Lesson 267: Record your voice with an app

💡 TECHNOLOGY & FUTURE SKILLS (40 Lessons) • 🟣 D. Creating with Technology

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Objective

I can use a simple voice recording app with an adult. I can speak clearly, listen back to my voice, and follow safety rules about what I say and who hears the recording.

Materials

Mini-lesson — Hearing your own voice

A voice recording app can record the sound of your voice. You can listen back and hear yourself speak.

What a recording app can do

  • It can record your voice when you tap a record button.
  • It can play your voice back when you tap play.
  • It can save your recording so you can hear it again later.

Speaking clearly and kindly

  • Take a breath and speak slowly and clearly.
  • Use kind, respectful words.
  • Pretend you are reading to a friend or teddy bear.

Keep private information out

  • Do not say your address, phone number, passwords, or full name in recordings you might share.
  • Do not record someone else without asking.
  • If you are not sure if something is private, ask a trusted adult.

Share only with trusted adults

  • Let parents, carers, or teachers hear your recording first.
  • Do not send recordings to strangers or new online friends.
  • Adults decide if a recording can be shared with others or kept private.

Recordings are copies of your voice

  • A recording is like a sound picture of your voice.
  • You can delete a recording if you or an adult do not like it.
  • People and feelings are always more important than any recording.

Adults can say: "This app records your voice. We will practise speaking kindly, leave out private information, and share your recordings only with trusted adults."

Picture strip: "Record, listen, and share safely"

Guided Practice — Make a short voice recording

You and an adult will use a voice recording app to make a short, safe recording.

  1. An adult chooses and opens a simple recording app. Look together at the record and play buttons.
  2. Decide what you will say. Choose a short line, such as "Hello, my name is Sam." or a tiny poem or fact that does not include private information.
  3. Take a calm breath. The adult taps the record button. Speak slowly and clearly.
  4. When you finish, the adult taps stop. Tap play to listen to your voice together.
  5. Talk about what you hear: "Did we speak slowly?", "Do we sound kind?".
  6. Check with the adult: "Did we share any private information?". If yes, delete the recording and try again with safer words.
  7. If the recording is safe and kind, the adult may choose to save it with a simple name, like "reading-1". Say together: "We share this only with trusted adults."
Tracing Pad
Tracing snapshot for print
Tip: As you trace, say a sentence such as "I record kindly and keep private details out."

Practice — My "safe voice" steps

Use this practice to help your child remember simple steps for safe, kind voice recordings.

  1. On a new page, write or trace the title: "My safe voice steps".
  2. Draw four boxes down the page. Number them 1, 2, 3, and 4.
  3. In box 1, help your child draw a child asking an adult for help with the app. Underneath, write or trace: "I ask an adult."
  4. In box 2, draw a child speaking into a device with a small microphone symbol. Underneath, write: "I speak clearly and kindly."
  5. In box 3, draw a big ear or musical note to show listening back. Underneath, write: "I listen with my adult."
  6. In box 4, draw the child and adult together with a heart or shield to show safety. Underneath, write: "We share recordings only with trusted adults."
  7. Read all four steps together. Ask your child: "Which step do you want to remember most next time we record?"

Quick Check — Recording your voice safely

Answer each question about voice recording apps and safe, kind rules.

1) What does a voice recording app do?

A recording app saves sound from your voice.

2) Which button usually starts a recording?

Recording buttons often look like a mic or red circle.

3) How should you speak when you record?

Clear, calm speech makes recordings easy to understand.

4) Which thing is private and should not go in a recording you share?

Addresses and phone numbers are private information.

5) Who should listen to your recording first?

Trusted adults help you decide if a recording is safe and kind.

6) If you make a recording that you do not like, what can you do?

You and an adult can delete recordings you do not want.

7) Who decides if your recording can be shared or kept private?

Adults help make safe choices about sharing.

8) Which sentence is kind and safe about recordings?

We always ask and share only with people we trust.

9) What is a healthy choice after practising recordings?

Breaks keep your body and ears feeling good.

10) What is one big goal of this lesson?

We want children to enjoy recording their voice while staying safe.

Assessment (parent/teacher)

Exit ticket (student)

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