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.
Thanks
Alex…
are covering.
We then play around with the software,
They MUST record, listen and edit their voice - important - everyone is not used to hearing themselves and they need to get over it!
I then play a few podcasts from iTunes from my content area (environmental science), Exemplars
They are instructed that their podcast is to be a minute long - minimum (of voice time)
Mood setting use of music Intro and Outro (not allowed to use pop tunes - protect copyrights, another short discussion and a lesson within the lesson)
We discuss - ducking (sound / music playing in the background)
Uses of sound effect and Zingers (attention getting noises and their use and possible distraction form your message.
Only after hearing a couple of practice recordings are they sent to a quiet (unoccupied nearby classroom) to record a final copy I can upload to my Moodle.
Be ready, it is noisy! A fun noise, but noisy! This process takes about three class periods (I have 90 minute blocks).…
st had students practice a reading skill: Making Connections, Visualizing, Drawing Conclusions, etc. We then had students practice reading the book with Post-Its to mark where they would model the reading strategy. For instance, a student might be reading Sylvestor and the Magic Pebble, and stop and say "Now I'm going to make a connection. One time I was late coming home and my mom was really worried about me." We then used Audacity (free download) to record the books. I then sent digital copies of the files to a 1st grade classroom where the teacher let the students listen during center time.
It was really rewarding for the high school and middle school students who made the recording. The 1st graders wrote thank yous back also (more great authentic literacy experiences!). Feel free to ask any questions if I'm not summarizing the project well.
Also, we started a site for publishing our students' writing at: http://authentic-voices.wikispaces.com I would love it if you students checked it out. Let me know if you are interested!
-Kyle…
Added by Kyle Dunbar at 11:48am on August 15, 2011
en mentioned in many forums. MS probably wants folks to buy it. These apps are not new and have been out awhile.
Don't have apple products so can't evaluate Voice Band. The app is still cheaper than Songsmith ($29.99) vs. $2.99 + .99 for additional instruments (Itune). Read about some problems with app on IPod but Iphone seems to be fine. What I love about both products is that you can sing and it creates music as you sing or hum beats. In Audacity I would have create my own music or edit others. We also play around with Jamstudio, but have not done much with it. This app creates music as one sings a song. Love it. Watch video on Songsmith and Voice Band. Students in my media classes are working on beats and this could transform their beats in great songs for our library fast.…
ultimedia presentation with sound. I used Prezi and then created audio files for each slide using Audacity. It took me almost two weeks to learn how to use Prezi effectively and then also determine which online tools are best for recording and embedding sound into my presentation time.
I learned that creating a script in MS Word prior to making an audio file helps my ideas flow smoother when speaking. However, it takes me about the same time to create the audio file without the script and then make additional edits.
I am still trying to figure out how to add closed captioning. I want to find a free online tool that "listens' to my presentation and then displays the captioning in sync with my voice.
Would you please provide me with some suggestions about how to speed up this process? I am also interested in learning any tips you would like to share regarding multimedia presentations.
Thanks for your help!
-Ericka…
r oyu and the kids. Google docs saves local installs and allows students and their parents to see data from home and collaborate on it. Getting parents to log in and see student work ? Novel idea ; ) Not all the hardware need match either. Getting kids to take ownership rather than heading into the lock down, secure approach is as simple as honest conversation sometimes. Getting kids to rebuild machines that are broken creates a sense of ownership. Have a few old machines setup as hot swaps. Get those kiddos using Google.com/ig aggregate. The school can hook into 'Google for Domains'... free email, hosted by Google under the school domain name. No kidding.
Many people like concept mappers for younger grades like Inspiration or the free version called FreeMind. There's an online one too now that looks fairly slick called MindDomo. Audacity, Gimp, Paint.net TuxPaint,
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks, online photo edting tools at fauxto. The Scratch program from MIT is worth a good look too. Teaches programming skill in a great, intuitive interface. Sketchup and Google Earth... great stuff and totally free.
Give the kids as much ownership / ability to contribute and things will take off. Being honest with them and challenging them to take off against some odds will go a long way. Great post. Best of luck to you.…
Added by Adam Provost at 9:42pm on December 1, 2007
icus etc. etc. achieved so much without being able to google 'platonic vs aristotelian though' or 'mathematical theories'
The love-hate relationship burns here also. I have 'Audacity of Hope' and 'The Shack' laying to the left of my iMac. Both of them brought profound thoughts in to my milieux today, and there is still something about controlling the word, in a book it is speaking to me.... I don't speak back. Here I speak back. But I throw my words to the ether. Some do it just to see how many will hear it. Some read it for 'variable x, y, z', but I am only concerned with 'c, r, and g' but maybe it is about the hope that a connection will be made. I have made many profitable connections, but I am honestly not interested in the chit chat twitter twatter of the web. It's noise. Human noise....yeah, yeah, someone is gonna end up making money off of it. Just like someone will make money off my trash this week. But we are educators. What are we looking for? What am I looking for? It is amazing that I have time and energy (wife went out with friends tonight and I am enjoying a random spree thru hyperspace) to even do this after leaving heart and soul with 33 5th graders.......…
c computer skills classes and are a semester long. Students must take the 7th grade course (in 7th or 8th grade) before they continue to high school so it is a "required" elective. Since we don't have a "required" curriculum for the 6th grade class I branched out this semester with several Web 2.0 projects: e-mail, blogging, online activities.
The 8th grade class is an advanced course and we are in the process of writing curriculum for it now. I will be writing the multimedia unit which will include audio editing with Audacity, 1 slide ppt multimedia slideshow utilizing graphic layering, audio editing and custom animation and video editing with Movie Maker 2. Someone else is writing curriculum based on a program I started using last semester for the first time, Storytelling Alice (free download), that teaches programming. I also do a unit on Scratch animation (free download from MIT). Lastly, we teach the students web design. I taught mine simple HTML coding and then moved them to an HTML editor but I'm not sure what the new curriculum will include. In Texas it's required that students take a technology course as a high school credit in order to graduate. We decided to write the 8th grade curriculum to coincide with the high school technology applications courses so the students would have an idea of what to expect from the high school classes.…