my desktop scanner. These were mature third graders working on this, but two of them came away from the experience boasting how they loved the scanner (even though it was ridiculously loud, old and bulky) and wanted one of their own! :)
If I were taking on a project like this, I would have students read their favorite book each quarter or a piece of their own writings in audacity. I would also have them scan in their work into their own folders. Then, when you have computer lab time or if you have stations of a few computers in your classroom, have the students develop thier portfolios in Google Docs Presentation (like PowerPoint) or in Microsoft PowerPoint. Just from experience, I know thei enjoy PowerPoint more because of the ease of use and the fun animated clipart.
I have not had a lot of experience with video recording, but that could really be a lot of fun. I saw one of my students reading like a teacher in the library line the other day. She had the book up showing pictures, then she read the pages and made sure everyone could see the pictures- so cute! This is something I would love to record and put in her electronic portfolio ;)
Please keep us up to date with what you decide and how you plan to attack this project!
- Denise…
Added by Denise Harris at 6:00pm on September 11, 2011
ict. It is correlated to the ISTE NETS standards. You might just look at what kids are supposed to
be doing in 5th grade, and be able to get ideas about different areas to teach.
Here's the link, scope sequence document at the very bottom http://tetoncountysd.wy.schoolwebpages.com/education/school/school....
My suggestions:
Be sure to spend time on digital citizenship/ internet safety. Netsmartz.org has activities
I do a publishing/word processing project where kids make a menu, use 2 column and landscape view layout
and learn to use TAB to line up all the food items and prices. Also they insert graphics/ clip art.
I went online and downloaded real menus from restaurants for kids to get ideas.
Using garageband podcast or Audacity to make recordings, interviews, etc.
Be sure to teach how to make spreadsheets, do common formulas, and create charts.
Find out if you can post student projects on the school website. Kids make better products if
they have a big audience.…
alled in all the special ed and 6th grade classrooms, but our principal did not realize they need projectors and cables to make them work. We're promised those by September.
I work with a staff that thinks teaching students to do PowerPoint presentations is integrating technology into their lessons. I had to teach two of my colleagues how to use the school's Outlook email system last year.
Our school is refoming into a collection of small teacher-directed learning communities (its astounding how we can be so forward and so backward simultaneously). I've convinced my community of six teachers (five classes) that we need to push forward, at least into the late 20th century, and really start to use technology in our teaching and learning.
I've got a nice PLN on Twitter and they've taught me a lot, then I went to NECC and learned a lot more. There is so much I want to try (Audacity, Edmodo, Animoto, Skype and more) and get my colleagues to try, but I know I have to start off slowly so as not to scare them off from the start.
So, what should I introduce them to first? I've shown them Wordle and how easy it is. What should I show them next? Please help.
Thank you.…
classtime. Depending on if I'm online when thry're online they can get live help using IM, but most of my students email (I answer all emails within 24 hours). The tool I use for IM is trillian, but I like Meebo for the same reasons I like trillian. That's a great idea about the Meebo widget. I'll have to look into that. :)
Hey, I just noticed that you mentioned YackPac! I'm part of a developer group for them. In fact one of the newer memembers here, Barry Jahn, is heavily involved with that company as an educational consultant. Are you using it with your classes right now? If so, how?
Thanks for letting me know about the background noise on the mic. I'm using a usb logitect headset and Audacity. I have the quality set to create small file sizes for quick download. This may be where some of the background noise is coming from.
You are correct about the left-hand navigation menu. This class will be hosted inside of a Ucompass Educator shell.
Feel free to use the Online Learning Right for Me questionnaire. There's a link at the bottom from the place I borrowed it from. They were using it for a college. I changed the wording a bit to be more high school friendly. It's a single file using javascript, so if you haven't done so already, just save the page to your computer and you'll have it for distribution. If you open it in your favorite editor you can make all the changes you want. :)…
d I'm sure your kids as well, even the use of searched images offered vocabulary development, builds background knowledge, and in essence allow the kids to virtually go on a field trip. Here are a few of the resources I've put together to support our district teachers - http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/SB/templates.htm for teacher developed templates at various grade levels; http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/resources/SBsites.htm is just a collection of interactive sites more geared toward instruction; http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/SB/ideas.htm are just a few ideas in getting started. Be sure to check out SMART's lessons as well - very interactive and very cool! http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+activities/International+Lesson+Activities/default.htm
Other ideas we encourage - adding your own audio with Audacity; showing video using the SMART Player so you can pause and annotate on the video then capture to Notebook; using Notebook to develop your lessons - allows for embedding of images, video, scanned documents, etc for a smoother flow of your lesson; capturing PowerPoint, Word, etc into Notebook for an interactive interface; document cameras for peer editing, displaying of exemplar examples of writing, student collaboration, etc.
Good luck and have fun!! :)…
k you might want to follow, get an RSS reader and subscribe to their blogs. An online reader like bloglines works great. I prefer pageflakes now, but that is much more than an RSS reader.
Once you get the idea with blogging and using RSS, I'd get a simple WordPress blog. You can get a free one at edublogs.com or wordpress.com. This is a real easy way to beginning producing content on the web yourself. If you can word process and use a browser, you have most of the skills you need already.
I'd also look for a discussion forum (message board) in a topic that interests you--in education or any other topic. Set up an account, and lurk for awhile. Once you see the structure and culture of the board, ask a question or reply to something. It really is not all that different from what you are doing here--they just tend to be more structured.
Wikis are very much a text driven medium. You will generally have to learn wiki markup for formatting the page. Find a wiki and click an edit tab to see how the markup language drives it all. Explore the structures and linking in and among the pages. There are free sites in which you can set up a wiki.
Podcasting will probably involve learning some new skills and working with new software and hardware. Start by grabbing an audio editor and a mircrophone. Audacity is a very good free and open source sound editor that works on any platform.…
f software on your home computer as the school has.
Now, imagine if you are a school and you create a CD for students/families to check out that has all of the same applications loaded on school computers. Like the following (and many others could be added to this list as well):
-open source office suite
-Geogebra for math class (this is the open source competitor to Geometer's sketchpad)
-Gimpshop (open source to photoshop)
-Scratch Programming
-Google Sketchup (CAD like application)
-Audacity audio editing software
-Jing screencasting software
-Skype VOIP software
-Firefox
-Open source anti-virus program
This adds up to hundreds and hundreds of dollars of software that families no longer have to worry about purchasing. They also don't have to worry about paying for expensive upgrades when new versions are created. This democratizes the computing experience and works on issues of social justice. And this software is very, very powerful. And it also exposes kids to the world of FOSS, which is a very important world for them to know about as there are many opportunities in open source (and there will be even more opportunities going forward).
We started using Geogebra this year and created an installation disk for our students to take home...several of our parents have reported that their kids have been spending time playing around with it, which is exactly how they best learn how to use it. This is great for our kids because when they go into the lab to use the software to model a mathematical concept, they have a really good understanding of the user interface because they've played with it quite a bit on their home computers.…
ere in the states. If you have not heard his name yet you probably will soon. Here is a link to a blog he wrote about visiting a primary school in Australia http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/kids-owning-the-learning/ very impressive!
I like to consider myself a reflective practitioner. I think that is an extremely important skill that all great educators posses. How wonderful would it be if we could teach our students that skill as well! I think we need to help them pursue their passions, reflect on what they are learning and where they want to go, and help them to become life long learners! I have never used e-portfolios before; I am defiantly going to check it out! Any suggestions or links to examples you may have?
I currently teach high school (grades 10-12) and I will be working with middle school teachers next year (grade 7). It is nice to talk to someone who works with younger children. Sometimes I loose perspective on what they can do. If you are teaching them to use these e-tools and portfolios at such a young age imaging what they are going to be able to do when they get to high school!
You asked about audio tools...Have you ever used Audacity? If is a free program you can download from the internet. It is very easy and allows you to make your own recordings and save them in a variety of file formats including mp3s. Hope this helps!
Heather…
ecorder software that used to come with Windows XP (under accessories.) It limited each recording to a minute but worked for my purposes. The files were in .wav format and were of a manageable enough size that they could e-mail their sound files to me. I used Audacity to convert them to mp3s and posted them to my hosting site.
I never did figure out how to make multiple tracks in the same episode so I ended up recording each poster's narration as its own file.
I ended up using drop.io as my hosting site. It doesn't give you a lot of space (might not work for video podcasts) but is super easy to use. You set up an account which gives you a unique URL, upload your files and make sure they are set to share and that's pretty much it. Visitors go to your account, click on "share" and then click on "dropcast." This automatically subscribes them to your drop.io using iTunes.
The audio files for my projects are here: http://drop.io/mrgtechnology
and here are some example posters:
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oting a basketball shot. In our next class we watched the technique of some NBA playres in slow motion via YouTube and discussed the mechanics of a good free throw shot. I allowed them to practice and again we recorded their technique to see if it had improved. The students loved comparing their shooting technique to Kobe Bryant.
2) With my Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation class I took photos and short video clips of students playing table tennis. I then wrote a simple dialogue explaining how to play table tennis. I got the students to read these sentences into the computer microphone and used Audacity to record their voice. I edited the video and photo into a short 1 minute presentation using Adobe Premiere Elements, explaining how to play table tennis.
I then asked students to pick a sport and create their own videos. We spent 2 periods in the computer labs getting them started and then students completed the videos at home. The hardest part was that many students were shy to take videos and photos of each other. But they really got into the video editing and did a much better job than me. Some even added music, intros and their own special effects. So they were practicing literacy and ICT skills as well as learning more about sports.
Jeremy
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Added by Jeremy Alger at 10:26pm on February 22, 2011