November 17, 2011 - Podcasting and iTunes
A podcast is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and downloaded through web syndication. Podcasting provide an engaging learning environment for students. It provides activities for researching, organizing, editing, recording, and a medium to express their creativity. Podcasting - Podcasting is used across the curriculum giving all students the opportunity to showcase their finished product.
iTunes is a digital media player used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. iTunes U is an innovative way to get educational material in the hands of students.
Assignments:
1. Explore the many podcasts available in iTunes and iTunesU.
2. Create a podcast using GarageBand.
3. Comment on this post. Include ways you could use podcasting with your students, something you learned in class, or thoughts about a podcast you viewed.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
10. Google Apps
November 10, 2011 - Google Apps
Google Apps are used for communication, collaboration, and to help build a 21st century environment within the classroom.
Assignments:
1. Create a Google account. (If you have already created a Blogspot account, then you already have a Google account.)
2. Explore the many apps available with your Google account.
3. Create your own Google doc, Google calendar, and one other Google app of your choice.
4. Comment on this post. Include ways you could use Google Apps with your students, something you learned in class, or thoughts about a Google App you tried.
Google Apps are used for communication, collaboration, and to help build a 21st century environment within the classroom.
Assignments:
1. Create a Google account. (If you have already created a Blogspot account, then you already have a Google account.)
2. Explore the many apps available with your Google account.
3. Create your own Google doc, Google calendar, and one other Google app of your choice.
4. Comment on this post. Include ways you could use Google Apps with your students, something you learned in class, or thoughts about a Google App you tried.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
9. VoiceThread
November 3, 2011 - VoiceThread
VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a web cam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.
Assignments:
1. Create a VoiceThread account.
2. Build a VoiceThread using the storyboard you started last week and the digital media you brought to class.
3. Post at least one video comment, one audio comment, and one written comment on your VoiceThread project.
4. Comment on this post. Include ways you could use VoiceThread with your students, something you learned in class, or thoughts about VoiceThread.
View the video of our VoiceThread class on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNSVXOT1ToA
VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a web cam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.
Assignments:
1. Create a VoiceThread account.
2. Build a VoiceThread using the storyboard you started last week and the digital media you brought to class.
3. Post at least one video comment, one audio comment, and one written comment on your VoiceThread project.
4. Comment on this post. Include ways you could use VoiceThread with your students, something you learned in class, or thoughts about VoiceThread.
View the video of our VoiceThread class on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNSVXOT1ToA
Thursday, October 27, 2011
8. Digital Storytelling
October 27, 2011 - Digital Storytelling
Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Digital stories comprise images, music, narrative and voice to express the student thoughts from autobiographies to historical events across the curriculum.
Assignments:
1. Create a script and storyboard for your own digital story and bring it with you to next week's class.
2. Bring digital media (photos, video, music) to class next week that go along with your storyboard.
3. Explore the online resources for digital storytelling listed on the class website.
4. Comment on this post. Include ways you could use digital storytelling with your students, something you learned in class, or thoughts about a digital storytelling resource you explored.
Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Digital stories comprise images, music, narrative and voice to express the student thoughts from autobiographies to historical events across the curriculum.
Assignments:
1. Create a script and storyboard for your own digital story and bring it with you to next week's class.
2. Bring digital media (photos, video, music) to class next week that go along with your storyboard.
3. Explore the online resources for digital storytelling listed on the class website.
4. Comment on this post. Include ways you could use digital storytelling with your students, something you learned in class, or thoughts about a digital storytelling resource you explored.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
7. Wordle and Weebly
October 13, 2011 - Wordle and Weebly
Wordle - Wordle generates “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your students.
Weebly Weebly is a free web page creation site. It uses a widget style format, allowing users to create pages with only a few clicks. The user drags and drops different page elements (such as images, text, and Google Maps) onto a page and fills in the content. Teachers can use Weebly to build classroom websites, create student digital portfolios, and post their curriculum online.
Assignments:
1. Create a word cloud on Wordle or another word cloud site. Try making words different sizes and changing the fonts and colors.
2. Create your own Weebly account.
3. Create a teacher Weebly site.
4. Comment on this post. Include your thoughts about Wordle or other word cloud sites, your thoughts about Weebly, particularly compared to blogs and wikis, something you learned in class today, or thoughts about how you would use these tools as an educator.
Wordle - Wordle generates “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your students.
Weebly Weebly is a free web page creation site. It uses a widget style format, allowing users to create pages with only a few clicks. The user drags and drops different page elements (such as images, text, and Google Maps) onto a page and fills in the content. Teachers can use Weebly to build classroom websites, create student digital portfolios, and post their curriculum online.
Assignments:
1. Create a word cloud on Wordle or another word cloud site. Try making words different sizes and changing the fonts and colors.
2. Create your own Weebly account.
3. Create a teacher Weebly site.
4. Comment on this post. Include your thoughts about Wordle or other word cloud sites, your thoughts about Weebly, particularly compared to blogs and wikis, something you learned in class today, or thoughts about how you would use these tools as an educator.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
6. Wikis
October 6, 2011 - Wikis
A wiki is a Web 2.0 collaborative authoring tool that allows teachers and students to group collaborate on a Web page.
Assignments:
A wiki is a Web 2.0 collaborative authoring tool that allows teachers and students to group collaborate on a Web page.
Educational Wiki Resources:
- EduWikis
- Examples of Educational Wikis
- Teaching Tips: Wikis in the Classroom
- Wiki in a K-12 Classroom
- Wikis in the Classroom (Add your classroom wiki to the list of how wikis are being used in the classroom.)
- Wicked Wikis
- Basic Wikis
- Blog Vs. Wiki
Check Out These Example Wikis!
- Springfield Township High School Virtual Library
- Examples of Educational Wikis
- Classroom 2.0
- C-Forum
- CSD Engaged Classroom
- Elementary Tech Lessons
- CSD Keyboarding
- Blunt Classroom - Example of a basic teacher blog
- Web 2.0
- KBlunt Portfolio - Example of an electronic portfolio
- iPods In The CSD - Good example of a wiki used for collaboration
Assignments:
- Create your own Wikispaces account.
- Create a teacher, class, or grade-level Wiki.
- Add 2 pages to your Wiki.
- Add text, a picture, a link, and a document to your wiki.
- Comment on this post. Include your thoughts about the possible benefits of wikis, something you learned in class today, or thoughts about an article you have read about wikis.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
5. Social Bookmarking
September 29, 2011 - Social Bookmarking
Social bookmarking is a method that Internet users employ to share, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web resources.
Assignments:
1. Create your own Delicious account.
2. Add 10 bookmarks to your Delicious account.
3. Create 5 tags to use in your Delicious account.
4. Follow 2 people on Delicious.
2. Comment on this post. Include your thoughts about how you might use Delicious (or other social bookmarking sites) in your classroom, what the benefits are of using social bookmarking as an educator, something you learned in class today, or thoughts about an article you have read about social bookmarking.
Social bookmarking is a method that Internet users employ to share, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web resources.
Assignments:
1. Create your own Delicious account.
2. Add 10 bookmarks to your Delicious account.
3. Create 5 tags to use in your Delicious account.
4. Follow 2 people on Delicious.
2. Comment on this post. Include your thoughts about how you might use Delicious (or other social bookmarking sites) in your classroom, what the benefits are of using social bookmarking as an educator, something you learned in class today, or thoughts about an article you have read about social bookmarking.
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