can use it to edit your audio files and to recorder directly on your computer.

You might also like to download the optional Lame MP3 Encoder. Because of software patents, Audacity cannot distribute MP3 encoding software themselves and the encoder is need to export files in MP3 format. Audacity can also be used to work with WAV files and proprietary AUP (Audacity) files.

Sony ICD Digital Recorders for Manchester ELL Teachers
Download the full Operating Instructions nanual or the Quickstart Guide for your Digital Voice Recorder:

Operating Instructions Quick Start Guide

iPod Touch as a Digital Recorder - don't let the title fool you! Although the iPod is featured in the slideshare, the teaching ideas can be used with any audio recorder!
iPod Touch as a Classroom Voice Recorder - This slideshare has information on the SwitchEasy Thumbtack Mic along with with directions and ideas for using the iPod Touch as a Digital Recorder in your classroom. Similar "push pin" microphones can be purchased on Amazon or eBay for under $10.

Classroom ideas from the slideshare:
 * Pass around the class and record class/individual goals or student reflections
 * Record students reading their writing
 * Record a fictional interview with a person or object of study
 * Record a test or quiz study Q & A
 * Record key concepts
 * Create a voicethread/Add to a voicethread
 * Record a passage from a book
 * Record a poem
 * Script/record a radio advertisement
 * Record Book Talks
 * Literature Circles/book group discussions and share with other groups
 * Adapt/write/record a script
 * Meet the author library development
 * Science Logs, capture real time observations/field notes/sounds
 * Art critiques
 * Write/record historically correct audio diaries
 * Create Walking Guides
 * Gather oral histories