Yet again my TRT friend has sent me another great link on podcasting! This link actually takes you to a blog on the educational benefits of podcasts. It was interesting to see that SO many study guides are available through podcasts for students. This would have been extremely helpful to me as a student when trying to find Cliff's Notes for whatever book we were studying in class; not to mention the accessibility of these study guides would have made my life easier! I also LOVE the idea of using a podcast to learn a new language...no more languages on CD! I am slowly starting to wonder how I ever lived without the benefits of podcasts! Check out the link and let me know what you think.
http://the-ipod-hacker.blogspot.com/2008/02/100-ways-to-use-your-ipod-to-learn-and.html
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Podcasting to Perfection
I have a wonderful TRT at one of my schools who is a fountain of tech knowledge. When I asked her about podcasting in education, she sent me a few great resources that I thought would be helpful to pass along. Check out these sites and let me know what you think. There's all kinds of information on these sites from what equipment needed for podcasts to how to apply podcasting to education. Thanks Katie!
Links:
http://www.larkin.net.au/024_podcasting.html
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/gadgets.html
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~nshelley/resources.html
http://recap.ltd.uk/podcasting/info/podresources.php
Links:
http://www.larkin.net.au/024_podcasting.html
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/gadgets.html
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~nshelley/resources.html
http://recap.ltd.uk/podcasting/info/podresources.php
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
More on Podcasts
I was conversing with my students on things I was learning in the ITS program. I had mentioned that I was learning about podcasts. One of my 2nd graders mentioned that he had created a podcast with his uncle. His uncle has a radio show and helped him create a podcast. I was amazed how many of my students not only know what a podcast is, but they have downloaded several to their iPods! I guess I'm a little behind the times!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Podcasts
I had my first experience creating a podcast in class this past week. Before this, I wasn't a 100% sure on what a podcast all entailed. My first thought was that podcasts aren't as abundant in everyday life as I originally thought. However, the growing popularity of the iPod attributes to the growing use of podcasts. So, at some point I can see podcasts being a popular form of information broadcasting. So, I'm beginning to wonder...is there a time to come when homework assignments, student writings, and lectures would be broadcast through podcasts on school websites? Any thoughts on this idea??
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
More on Digital Video
Adding on to thoughts of how digital video...my TRT and I have been brainstorming and trying to think of ideas on how to honor a wonderful teacher that will be retiring this year. My thoughts immediately went to the flip camera. It would be great to teach the students how to use the flip camera and have them video tape each other saying a few inspirational words to their teacher to include in a video memory book as a gift. The editing would be done by the TRT because of the complexity and time restraints.
Of course this idea lead to other ideas of using video in the classroom. At my second school the morning announcements are done via video feed in the classrooms. I was thinking how great it would be for students to create commercials for special events or even the student store to be played during the morning announcements as a way of advertisement. The list of ideas keep growing!
Of course this idea lead to other ideas of using video in the classroom. At my second school the morning announcements are done via video feed in the classrooms. I was thinking how great it would be for students to create commercials for special events or even the student store to be played during the morning announcements as a way of advertisement. The list of ideas keep growing!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Digital Video
While I haven't had a great deal of experience with digital videoing or editing, I did have the opportunity to take a class in animation in college. We learned several types ways to create animation with a camera. One of my favorite was clay animation. We created clay creatures with modeling clay. We would position them a shoot for three second intervals with the cameras; gradually moving the figures in between each shoot. When the shooting was finished we added the sound to the animation. The whole process was very time-consuming but also very fun. I had the chance to use this technique when student teaching in a middle school. The art teacher had an after-school program in which students created a short 15-30 second clay animation.
After clay animation we went onto to using collage for our next animation. We cut things from magazines or newspapers. In order to make people look like they were moving we had to cut the arms and legs into sections so that they could be moved in to different positions. We used the same camera set-up and shooting techniques as with the clay animation.
Finally, we learned how to make our drawings come alive through animation. We learned different techniques like drawing one letter to a word and shooting the letter, then draw the next letter and shoot for 3 seconds and so on. This technique could also be used to drawing a figure...draw a portion of the figure and shoot it with the camera, then draw another portion and shoot it, ect. You could cut out letters of characters and move them gradually across the background while shooting each position. I could see this technique being the easiest to teach to elementary students. The best reward is seeing the finished product!
After clay animation we went onto to using collage for our next animation. We cut things from magazines or newspapers. In order to make people look like they were moving we had to cut the arms and legs into sections so that they could be moved in to different positions. We used the same camera set-up and shooting techniques as with the clay animation.
Finally, we learned how to make our drawings come alive through animation. We learned different techniques like drawing one letter to a word and shooting the letter, then draw the next letter and shoot for 3 seconds and so on. This technique could also be used to drawing a figure...draw a portion of the figure and shoot it with the camera, then draw another portion and shoot it, ect. You could cut out letters of characters and move them gradually across the background while shooting each position. I could see this technique being the easiest to teach to elementary students. The best reward is seeing the finished product!
More On Wikis
During my search for more information on wikis, I came across an interesting article that got me thinking. Here is the site link http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/wikis/index.htm. In this article it states that many educators have had more success with having the students correct and discuss each others wikis rather than the teacher. However, the teacher would still be there to guide the students and give advice.
I really like the idea of the students learning from one another in this way. It not only gives them the opportunity to coach each other but it is a great collaboration method as well. I would more inclined as an educator to use this method to really 'allow the students to "own" their online learning experience'.
I really like the idea of the students learning from one another in this way. It not only gives them the opportunity to coach each other but it is a great collaboration method as well. I would more inclined as an educator to use this method to really 'allow the students to "own" their online learning experience'.
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