Techforlearning

I will start teaching with laptops this fall. I am excited to change from stationary seating. That is the first thing that pops into my head of why I am excited. I will be able to give students the opportunity to work collaboratively with different people. I am going to strive to make that happen this year. It will allow for a lot more audio recording for students because of their ability to move. I am going to use student recording/teaching with audio in different ways this year to help to with the comprehension of vocabulary, ” pass the mike” discussion, ” and podcasting for starters. Any others ideas for using mics and audio in class, comment away.

Students in my classes have always been able to learn using technology. It changes now though because of the mobility they will have. My classes have always had the benefit (sort of) of a “one to one” classroom, except that they can’t take the computers home and have them in all their classes. Ok, so there is still a big difference. I really want to take the opportunity and have students become aware of their learning and all that “one to one” computing can do by differentiating instruction. I will keep you posted on how it is going by posting my wireless lessons.

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 Ideas for creating Podcasts on the  classroom to teach a concept:

• Have students record their vocabulary
• Have students record a podcast on the steps of a process
• Record students presentations of  themselves
• Have students record me (the teacher)
• Record comments while on a field trip

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Teachers have been talking lately about burning to DVD to play on a television. So, if a school has a multimedia cart with

DVD+R player, projector, wireless laptop, usb dvd+r drive and speakers on a cart

Teachers can:

• burn/play recorded dv camera tape on projector through DVD player
• watch videos via DVD player
• watch videos from a wireless laptop ( see other blog to catch the post about watching videos in class)
• burn videos from VHS before tape wears out. Ha!
• burn files such as .wmv via the dvd+r drive

What else? Post your comments if you think of what else can be done with the resources above!

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We know that students are the leading stars in our show. But Audio, Video, and Screencasts have quickly earned a supporting role in education. Come join us to see how using this communication media can improve learning. Each type of casting will be defined with examples. Stick around to receive tips on planning successful videocast projects including: audio recording with Audacity, using iTunes to find and submit and rss to subscribe to class podcasts, planning for limited use of video cameras, capturing video to computers, XP Movie Maker vs iMovie, using screen capturing software, and using on line Apps: Google Docs and Video.

The Outline of my blog:
Introduction:

* Defining the different types of casts
* The value of using them
* Ways to use already created media on web

Main Focus:
Planning a Videocast project for your students

* Determine the learning objectives of creating the media
* Gathering recommended resources and materials
* Overview of Software
* The Process

Planning student recording times
Setting standards and checkpoints for brainstorming and scripting

* Citing images and copyright
* The Rubric
* The Fun

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