school language program. Putting together the budget, I see I could buy an iPod Touch for less than a "Classic", add a $30 earbud/mic combo, add a $10 app like Poddio (has an Audacity feel, but I just downloaded it, so have no real experience yet) and you have a great little mobile recording studio. I've heard a high school student he doesn't like that they can't edit their audio on the iPods (he's an Audicity user I believe), they have to start over to deal with mistakes or room noise.
I'm already a Touch owner, so I'm impressed with this little computer, but wasn't sure of their utility in the classroom. Would the screen be too small, etc, etc. Could they, would they use it for notes. Would it be a distraction to download games, etc.
I'm curious of the concern by David Cox about them walking away, too. Has that been a temptation?
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that. But, part of what makes Animoto fun is the music. Here is an example of a video I created from a Christmas Program at my school. I quieted the sound in parts so we could hear the kids sing. http://animoto.com/play/sK7mvXUM0fZfv1P69LXsAQ
If you want your students' voices to come through more than that, you could try Little Bird Tales. http://littlebirdtales.com/home/default/
This site allows students to write online stories and record sound onto the pages. It is very easy to use. Here is an example of a storybird (no sound) that a friend of mine wrote for her English classes. It might give you some ideas of how a story would look versus the video slideshow.
http://storybird.com/books/the-life-and-love-of-susie-subordinate-in-search-o/…
actually got some responses. Now I'm worried because the sound quality of my voice is TERRIBLE. What do I need to do. I spoke to someone and they said I need a USB mic....that's a good place to start.
Any other ideas?
I use a terrible head set right now that plugs into the mic jack. I use Audacity and am having trouble at making my voice sound good.
Check out what I'm talking about. Visit my page, or go to theteacherslife.mypodcast.com , or download "The Teachers Life" in iTunes.
I listened to one of the shows and I had to take my headphones off it hurt so bad!
I'm obviously new to all of this, and if I'm going to interview some BIG dogs, I need to get my act together....quick!
Any suggestions?
Thanks!…
Board). It was definitely a time-savings for me -- I could communicate a lot more by voice than if I'd tried to write it all out. By the way, the way i did it, I also included some notes and markup on the papers, then with my voice recording went through them page by page making reference to some of the markup. I'd certainly do it again, but interestingly, the students were somewhat concerned with the format, because they felt (i think) a little overwhelmed by the process. I think they were used to getting extremely linear feedback (like a notation that says "fix your grammar on this sentence") whereas the format allowed me to have a much more conversational feedback style, really discussing the ideas they were presenting and the approach they were taking. The students said they felt like they had to listen to my recording several times in order to "catch" all of the comments I was making, so it may be good to be fairly focused and concrete as you begin this.
You could use a web2.0 tool like Voicethread to record your feedback. good luck,
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asia with screencasts, and then a website, www.masterymaze.com to share and build a learning community. The site has only been up a couple of months, but we are growing steadily. My students now use it like they would a textbook, but download it and take it with them on their iPods and those provided by the school. We are also in iTunes as MasteryCast. My scores have improved significantly by allowing them an alternative approach; my students are enjoying the class more as they are doing well. My students are now creating their own podcasts which we will be putting on the site to share with the world as well. I have an overhead mounted projector and the site has become a fixture in my class for review. We also blog, will be doing class discussions, and hopefully a worldwide collaboration in the Forum as well.
When my students come in the building in the morning "plugged in" like all the other kids, many of them smile and show me their iPods. They are listening to me and studying. Totally cool!
For more, listen to the launch podcast of masterycast on the site. We will be putting much more on the site after the holiday.
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te if you need more info.)
The issue of a player opening is related to posting a link to a file (WAV or MP3) vs. embedding a player in the web page. (If you go to my podcast page www.k12handhelds.com/mashups, you'll see an example of an embedded streaming player. You just click a play button to play it.) I use Wordpress with the Cool Player add-in to do this. Another (easier) way to do this is to post the messages somewhere like Classroom 2.0 that has an "embed" code available. This will give you a snippet of HTML code that you can paste into your web page to embed a streaming player. It's easy and looks slick.
One last thing...technically, to be a podcast, you'll want to have an RSS feed so that people can "subscribe". The easiest way to do this is to post links to your podcasts on a blog. The blog will automatically generate an RSS feed that people can then use to subscribe in iTunes, Google Reader, or whatever feed reader they use. (There are lots more ways to create RSS feeds, but this is the easiest, I think.)
Hope this is helpful!…
All to the good - but it limits how far it's going to take you in science and math. Talking and writing about math isn't math.
How about Scratch? Google SketchUp? Some of the Concord Consortium free tools for molecular modeling are really fun. (not sure what grade level this targets, but Scratch at least is elementary accessible)
Audacity is a good idea because audio editing is fast (much faster to do and teach than video) and you can really get the whole planning, production, post-production process into a short time frame. The important part isn't the tool (of course) but the process (much like the writing process) that strengthens the learning.
While there is scripting and building in Second Life, unfortunately, it's something it takes a long time to get to because of the steep learning curve in the moving around, dressing, and fussing around with the avatars. By the time you get to scripting, there's never enough time. Plus the scripting language is not easy to use.
Get these teachers to MAKE something and reflect on the complex learning process that needs to take place.…
s publish their writing as podcasts because they can choose music to convey the mood of the piece. I've podcasted with students from 1st through 12th grades, and I've always had positive results. It's an especially powerful tool for English-language learners.
You can find tons of information on the web with details on podcasting in the classroom. I've used Garageband, Audacity, and iPadio to create podcasts with kids. The tools are so easy that students can figure out how to use them with very little teacher support.
This post has some information about podcasting (in the 'Digital Storytelling' section), as well as other ed tech tools that might interest you.
Good luck!
Katy Scott
Stretch Your Digital Dollar…
dents to say which is their favourite film and another film they would recommend (Cert 12a or less!).
I've also created 3 blog posts on different film genres so that students can discuss their favourite films by contributing comments. All comments are moderated by me before they are posted live.
On 16/6 I'll download the .csv file of the survey and create an activity to introduce students to searching a database. They should be able to find out which was the most popular film and what likeminded reviewers recommend as other films to view.
We'll also have a go at creating film review audio podcasts and post them up somewhere for other students to download. I'm a complete newbie at using Audacity, but will try to create a lesson to do this in a couple of weeks.
I've put the first couple of lessons and links to all the resources at www.film7.notlong.com If you'd like your students to take part and want more info, email me via ning.
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