Digital Voice Recorders (DVR)

Meghan WestAmy WeaverInstructional Technology Report

DVR: What is it?

• Hand held device• Battery operated• Records and plays back

audio

DVR: What are the features?

• Equipped with internal or external microphones• Internal speakers• Headphone jack• Varying memory sizes (1GB = 600 hours of audio) • USB port to transfer data• PC and Mac compatible• Digital (no cartridges or tapes)• Voice activation• Slow and fast playback• Digital folders for data organization (easy to find,

transfer, and erase data)

DVR: How do you use it?

DVR: Classroom Applications

1. Reading• Students practice

fluency by recording themselves reading and listening to playback• Teacher records book for

students to listen to as they follow along• Teacher records student

reading for assessment

DVR: Classroom Applications

2. Multimedia• Students record

information for publishing• Movies• PowerPoint

presentations• Book presentations

DVR: Classroom Applications

3. Interviews• Student interviewing

to gather information• Student to student• Student to parent• Student to teacher• Student to community

member

• Skill building• Students practicing

interviewing skills

DVR: Classroom Applications

4. Accommodations (504, IEP, ELL)• English Language

Learners• Auditory Processing

Disorders• Autism• Physical Impairment

DVR: Classroom Applications

5. Supplemental Auditory Instruction• Voice Recorder Flash

Cards• Vocabulary• Spelling• Math

• Verbal Story Problem• Student listen to story

problem• Student record answer

explination

DVR: Classroom Applications

6. Teachers Private Use• Reflection• Journal• Reminders• Notes

DVR: Words of Caution• Easily lost, stolen, or broken• Provide clear expectations for student usage• Teach DVR etiquette • Authorization• Prior approval is needed• Those being recorded should be reminded each time

DVR: Any Questions?