This is the video I submitted with the Apple Distinguished Educator Application for the Class of 2013. I was not chosen for the 2013 Class, but hope to resubmit next year. Let me know what you think of this application and what I could do to make it better for next year’s application. Thank you!
GarageBand Fluency December 11, 2012
I am very excited to share this with you! A sample can be clicked at the bottom of this post…
We created read-a-loud books to help develop our fluency. Each student in my first grade classroom are making their own GarageBand read-a-louds.
This is a project I did with my class several years ago, but it required me bringing in my MacBook from home and then editing and burning CDs at home for parents.
This year I was able to use GarageBand for iPad and then email parents the completed sound file.
After modeling how to use GarageBand for this activity, my first grade students were able to record their voices independently and manipulate the sound effects to complete their stories.
They love their finished projects!
We used two lines of sound in GarageBand. The top line is their audio recordings for each page with a page turn sound effect between pages. The second line holds background music as well as a final sound effect. 
The smiles on their faces are worth every moment I spent preparing this activity for them! 🙂
Here is a sample from one of my students! STUDENT SAMPLE
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