Vocaroo ---- a free online recorder

In this post I will introduce :
1.  What is Vocaroo?

2.   How to use Vocaroo to record and share the recording?

3.   The advantages of using it in ELT

4.   The limitations of employing it in ELT

5.   References

6.   Useful links for further reading

1.  What is Vocaroo?

Vocaroo is a free online voice recording service.

2.   How to use Vocaroo to record and share 

After recording, there are many options for you to do with the record.

1. Send the recording to an email address.

2. Embed it into other sites, such as Facebook

3. Share it through different social networks

 4. Upload or download

        A detailed description for how to share the recording online is here!!! Please click the following picture or link, which is demonstrated by Russell Stannard ( a renowned innovator in ICT ). I'm sure you will like it! :)

 Click and watch

                                http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/vocaroo1/index.html

3.   The advantages of using it in ELT

Vocaroo  is extremely useful for ELT! Here are some advantages  I find about Vocaroo.

Teachers can:

• Can record the "teaching journal", do the reflective thinking and share it with other teachers.
• Send request or feedback for students' homework
• Prepare materials for classroom activities, such as listening materials with different practicing purposes that edited by the teacher.
• Collect data from the classroom for monitoring and comparing students' learning process.

Students can:

• Record the "learning journal", and refine their study plan and skills.
• Improve their speaking, especially for pronunciation and fluency. 
• Share and exchange ideas with other language learners from worldwide without the physical boundaries.

4.   The limitations of employing it in ELT

• The only weakness is that the maximum length is 5 minutes only

Vocaroo is a simple and easy tool, please try it out! If there are some new creative ways of using Vocaroo, please write me a comment! :)

References

No direct citations

Useful links 

http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/vocaroo1/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1ORyOFnOk0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hjdBwtDhxE (french instruction)

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