Technology Inquiry Wiki

Screencast 

This was by far the hardest task we have had in class to date. I got frustrated not only with the gathering of the information but also on the format of the page. This works nothing like a word document. The page kept disagreeing with me and I about threw my computer across the room. If i didn't love Amelia ( my computer's name) with a passion I WOULD have done it. I even talked to other people working on their wiki's and they were contemplating not doing it. After putting in about 10 hours working on it and making it good enough for me to turn in, I was relieved. I only hope it is up to professor Boyer's standards. The information was not hard to find. I loved loved loved google scholar. The hard part was figuring out what I thought was the most important. I feel happy with my final product, and I have a little bit more security in potentially making a wiki in the future, but this is definitely some I will need to continue working on to perfect.

What can I even say about how this will affect me in the future. Well now I know the basics of a wiki, and from what everyone appears to be telling us, a wiki is a very important thing to understand how to use. I know more time will need to be put into understanding the best practices, but once I do understand it, I would love to use it in my classroom. SO MUCH MORE RESEARCH!!!! i need to start watching lynda.com to figure out how to use these things. WHEW!

Interactive Whiteboard Lesson

The interactve whiteboard lesson appeared daunting when I first saw it. I thoguht to myself: How on earth am I going to figure this crazy contraption out??? little did I know that with the basics that professor boyer would teach us, it would not be a difficult task to undertake. As soon as I started, I knew I wanted to focus on something that would educate the younger grades. So, I looked in the teaching standards and found something that seemed developmentally appropriate for first graders. I decided on understanding that things can be sorted into categories. My first draft was a little rough around the edges but understandable. So after I got my feedback, I really took a hold of that IWB and combed those knots right out of the mess. My final outcome is something I am still impressed that  made. I am excited to share this information with my peers, and I hope that they will  possibly use this in their classroom. Once I offer something to a network of people I can start creating alliances and resources that I may not have had without my willingness to help them. I feel more comfortable in my abilities to undertake tasks that may appear daunting when I first see them, because in reality everything with a little work can be handled!

exit Post december 9th: week 14

How will we teach Professor Boyer’s daughter???

Think about the classroom we hope to be in and conveniently

Constructionist pedagogy: individual learners construct mental models to understand the world around them------ seymore papert ( discovered this theory)

This was an incredibly helpful class. I am no longer an education major and there are things I learned in this class that I never even knew about. Not just that I didn’t learn about it yet, but the mere idea that these programs existed was beyond my thinking. It makes me thirsty to learn MORE and MORE! Technology is so present, and it is so helpful to use. I feel comfortable exploring the internet. I feel comfortable using programs I never thought I could. Professor Boyer is an incredibly helpful teacher. I want to know everything he knows about technology. Imagine if I had his skills and put it towards whatever I choose to pursue. It would be an explosion of BRILLIANCE!!!

Kindle or I pad:

Kindles: lighter, less eye fatigue, dramatically less expensive, lots of books, more like a book

i-pad : heavy, apps, backlit, Amazon kindle books, internet, no camera, expensive

homework:

screencast, tech inquiry wiki

screencast: dont make it too large

be careful it doesnt sound scratchy( turn down volume of microphone)
review subpage to know what a good one looks like.

How would we integrate technology in Ella's Classroom)

Three ways to integrate technology in the class that Ella ( professor Boyer's daughter) is in.

My ideal classroom is 5th graders in southeastern Wisconsin community. We have heavy acsess to smart boards and computers.
1) I would use the smart board with a presentation where they have to put the states in their propper locations and match the capitals to the propper states.
2)  I would have a daily wiki page that would tell the students what they are going to do in class. It also has their homework assignments at the end. It is a private wiki page for the students.
3) I would have a daily blog for the parents ( a lot of cut and pasting from the wiki page) that has the homework assignments and a general outline of the day.
4) Have a classroom Personal Learning Network. The students will then also have a personal learning network with a link to mine. This network is connected to the wiki as well.
5) use google docs for a classroom forum about daily news for social studies.

Interactive reusable Learning Object

How much effort did you exert designing and creating the iRLO?

How does designing and sharing an iRLO impact your future teaching?

This was by far the hardest of all the assignments this semester ( this and ...well keeping up with blog posting, while still having something different to say for everything). This took at least  hours when I first made it. The alterations were not as hard, because I had the basic done and not many things to fix. I altered where the characters started, and some of the questions. Probably the hardest thing for me to figure out was how to appropriately move my project forward from step to step.  I also struggled with actually creating a unique idea for an iRLO. I decided on having students sort objects so they can better understand that an object can have more than one attribute. I had to look at the standards to figure this part out, but that is what I would recommend to figure out how to best think of an idea. Once again I was happy with the outcome of my assignment, and after I finished this project, I had the biggest sigh of relief and feeling of success. 

This helps me to reflect on all the information that my students will have to learn. There is a lot of things that we have to help them be successful at, and any way that can best help them should be used. For many students this may be playing video games. That is why this project was so great! I can now create video game that my peers and I can use for our students to help them succeed.

PSA reflection

web safety PSA

• How much effort did you exert planning and producing the PSA?
• How does creating and sharing a digital storytelling PSA with your peers impact your future teaching?

Christine is one of the best partners I have ever had for a project. We have similar ideas, but different enough that we can do some serious brainstorming. So the actual idea for our PSA did not take long. the actual effort came with filming the PSA. we had my camera, but it ended up not being able to upload. Luckily my camera died half way through filming, so the rest of it was filmed on my computer.  The next task came with putting it all together. I have never used i-movie before, and I did not know what to expect. It was hard to start out, but once we figured out how to put in a video clip it was a lot easier. This process probably took a total of an hour of actually putting it together with sound. We had trouble picking out music for it, because we did not want to deal with copyright laws so we had to keep each clip under 30 seconds. the morphing of them wasn't hard and we wanted the abrupt sound of the alarm to signal the dangerousness of sharing your information online. Unfortunately, I did not notice till when I was writing the reflection that the very end of our PSA had some voices that were not supposed to be there. We could not hear it when we were putting the PSA together because we were working in the library and the sound was not high enough. But that is ok. Overall, I am extremely happy with the outcome of this PSA. 

This project has opened doors for me. I have faith in myself for my ability to use technology. The obstacles I had I was able to quickly overcome by simply googling the answer. This gives me faith in all future pursuits I will have. My making a video for my peers really helped to show how I can influence people in my working community. By doing blogs, or vlogs, or videos, or any thing, my comrades can use what I have learned to help better their teaching, or I can use  their knowledge to better mine. I think this would be something great to use in a classroom environment as well. being able to use my peers videos to help teach my students how to properly act while using technology is Great.

week thirteen lab exit slip

Exit slip December 2^nd week thirteen lab

Brief video put together by a teacher. (Take notes/ observe about how she integrates technology)

·         French emersion teacher

·         Classroom becomes an exciting place to learn and active participants

·         Originally traditional

·         Smart board to actively encourage student participation and engage in cooperative learning activities

·         Online collaborative projects to learn from other students across the world

·         Computers used everywhere

·         Open educator with Daily blog and assignments online

o   Parents appreciate it

o   Students stay updated on class

·         Students write blogs about current events and classroom activities

o   Motivated to write

o   Active members of society

·         More collaborative, open educated environment

Think about how this could be done before vs. how it couldn’t be done vs. could do better

Discussed 7 brilliant things teachers do with technology and 7 stupid mistakes teachers make with technology: I was number 7 on both of them… JIGSAW STYLE!!!! ( you are responsible for a small part, but you benefit from the whole group)

-          Split 1 to 7. research. Split into ABC. Discuss. Get into your letter group and share

This class was really interesting in the application of all the cumulative information we have learned this year.  I like learning about the jigsaw. This is an interesting technique for cooperative learning. Have computers all against the wall with the screens pointing out so you can see all their screens. There are tools available so you can see students screen. Technology is NOT going away…. Using it will just make a good teacher better.  Also… Valuable information should be stored in 3 separate areas! Look over cool tools to get cool activities! Delicious all the cool tools. This was a great class. Interesting to sit through. The video helped me to reflect actual use of information that we learned in class. Teachers should not think about what they don’t have, instead they should take the initiative to go after it for their class. APPLY FOR GRANTS! Oscar Neale fellowship gives money to local Wisconsin teachers! Not very competitive. $10000 for give away!

homework. iRLO and PSA due next week. iRLO in dropbox ( make sure to put in required comments). PSA need a link to video on PSA page. don't forget to continue working on wiki page. screen cast is the last thing to do for this class. wiki page needs to be complete before. DELICIOUS IS DUE NEXT WEEK!!!! ( 65 Resources Minimum)

Read Malcolm Gladwell’s book called “Outliers”: we have it in the library

------ this is an interesting article http://www.gladwell.com/outliers/index.html

------ What is success? Who gets to decide?

-------David asked about Tourettes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourette_syndrome

----- Other side not about china schooling: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/13/content_871182.htm

Chapter 10 rethinking education

this chapter basically summarized everything that happened in the book.

chapter 10 presentation

• How much effort did you exert preparing for this discussion?
• What is the value in facilitating course content for your peers?
• How does discussing course content with your peers impact your future teaching?

This was not a difficult task to prepare for. We spent probably 2 hours putting together the slide show and practicing how we were going to present. I love talking in front of people, so once we actually had our presentation, I was confident enough in what we prepared to feel completely comfortable in front of the class. This project seemed intimidating at first, but i quickly realized once we started on it, that the project was easily handled. Another aspect of the presentation was when we were going. I was nervous about going last because expectations are so much higher for us. We stayed away from what appeared to not work in our classroom and stayed  with what we knew was fail proof: good discussion and prezi. This made the overall presentation easier for us to present our topic. All together, I think this project really helped me to explore all the different possibilities of presenting!

The people I struggle with most teaching in front of is my peers. They are the ones who know what is supposed to happen and therefor have a better stance on judging my performance. You also don't want to make a fool of yourself. So when put in a class to present tidbits of information to your peers, it really helps to build my general confidence. Because I felt comfortable in front of this group of my colleges, teaching in front of students should be a lot less intimidating ( although high schoolers are pretty ruthless).Not only did it help presenting in front of my peers, but also working alongside them. Different people have different teaching styles, so having to meld to your group really helped me learn to be flexible. For example, I am a comfortable leader. I love talking in front of people and to people. My other group members definitely had a different teaching style. I had to learn to step back in order to let my co-teachers shine at what they are good at.This was a difficult task, because I always like being the leader, but it really helps me learn to share the floor. It also forced me to look at the course content closer and evaluate what was important in the reading. I will need to do this to help facilitate discussions with all of my students.

This presentation really helped to show me what kind of teacher I am going to become. I felt confident in front of the group and willing to take charge. I definitely need to work on sharing the floor with other people when I co- teach, and that is a big problem for me across the board. I need to accept when other people make mistakes, and make a conscious effort at not always being the person to speak up. As I mentioned earlier, I love to talk, but sometimes I talk a little too much. This will have to be restrained once I am a teacher, because students don't like classes in which the teacher is always talking and the student never gets response time. Overall, I am really happy to have been a part of this presentation

exit slip november 18th

Exit slip November 18^th:

-          Didn’t have to open presentation: waste of time

+      did a good job navigating presentation

+     AWESOME PREZI!!!!!!!

-            Not interactive

+       Full circle ( from beginning of the semester and with the quote)

+       Transitions

-          Watch uhms

+      Enthusiasm (awesome presentation voices… best all summer)

-          Talked over each other

+     We felt really comfortable

+      Self deprecating humor

+      showing how we learned in school versus how we could change it

-           Conclusion ( how does the audience know when we are done)

Timed tests are not good for students. When will they need to use that? What is the point of doing pointless homework? If they can do 3-5 problems then they can do 30-50 problems.

Folk pedagogy: teaching the way you were taught.----This is not a good way to teach. You are not teaching to today’s children. You are teaching to your past. The times have changed, technology has changed.

Pk-18 council of Wisconsin: a whole bunch of people that have something to do with teaching. High school in the 21^st century… the state requires that you have this many credit hours.


I liked the research over the internet for the specific items.

Chapter 10 Wrap up

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DON'T BE SCARED!

rethinking education: chapter 9

What does it all mean?

what are kids learning from technology?
students can join online groups for things they are interested in.

how has technology changed kids' social lives and learning?

where does this leave us?

exit slip for nov. 11th

Exit slip: November 11^th

Chapter 9 rethinking education----- go to teachnology.com to put on delicious! He recommends the book… everything bad is good for you. ( by Steven Johnson)

Should technology be used in the classroom?

This presentation really helped me evaluate how I should properly use technology in the classroom. I was really opinionated about whether or not video games were appropriate to use in the classroom. I don’t think video games are a good use of time. Whether I dislike video games because I am a girl or if it is because I have seen the devastation to a person’s attention that it can do, I do not support video games.  My brother already had attention problems, and as soon as the computers and video games came into play my brother stopped doing homework and stopped attending school. This is an extreme case, but I do believe that the immediate gratification affects the student’s attention spans.

Dr Boyer says that video games increase reaction time. This has been proven especially for doctors. Some doctors even play video games before they go into surgery because it has been proven to create fewer mistakes.

Plus /delta

-          Do a better job of starting the presentation and getting our attention

+      Good job of probing for more questions and answers

+       Building on what was being shared

-          Too many uhms and uhs

+   Starburst separation

-          Groups of 8. 8. And then 3 people

+    Great opening quote and then had the group revisit the quote

-           Spell check

Look at homework for week ten

Contemporary issues podcast

social networking and attention span podcast

Contemporary issue article

I never knew how easy podcasting was. After making my script, which was by far the most difficult part, all I had to do was record it. Granted it took me 3 times recording until I was able to appreciate what I was saying. I had a little bit of difficulty getting the sound how I wanted it, but i employed one of my tech savvy roommates to help me out with that. Once I had everything recorded and placed where I liked it, I was happy with the final product. I feel like by continuing to make podcasts I can increase my podcast making fluency. This will get even easier the more I do it.

This is a great tool for the classroom. For example, I could record one of my lectures and upload it as a podcast for my students to listen to. I could also spread my knowledge of what I learned in the classroom to other teachers, so they would be able to use my experiences to better enhance their learning. There are all sorts of options. I could even have my students listen to posdcasts when they are at home to continue their learning experience. Podcasts are a resource that will slowly become more and more prevalent in the technology era.

chapter 10 and epilogue of blogs wiki and podcasts

what it all means?
-new literacies
-the big shidts

• big shift 1: open content
• big shift 2: many many teachers and 24/7 learning
• big shift 3: The social, collaborative construction of meaningful knowledge
• big shift 4: teaching is conversation, not lecture
• big shift 5: know "where" learning
• big shift 6: Readers are no longer just readers
• big shift 7: the web as Notebook ( or portfolio)
• big shift 8: writing is no longer limited to text
• big shift 9: Mastery is the Product, not the test
• big shift 10: contribution, not completion, as the ultimate goal

Just the beginning

How will this affect my teaching:

This book as a whole, has taught me many options of things I can use in the classroom. I have realized that if I don't embrace technology, then there will be other options for students who need technology to be successful. There are teachers who are working online and information in surplus for students to succeed. The thing that teachers have that computers don't is the human interaction. We need to use this and help to show students how to appropriately use the technology they are given.

exit slip for nov 4

did the in class wiki

If we don’t meet expectations we have a chance to revise our screencast/other assignments. Jeff Boyer’s comments will be trickling in over time. Comments were also posted on our iRLO’s and there are some common problems that we will talk about.

Rethinking Education: chapter 8 - Jackie Haen (slide show on Jackie’s blog) and Emily Gabrielle:

How schools can cope with the new technologies

                                                Surprising tidbits:

- National standards…. HS students can get certificates instead of regular credits.

                                                -Virtual field trips

                                                -Use items like d2l

                                Customization:

                                Interaction:

                                Learner Control:

Pros and cons of national certificate:

                                                Pro’s:   - gets students motivated

                                                                -keeps students in school

                                                                -“Mile wide, but an inch deep” _David

                                                                -you’d be aware of what you wanted to do before you went to college

                                                Con’s:   -lack of exposure

                                                                -too early to decide what they want to learn

Scenario then closing quote

Plus/delta from the presentation

                Plus:

·         feedback to peers

·         movement

·         easily adapt from non working technology/improvisation

·         reviewed the background information

·         scenarios are always fun

Delta:

·         Why didn’t google docs work?

o   We figured out what we did wrong

o   Click on share… change from private to anyone with the link.

·         Need alternative way to represent…. Acting?

·         Choppy ending… round up the conclusion

·         Grouping by geography????

o   Different color candy

o   Card colors and punch one card and they are the group leader

Boyer:

·         go to www.twitter.com/professorboyer

·         click on the link under experimental school gets rid of classes, teachers: NPR

o   This article is fascinating. I have never been so shocked by an institution, and how it runs. I know if I was a student I would probably not learn well in an environment such as this but there are many students who would. The fact that they don’t have any classes, and their evaluations are based on projects was a really interesting way of learning. This kind of teaching environment would be perfect for students who do not enjoy working in school, or with other students.

Should standards be broader versus based on a community/state?

o   End of course exams for across the country?

Scatch/iRLO

o   We should have received feedback from peers. Now we have our iRLO due in 1 month

Consistent issues dealing with iRLO: (remember talking to Prof. Boyer will solve all problems)

o   Is your iRLO reusable?

o   Does everything reset when you hit the green flag every time?

o   Go to control command

§  Choose when green flag is clicked

§  Use different commands

o   For math… are the same problems used every time?

§  Consider having random problems

o   DIRECTIONS

o   What are you supposed to do after clicking on the green flag

§  Verbal directions

§  Written directions

§  Background with directions

o   Have them come up once the green flag is clicked?

o    text on screen should be visible for the time it takes you to read through it twice

o   3 perspective on evaluating iRLO

o   Does it address standard based content

o   Developmentally appropriate for the grade levels

o   Is the project interactive

§  User control and feedback

o   Draggable sprites

o   Click on sprite and under the information ( region right in upper center)  unlock the padlock

You can go to scratch-ed that is an internet community centered on the scratch website. Good website foe questions

Technology Inquiry wiki update (due December 20^th)

o   Take the Yes-Test which he created based on our annotated bibliography

o   It should help keep us on track

o   Is your name and or question  linked to technology wiki page

§  Yes

o   Is your annotated bibliography clearly identified on your page… ie… is there a label, text? font?... it needs to stand out for the viewer

§  Kind of…

o   Did you separate and identify formal and informal sources?

§  YES… but make the bottom of the page more clear

o   Did you include 3-5 formal (peer reviewed) and 3-5 informal (non peer reviewed sources)?

§  Yes… but should work on it more

o   Did you consider the design of your wiki? How does it represent me? Is it fun to read?

§  No… L

§  Look at the number of fonts used... have only 1 or 2 fonts

§  One or 2 different colors to help add emphasis and separate

§  White space … think resume… readability

o   Did you use proper APA citation

§  No…

§  The title of a journal article should not have  every letter of the Title capitalized

·         Title of the Journal is all capitalized

§  Do not include retrieved from _____ database

·         Cite source as a print journal and not an electronic source

o   Did you include 2 Paragraphs for each annotation?

§  No

o   SPELL CHECK! GRAMMAR CHECK! PUNCTUATION CHECK!

For homework expectations go to lab agenda for this week.

rethinking education: chapter 8

How schools can cope with new technologies

• customization, interaction and learner control are needed to effectively incorporate technology into the classroom
• customization: providing people with the knowledge they want when they want it and supporting and guiding people individually as they learn.
• interaction: the ability of computers to give learners immediate feedback and to engage learners actively in accomplishing realistic tasks
• learner control: refers to putting learners in charge of their own learning whenever possible, so that they feel ownership and can direct their learning whenever their interests take them

performance based assessment:

• national certification and skill based assessment system
• develop a set of national credentials that could be administered on a computer.
• certifications developed in 3 areas:
• academic skills
• generic skills
• technical skills

New Curriculum design

• computer technologies open new regions for curriculum development
• students encouraged to stick with a particular curriculum for a long time

This makes me nervous. Standardized testing/learning is something I have never been a fan of. In fact it is the one part of teaching that could possibly sway me away. The fact that we would use this in conjunction with technology, although efficient, it does not allow for well rounded people. I don't realy know how I could apply this in the classroom. I am a fan of teaching with technology, but I guess I would be forced to use standardized testing. Maybe technology could use it fast enough that I would not have to take too much out of my fun class time to go through it.

SCREENCAST ON JING!

ScreenCAST on SKYPE

• How much effort did you exert preparing for the screencast?
• How does creating and sharing a screencast with your peers impact your future teaching?

I LOVE SKYPE! i love everything about it. So when choosing a cool technology tool to do the assignment on, SKYPE was what I wanted to do it on. This made writing the script extremely simple. I knew the pro's, I have experienced the cons. I have been brainstorming ways of using this in a classroom since I first started using it.So... the script was easy peasy. Plus I got to learn new features of skype that I have never used: i.e screen sharing, and skype managing. This was all fascinating. I didn't start struggling till I realized i had WAY TOO much fun information to talk about. I think I re-did the jing around eight times just trying to figure out everything I wanted to put in the screencast. That and avoiding saying the uhms..... but after 3 hours of work, it is finished. ALthough not perfect, it is done and I am happy with the outcome! FINAlly!

This whole screen cast sharing has really lit a fire in the field of technology and education. I feel like "If I was able to do this then I can do ANYTHING!" I also hope that my screencast will help them to see all the things they can do with skype. I am sure many people already know, but maybe this is the little push they needed to get it started in the classroom.I want to continue doing these activities all through my teaching technology crusades!

Ch. 9: Blogs, Wikis, and Podcast

How does this reading impact your thinking about technology's role in teaching and learning?

What will you do differently as a future teacher as a direct result of this new thinking?

This was a chapter I could personally relate to. Since entering the education program I have been trying to "clean-up" my facebook profile. Not that anything inappropriate was on it, but there are things that could be misunderstood. So this chapter really helped to give me insight into how to look at facebook from a teachers standpoint. In addition to facebook, the information about ning was spectacular!!! I have never heard of ning before, except for once from a vlog I used to watch weekly. This would be a phenomenal website for older students. There are many options of how to use this appropriately in your classroom as well. Unfortunately, the population of students I plan on teaching, first through fourth hopefully, probably should not be exposed to facebook and ning yet. Both of these networks approach an unsure area for younger students. Already, in my opinion, students are entering the social network system too early. There are many mistakes that could be made on a network such as this. I am unsure of the age students normally start participating in facebook since it was not created until I was a junior in high school. If this is something younger children are participating in, than perhaps I would consider having a ning for the classroom. It is more a matter of how advanced students will be in their ability to uderstand how to use a website such as that than my willingness. If I was in a high school, and I got appropriate approval from administration, than I would without a doubt have a classroom ning. What a great class activity. Plus the ability to make it private is pretty cool.

exit slip for oct 28th

I did the "What we did in class wiki"

Items to talk about:

·         Progress on delicious:

o   Went to  our delicious page

o   We are supposed to add about 5 resources a week… 40 total

§  Needs at least 3 tags otherwise it won’t be counted

·         Can go back and edit

§  If you don’t have expected number then you don’t meet expectations

§  Add resources when you are doing other work for this class

·         Mid semester course evaluation

o   The evaluation was created in Google docs and there is a special kind of Google docs called Google forms

§  Take all responses and puts in a spread sheet for you

§  You could use Google form to create pre-tests

·         If students know certain material well you can alter instruction

·         Data driven decision making

o   Based on the course objectives and requirements we put down that the work load was High. He wants us to do that because he knows we can do it.

§  How many hours are you spending on average per week

·         You should be spending 9 hours a week on this course ( 3 times as many hours as you have credits)

o   Most of us want to stay with email for

Student led discussion Chapter 7 (Ashley and Dawn): the presentation can be retrieved under the book chapter schedule on D2L under “Ashley, Dawn”

·         What may be lost and what may be gained

·         Split into groups and discussed losses and gains

Pluses and minus for presentations:

-Set expectations before sharing the tool or the students breaking off into the group

                + google docs and impromptu when response didn’t work

                + thumbs up

                +scenarios help us think about real life experiences

-Keep audience in control

-Difficult to hear people in general : maybe have people stand when they are presenting or facilitator restates

+used Humor

+commenting on comments

Discuss Delicious Network

·         How to get a link to another person’s delicious page Via network

·         Click on another person’s tab “add to my network”

D2L

·         Go to D2L homepage to look at Professor Boyer’s online Calendar: He shows up about 9am

·         Click on online rooms… class says “what?”

o   Elluminate ( another tool similar to this is Adobe Connect)

§  click on yellow tab and download files

§  click allow, then run, finally I agree and ok to running on dsl/cable connection

§  collaborative chat room, white board, you can raise hands

§  It is a synchronies tool… could use for presentation. Good for when people are not face to face to conference.

§  It can be recorded, and played back later (i.e: if someone is unable to attend class)

§  Up to 6 cameras

§  Speaking is very controlled. You have to hold the button down if you want to talk.

§  Expensive to host

The steps for getting ready to do podcast (Due in 2 Weeks)

·         Highlighted Garage Band on Monday

o   Different steps required

o   Contemporary podcast

§  Needs to be related to technology and pk-12 learners

§  And has to be something recent

o   Need to find a way of representing this in a script

§  Overview of issue

§  Specific resource that I found

§  Hear some of our commentary, what we think about the issue

·         Both Mac and windows work but he encourages us to use Mac ( He has Microphones)

o   2 to 3 time limit for 1 person or 4 to 6 minutes for 2 people

o   Up to 15 seconds lead in music and up to 15 seconds lead out music

o   1 sound effect

o   Link to blog and share with the world

o   Need to put in royalty free sound effects

·         Issue about copy right…. If it is less than 30 seconds you can use it

Homework for next week…

·         Start working on script

·         Reminders of up and coming projects that are due in the next few weeks

This class helped to go over a lot of the assignments we are supposed to work on. I love this class, even when it has a lot of homework, because I feel like I am genuinely learning something that I can directly apply to teaching in school. This class is incredibly helpful!