Today campers each created an audio gift card as a present to a specific person. They wrote poems, raps, and verses as part of the text for the card. Some worked by themselves, and some in groups. After decorating their text and cards, they recorded each other reciting their pieces using the zoom H2 digital recorder, some of which are below.
Poem by Jessica Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Rap by Brannon, Cherron, Derrick and LaMont Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Poem by Dannesha Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Poem by Tamara Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
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Today’s class was very lively. Some of our girls went to participate in a focus group for the Green Compass (more info on that here). As for the rest of us, we delved further into digital recorder technology and proper microphone technique while going around the room and telling about a time when we were hurt. Afterward, we were rejoined by our girls and made “two-way microphones” (aka tin can telephones) to illustrate how audio is transferred from one place to another. Great job today campers!
LaMont Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Jessica Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Today, students participated in a sound effects relay race, where they had to pass the “baton” (a zoom H2 digital recorder) and collect a sound from each station. We also learned about using the H2s in our round table activity “Two Truths and One Lie.”

At the close of our first day of the Pittsburgh Youth Radio Corps, we are very excited! Today we spent time learning about how to use microphones. We also made press badges that identify us as official members of the media! Click on one of the players below to hear our students doing an introductory exercise!

Meet Niya Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Meet Julia Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Welcome Campers!
During the next five weeks, you will explore radio and broadcast as part of The Pittsburgh Youth Radio Corps. You will create radio plays and oral histories, learn about microphones and record yourselves and your friends. Everything we do will be featured on neighborhoodvoices.org and played on The Saturday Light Brigade to an average listener-base of over 30,000 people!
Things will be moving pretty fast, so we have created this online journal to document our daily activities. Tell your family and friends to come and check out www.neighborhoodvoices.org/SummerDreams to see what you’ve been up to!

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