Microphones for Teaching & Learning
This blog post will be explore how to use audio production effectively in teaching and learning.
There are many ways that audio can be incorporated into your teaching practice and classroom activities. Here are some examples:
- Providing feedback for student assignments
- Adding commentary or narration to instructional videos
- Enhancing the audio quality of your online video or conference calls
- Capturing high quality audio for video interviews
- Dictating notes on your phone or tablet
- Adding audio clips to website or ePortfolios
- Creating podcasts
Let’s take a look at the different kinds of microphones you can use with your computer, phone, tabled or camera.
An Introduction to Microphones
Investing in a microphone for your computer, phone or tablet can improve the overall sound quality of your recorded audio. In the video below Dr. Gordon Cobb introduces a variety of affordable microphones and tests the audio quality of a selection of USB mics.
Audio Production – the Basics
Connecting a USB microphone to your computer
These two videos will explain how to connect a USB microphone to your computer.
Gordon received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University and his Masters of Music in Composition for New Media from the London College of Music in the UK. In 2015, Gordon completed a PhD in Arts Education at Simon Fraser University where his research explored multimodal composing practices, new musical literacies, and transformative music engagement in music video production with urban youth. His work as a music composer and sound designer has been showcased in numerous public venues, including two Olympic Games commissions (Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010), the VanDusen Botanical Gardens Festival of Lights, the New York City Ballet, and the Cedar Lake Ensemble, New York; and on television with The Knowledge Network, and the National Film Board of Canada where he was the recipient of a 2013 Leo Award nomination. Dr. Cobb is a part of the music faculty at Kwantlen Polytechnic University where he teaches music technology and music video production. He is also a senior instructor at the Sarah McLachlan School of Music, where for the past 14 years he has taught piano, musical theatre, music technology, and music video production. Gordon has implemented numerous innovative music programs at the Arts Umbrella, the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, the Vancouver Biennale, and Cobb House Studio.
