Audo+editing+and+podcasting

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 * Audacity and OdeoWOWOWOWOWO**
 * 1) **Describe your tool. What is it used for?** Audacitycan be used to make podcasts which could be used for several different types of school projects- basicaly anything you could put sound in the back of. making a video u need sound effects for, or doing voice overs
 * 2) **Describe how to use your tool?** Audacity is a system you can use to record and edit sound clips.
 * 3) **Do you need an account?** Audacity can be downloaded from the Audacity website; Odeo, however, needs a membership to add podcasts to.
 * 4) **Is it online or a software program?** Audacity is a software program.
 * 5) **What are some advantages of using this tool?** If you don't want to go up and talk to the class, you can record the infomation on Audacity and play it during class.
 * 6) **How can we use this tool for educational purposes?** Any time you would need anything recorded or edited for school Audacity can help.
 * 7) **Give examples of other similiar tools. Do you have a preference?** Garageband is a similar tool- in some ways Garageband is better because it already had sound samples on the program. A down side to Garageband is that it only works through apple
 * 8) **Write an evaluation of the tool. Is it easy to use? How hard is it to figure out?** The program is not that hard to figure out.