http://www.cuttingedgeppt.com/camtasia/index.html
www.partnersinrhyme.com/soundfx/human.shtml
www.zooish.com
www.wavcentral.com
www.awesomeclipartforkids.com
www.kidsdomain.com/clip/index.html
http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/PowerPoint.htm
http://iteslj.org/t/ppt/
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Additional Powerpoint Websites
http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/ppedu.html#Classroom
http://www.actden.com/pp/
http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/the_zen_estheti.html
http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/the_zen_estheti.html
http://www.actden.com/pp/
http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/the_zen_estheti.html
http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/the_zen_estheti.html
Monday, May 21, 2007
A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words
A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words
Using digital imaging has an important place in the classroom as it can enhance learning a great deal in very innovative ways. Who would have thought a few years back that we would be using a digital camera in the classroom to illustrate geometry to students. Where students can look for lines and shapes by taking a picture of a sidewalk to illustrate that the cracks in a sidewalk are examples of parallel and perpendicular lines, or how bricks on a wall are put together to form a right angle.
When I was first thinking about digital imaging in the classroom, I was mostly thinking how we as a class could create a large database of pictures that we could access at any point in time. I felt that we would feel more connected to the images if we took the pictures as oppose to finding other images that already existed, but I soon found out that the web is a gold mine for digital images and by allowing the students to explore and select these imagines on the web, it seemed to give them all the freedom that they needed to be creative and expressive with their work.
This is a great tool for visual learners. Students can display pictures and images in ways that make information easier for them to understand and to help see relationships and patterns that might otherwise go unnoticed. This is especially true for math, science, language, geography, history and music. I guess all subjects.
I work in a Catholic school and this year my grade 7 class performed the “Stations of the Cross” for the school. They worked really hard at getting their tableaux just right. I took pictures and after taking this course I thought I would put together a digital story for the students (please see attached powerpoint). They absolutely loved it and so did their parents. I did have some issues around the size of pictures, but our systems are so old at school. Perhaps someday that will change, but for now I will work with what I have.
After reading some of the discussion on our discussion board about the Egyptoligist, I will be sure to put together a digital story of our trip to the Grand Canyon this summer. I will include pictures, video, and text in my story. I will not only take pictures and images for our personal memories, but for educational purposes as well. I will also ask my students to do the same when they are on vacation this year, I will ask them to take pictures. It will be much more exciting to see and read about their summers holidays when you can actually see what they did.
Someone on the discussion board was talking about pictures of students for graduation. The teacher takes pictures of their students and ask them to bring in a baby picture for graduation day. I was thinking that this idea could be taken a step further but it would require the commitment from every teacher in the school. I was thinking that each student could put together their own yearly digital story. Students take pictures and movies of the activities they participated in, field trips they were on, play day, sports events, etc. Then students add text to their images and continue each year to add items to their “school year journal”. As the students become old enough, they would be responsible to create and maintain their own journal. Students would have a permanent record of their years at school and when it came time to graduate, the work has already been done by the students. Each one of them would have the opportunity to tell their own personal truths of their school age years. This “school year journal” could also assist the teacher in getting to know his/her students in much more personal way.
This digital imaging and story telling can also be used in science class, by taking time lapse photography of seasons, of plants, of animals, experiments etc. Students can actually see how things change over time.
Another really neat idea is to play a piece of music and ask students to visualize what the music is telling them. Then students would find images that match their visualization and then they would marry the images and the images together to make a powerful presentation to the rest of the class.
In June my grade 7 class is taking a field trip to “Heartland Forest” in Niagara Falls. Their task is to not only listen to the world around them and to the tour guide but to take digital images of what they see in order to come back to the classroom and write a story about their experience. They will not only be taking pictures interesting things, but they will also look for evidence on how people impact the natural environment. I’m really looking forward to this experience and so are they. They will then present their findings to the class.
Digital imagery is also a useful tool for those with disabilities. Students can show you or tell you what they need or want through pictures. I also have a student that finds it very difficult to write. This technology will allow her to tell stories through images.
This technology is also useful for taking pictures of what a center, shelf, area should look like when it is clean and neat. The image reminds students where items need to go when they are finished with them. This is helpful for children with ADHD as it helps students to visual the end results.
This technology is also very useful for young children before they learn to write. They can begin to tell stories through pictures. All that one has to do is provide them with a database of pictures, teach them about the technology and before you know it, the young students will be telling their own stories. How exciting is that!
Using digital imaging has an important place in the classroom as it can enhance learning a great deal in very innovative ways. Who would have thought a few years back that we would be using a digital camera in the classroom to illustrate geometry to students. Where students can look for lines and shapes by taking a picture of a sidewalk to illustrate that the cracks in a sidewalk are examples of parallel and perpendicular lines, or how bricks on a wall are put together to form a right angle.
When I was first thinking about digital imaging in the classroom, I was mostly thinking how we as a class could create a large database of pictures that we could access at any point in time. I felt that we would feel more connected to the images if we took the pictures as oppose to finding other images that already existed, but I soon found out that the web is a gold mine for digital images and by allowing the students to explore and select these imagines on the web, it seemed to give them all the freedom that they needed to be creative and expressive with their work.
This is a great tool for visual learners. Students can display pictures and images in ways that make information easier for them to understand and to help see relationships and patterns that might otherwise go unnoticed. This is especially true for math, science, language, geography, history and music. I guess all subjects.
I work in a Catholic school and this year my grade 7 class performed the “Stations of the Cross” for the school. They worked really hard at getting their tableaux just right. I took pictures and after taking this course I thought I would put together a digital story for the students (please see attached powerpoint). They absolutely loved it and so did their parents. I did have some issues around the size of pictures, but our systems are so old at school. Perhaps someday that will change, but for now I will work with what I have.
After reading some of the discussion on our discussion board about the Egyptoligist, I will be sure to put together a digital story of our trip to the Grand Canyon this summer. I will include pictures, video, and text in my story. I will not only take pictures and images for our personal memories, but for educational purposes as well. I will also ask my students to do the same when they are on vacation this year, I will ask them to take pictures. It will be much more exciting to see and read about their summers holidays when you can actually see what they did.
Someone on the discussion board was talking about pictures of students for graduation. The teacher takes pictures of their students and ask them to bring in a baby picture for graduation day. I was thinking that this idea could be taken a step further but it would require the commitment from every teacher in the school. I was thinking that each student could put together their own yearly digital story. Students take pictures and movies of the activities they participated in, field trips they were on, play day, sports events, etc. Then students add text to their images and continue each year to add items to their “school year journal”. As the students become old enough, they would be responsible to create and maintain their own journal. Students would have a permanent record of their years at school and when it came time to graduate, the work has already been done by the students. Each one of them would have the opportunity to tell their own personal truths of their school age years. This “school year journal” could also assist the teacher in getting to know his/her students in much more personal way.
This digital imaging and story telling can also be used in science class, by taking time lapse photography of seasons, of plants, of animals, experiments etc. Students can actually see how things change over time.
Another really neat idea is to play a piece of music and ask students to visualize what the music is telling them. Then students would find images that match their visualization and then they would marry the images and the images together to make a powerful presentation to the rest of the class.
In June my grade 7 class is taking a field trip to “Heartland Forest” in Niagara Falls. Their task is to not only listen to the world around them and to the tour guide but to take digital images of what they see in order to come back to the classroom and write a story about their experience. They will not only be taking pictures interesting things, but they will also look for evidence on how people impact the natural environment. I’m really looking forward to this experience and so are they. They will then present their findings to the class.
Digital imagery is also a useful tool for those with disabilities. Students can show you or tell you what they need or want through pictures. I also have a student that finds it very difficult to write. This technology will allow her to tell stories through images.
This technology is also useful for taking pictures of what a center, shelf, area should look like when it is clean and neat. The image reminds students where items need to go when they are finished with them. This is helpful for children with ADHD as it helps students to visual the end results.
This technology is also very useful for young children before they learn to write. They can begin to tell stories through pictures. All that one has to do is provide them with a database of pictures, teach them about the technology and before you know it, the young students will be telling their own stories. How exciting is that!
Powerpoint Websites
PowerPoint in the classroom at http://www.actden.com/pp/
PowerPoint tip page at http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/powerpoint.htm
Powered Templates at http://www.poweredtemplates.com/powerpoint-tutorial-contents.html
http://www.utexas.edu/its/training/handouts/UTOPIA_PowerpointGS/
http://www.bitbetter.com/powerlinks.htm
http://www.techtrekers.com/PP/
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech013.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_powerpoint.htm
http://www.rapides.k12.la.us/VI/PowerPointresources
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/powerpoint/assessment.html
htthttp://www.educationusingpowerpoint.org.uk/p://www.rapides.k12.la.us/VI/PowerPointresources.htm
http://idea.uwosh.edu/nick/usingppt.htm
http://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/using/using_powerpoint.html
http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial3.htm
http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/powerpoint.htm
PowerPoint tip page at http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/powerpoint.htm
Powered Templates at http://www.poweredtemplates.com/powerpoint-tutorial-contents.html
http://www.utexas.edu/its/training/handouts/UTOPIA_PowerpointGS/
http://www.bitbetter.com/powerlinks.htm
http://www.techtrekers.com/PP/
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech013.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_powerpoint.htm
http://www.rapides.k12.la.us/VI/PowerPointresources
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/powerpoint/assessment.html
htthttp://www.educationusingpowerpoint.org.uk/p://www.rapides.k12.la.us/VI/PowerPointresources.htm
http://idea.uwosh.edu/nick/usingppt.htm
http://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/using/using_powerpoint.html
http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial3.htm
http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/powerpoint.htm
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Ideas on Educationworld.com
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech148.shtml
1. Photograph students dressed up as what they want to be when they grow up and use the pictures to illustrate career reports.
2. Take lots of pictures while on a class field trip. Have students write a caption for each picture, post the photos and captions to a Web site to create a virtual field trip.
3. Photograph “a day in the life of your classroom" for parent Open House. Create a slide show to run as parents tour your classroom.
4. Store a photograph with each student's electronic portfolio.
5. Assign pairs of students to walk through the school to find such examples of geometric shapes as circles, triangles, parallel lines, obtuse angles, and so on. Label each photo and create a geometry book.
6. Photograph community landmarks and have students create a brochure about your community.
7. For younger students, take pictures of easily recognizable signs in your community and assemble the photos into an "I Can Read" book.
8. Use photographs to illustrate the process for complicated projects or for science experiments.
9. Write a class novel and illustrate it with live-action photos of your students.
10. Take pictures of class procedures and display them in the classroom as a reminder.
11. Create a seating chart with photographs for substitutes.
12. Take pictures of each child’s eyes, nose, feet, or mouth only. Have children try to match each student to his or her body part.
13. Make picture frames for a Mother’s Day or Father’s Day gift. Glue each photo into a decorated jar lid and glue a magnet to the back.
14. Document the growth of classroom plants or animals with daily or weekly photos.
15. Take photos of school staff performing their duties. Write a caption for each photo and create a Community Workers book.
16. Snap a black-and-white headshot of each student, size it to ¼ page, and place a box frame around it. Place a blank box the same size as the framed picture beside it. Have students draw ½-inch to 1-inch gridlines in pencil in both boxes and label the gridlines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and so on in each direction. Then have students try to duplicate their pictures by drawing only what they see in each grid.
17. Take a photograph of each student at the beginning and end of the school year. Have students complete Venn diagrams of themselves, showing how they have -- and haven’t -- changed during the year.
18. Compile a set of file cards naming such abstract concepts or emotions as freedom, love, hate, honor, joy, sorrow, patriotism, responsibility, and respect. Have students select a card at random and take a photograph illustrating that concept.
19. Have each student choose a letter and find an object that begins with that letter. Take a picture of the child with the object and use the pictures to create a class alphabet chart.
20. Arrange students into groups and assign each group one of the five senses. Have each group photograph the appropriate sensory organ and then have them take pictures of objects that organ might best perceive. pictures to illustrate such science concepts as food chain, biodiversity, biome, and so on.
21. Have students go on a photographic scavenger hunt, taking pictures of the objects they find rather than retrieving the objects themselves.
22. Take pictures of plants or animals in your community and use them to create a field guide of local wildlife
1. Photograph students dressed up as what they want to be when they grow up and use the pictures to illustrate career reports.
2. Take lots of pictures while on a class field trip. Have students write a caption for each picture, post the photos and captions to a Web site to create a virtual field trip.
3. Photograph “a day in the life of your classroom" for parent Open House. Create a slide show to run as parents tour your classroom.
4. Store a photograph with each student's electronic portfolio.
5. Assign pairs of students to walk through the school to find such examples of geometric shapes as circles, triangles, parallel lines, obtuse angles, and so on. Label each photo and create a geometry book.
6. Photograph community landmarks and have students create a brochure about your community.
7. For younger students, take pictures of easily recognizable signs in your community and assemble the photos into an "I Can Read" book.
8. Use photographs to illustrate the process for complicated projects or for science experiments.
9. Write a class novel and illustrate it with live-action photos of your students.
10. Take pictures of class procedures and display them in the classroom as a reminder.
11. Create a seating chart with photographs for substitutes.
12. Take pictures of each child’s eyes, nose, feet, or mouth only. Have children try to match each student to his or her body part.
13. Make picture frames for a Mother’s Day or Father’s Day gift. Glue each photo into a decorated jar lid and glue a magnet to the back.
14. Document the growth of classroom plants or animals with daily or weekly photos.
15. Take photos of school staff performing their duties. Write a caption for each photo and create a Community Workers book.
16. Snap a black-and-white headshot of each student, size it to ¼ page, and place a box frame around it. Place a blank box the same size as the framed picture beside it. Have students draw ½-inch to 1-inch gridlines in pencil in both boxes and label the gridlines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and so on in each direction. Then have students try to duplicate their pictures by drawing only what they see in each grid.
17. Take a photograph of each student at the beginning and end of the school year. Have students complete Venn diagrams of themselves, showing how they have -- and haven’t -- changed during the year.
18. Compile a set of file cards naming such abstract concepts or emotions as freedom, love, hate, honor, joy, sorrow, patriotism, responsibility, and respect. Have students select a card at random and take a photograph illustrating that concept.
19. Have each student choose a letter and find an object that begins with that letter. Take a picture of the child with the object and use the pictures to create a class alphabet chart.
20. Arrange students into groups and assign each group one of the five senses. Have each group photograph the appropriate sensory organ and then have them take pictures of objects that organ might best perceive. pictures to illustrate such science concepts as food chain, biodiversity, biome, and so on.
21. Have students go on a photographic scavenger hunt, taking pictures of the objects they find rather than retrieving the objects themselves.
22. Take pictures of plants or animals in your community and use them to create a field guide of local wildlife
Additional Websites for Digital Storytelling
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/edu/lessonPlans/
http://www.learningdemo.com/noaa/
http://www.worldwildlife.org/expeditions/
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/adventures/
http://teacherworld.com/vft.html
http://www.wacona.com/digicam/digicam.html http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/lessons/ http://www.fcae.nova.edu/~burmeist/FETC99.html http://www.rockdale.k12.ga.us/personal/mholbrook/dig_photos/default.aspx http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/digi1.html http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/indices/art.shtml
http://www.learningdemo.com/noaa/
http://www.worldwildlife.org/expeditions/
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/adventures/
http://teacherworld.com/vft.html
http://www.wacona.com/digicam/digicam.html http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/lessons/ http://www.fcae.nova.edu/~burmeist/FETC99.html http://www.rockdale.k12.ga.us/personal/mholbrook/dig_photos/default.aspx http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/digi1.html http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/indices/art.shtml
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Useful Digital Imaging Websites
www.nga.gov
www.nga.gov/education/classroom/index.htm
www.nga.gov/search
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/standards/
http://futureofmath.misterteacher.com/Digital%20Images%20Uses.pdf
http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/
http://yotophoto.com/
http://mojiti.com/
http://www.ourstory.com/
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech148.shtml
www.nga.gov/education/classroom/index.htm
www.nga.gov/search
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/standards/
http://futureofmath.misterteacher.com/Digital%20Images%20Uses.pdf
http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/
http://yotophoto.com/
http://mojiti.com/
http://www.ourstory.com/
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech148.shtml
Friday, May 4, 2007
To Podcast or Not to Podcast
What on earth is a podcast? As educators and life-long learners would this be a valuable tool in our own quest to make knowledge easier and accessible for everyone and should it be used in educational institutions?
First, podcasting is an automated technology that allows people to listen to digitally recorded information that can be downloaded to a computer media player and listened to throughout the day.
Podcasting has compelling uses for learners of all ages. As an adult learner myself, I see many possibilities. I remember taking an anatomy course many years ago. I had a deck of cards with body parts and correct spelling on each of them and I would keep them in my pocket. Every time I had a few minutes to sit and relax, I would take out this deck of cards and study them. With the arrival of podasting, I would no longer need to find a few minutes to sit and review my cards, I could just simply record the information I need to learn, download it to an ipod and listen to it throughout the day and repeat it as many times as necessary. Another wonderful benefit to podcasting is the ability to listen to information at my convenience. I could be running the children around, making dinner, doing laundry, all the while learning something new.
While studying for test, I thought it might be a great idea to just record and download to your ipod, only the information that you don’t know. Instead of listening to all the information, just target the information that may be giving you difficulties. If you listen to it over and over again, eventually you may remember it.
On Monday morning when I arrive at school, I go right to my mail box and I find a “What’s Up” document. This document tells me what is happening during the week. Who is doing what, who is away, who is responsible for what. Every morning when I walk into my school, I need to go straight to the teacher’s room and look on the white board to determine what is happening that day and who needs to do what. A more efficient idea would be for the principal to record the required information for the staff on a Friday evening and staff could listen to the podcast during the weekend or turn on their computers Monday morning and listen to the weekly update at their convenience.
I also thought that the Board Office can disseminate updates, announcements, daily messages and news through a podcast. Perhaps at lunchtime, teachers could listen to this information. Schools are situated all over the peninsula and information that we get (if we get any information at all) is often distorted by others who pass it along. It would be great to get a regular podcast direct from the Board Office. It seems to me, that this technology could improve and facilitate better teamwork and communication.
I spend a lot of time after school going to inservices. I thought another great idea would be for the trainers to create a podcast of the required information and we could listen to it at our convenience. This is a good idea because the information would only have to be recorded once and teachers could listen to it over and over again if they chose. A knowledge database could be created for all these inservices and seminars and teachers could download the podcasts if they need refreshers, if they missed the inservice, or all podcasts would be available for new teachers. Valuable resources could be used in other areas instead of a continuous string of the same inservice. Best practices could also be recorded and downloaded as needed.
For students, podcasting is an excellent and exciting tool for many reasons. It can make learning a new language easier. Students can hear the correct enunciation of words and listen to it over and over again at any place or any time. This is also an excellent technology integrating foreign speaking students into the classroom.
Information can be recorded for field trips, homework, research, notes, interviews, lectures, and downloaded anytime for students to work with. Lectures can be recorded and students can listen to them over and over again, if they so chose. Speeches can be recorded for students to listen to so they can hear if their pace is correct, if they have fluency, if they need to slow down or speed up, if they are loud enough, or if they need to enunciate my clearly.
This technology is wonderful for all students. Information can be easily modified for special needs students or the information can be extended for those that have mastered the curriculum. For special needs students, they could have the opportunity to pre-learn information or listen to the information as many times as they need to feel confident with the information. Just a simple download would give them the ability to listen and learn.
For those that missed a day or two of school, again they would have the ability to download information and get caught-up right from home. This technology is great for younger students or those that have difficulty reading, or seeing, all they have to do is listen.
This brings me to another point. Often children have difficulty with listening skills. Students can download information and listen for instructions and directions. This is a great way to practice many activities especially mapping. Often in life we have to stop, ask for directions, then listen, to ensure that we get where we are going.
An on-line agenda is also a great idea. Have students record assignments, due, homework, to do lists, etc and parents can download and listen to them in the evening in order to prepare students for the next day. In fact, as a busy teacher, I could record my own to do lists and download them in the evening, so I too can be fully prepared for class the next day.
I also thought a daily audio journal would be really neat. Often when children arrive home from school, parents ask them what they did all day, and of coarse, you know what their usually response is, “nothing.” Students could record their daily activities, and keep track of good moments, difficult moments and ha ha moments. Parents could listen to their child’s journal every evening. Also it is a wonderful keepsake for later in life.
Upon reviewing the internet for podcast uses, I discovered that there is a wide variety of educational uses. The list never seems to end. Of course the list begins with downloading music, practice interviewing skills, creating your own biography, recording and listening to your own and other student’s stories, sound clips from educational movies, listening to field experts, listening to current events, weather reports, this technology also provides immediate feedback to students, and can provide supplementary information to students. The list goes on and on.
It is my firm belief that podcasting is an excellent tool to integrate into one’s own life, into the lives of students, and into the classroom. As with any new technology, it can be scary and intimidating but with the time, desire and practice, most anyone can become familiar with this technology. I know that this technology will definitely be useful in my own quest for learning and knowledge and that of my students.
First, podcasting is an automated technology that allows people to listen to digitally recorded information that can be downloaded to a computer media player and listened to throughout the day.
Podcasting has compelling uses for learners of all ages. As an adult learner myself, I see many possibilities. I remember taking an anatomy course many years ago. I had a deck of cards with body parts and correct spelling on each of them and I would keep them in my pocket. Every time I had a few minutes to sit and relax, I would take out this deck of cards and study them. With the arrival of podasting, I would no longer need to find a few minutes to sit and review my cards, I could just simply record the information I need to learn, download it to an ipod and listen to it throughout the day and repeat it as many times as necessary. Another wonderful benefit to podcasting is the ability to listen to information at my convenience. I could be running the children around, making dinner, doing laundry, all the while learning something new.
While studying for test, I thought it might be a great idea to just record and download to your ipod, only the information that you don’t know. Instead of listening to all the information, just target the information that may be giving you difficulties. If you listen to it over and over again, eventually you may remember it.
On Monday morning when I arrive at school, I go right to my mail box and I find a “What’s Up” document. This document tells me what is happening during the week. Who is doing what, who is away, who is responsible for what. Every morning when I walk into my school, I need to go straight to the teacher’s room and look on the white board to determine what is happening that day and who needs to do what. A more efficient idea would be for the principal to record the required information for the staff on a Friday evening and staff could listen to the podcast during the weekend or turn on their computers Monday morning and listen to the weekly update at their convenience.
I also thought that the Board Office can disseminate updates, announcements, daily messages and news through a podcast. Perhaps at lunchtime, teachers could listen to this information. Schools are situated all over the peninsula and information that we get (if we get any information at all) is often distorted by others who pass it along. It would be great to get a regular podcast direct from the Board Office. It seems to me, that this technology could improve and facilitate better teamwork and communication.
I spend a lot of time after school going to inservices. I thought another great idea would be for the trainers to create a podcast of the required information and we could listen to it at our convenience. This is a good idea because the information would only have to be recorded once and teachers could listen to it over and over again if they chose. A knowledge database could be created for all these inservices and seminars and teachers could download the podcasts if they need refreshers, if they missed the inservice, or all podcasts would be available for new teachers. Valuable resources could be used in other areas instead of a continuous string of the same inservice. Best practices could also be recorded and downloaded as needed.
For students, podcasting is an excellent and exciting tool for many reasons. It can make learning a new language easier. Students can hear the correct enunciation of words and listen to it over and over again at any place or any time. This is also an excellent technology integrating foreign speaking students into the classroom.
Information can be recorded for field trips, homework, research, notes, interviews, lectures, and downloaded anytime for students to work with. Lectures can be recorded and students can listen to them over and over again, if they so chose. Speeches can be recorded for students to listen to so they can hear if their pace is correct, if they have fluency, if they need to slow down or speed up, if they are loud enough, or if they need to enunciate my clearly.
This technology is wonderful for all students. Information can be easily modified for special needs students or the information can be extended for those that have mastered the curriculum. For special needs students, they could have the opportunity to pre-learn information or listen to the information as many times as they need to feel confident with the information. Just a simple download would give them the ability to listen and learn.
For those that missed a day or two of school, again they would have the ability to download information and get caught-up right from home. This technology is great for younger students or those that have difficulty reading, or seeing, all they have to do is listen.
This brings me to another point. Often children have difficulty with listening skills. Students can download information and listen for instructions and directions. This is a great way to practice many activities especially mapping. Often in life we have to stop, ask for directions, then listen, to ensure that we get where we are going.
An on-line agenda is also a great idea. Have students record assignments, due, homework, to do lists, etc and parents can download and listen to them in the evening in order to prepare students for the next day. In fact, as a busy teacher, I could record my own to do lists and download them in the evening, so I too can be fully prepared for class the next day.
I also thought a daily audio journal would be really neat. Often when children arrive home from school, parents ask them what they did all day, and of coarse, you know what their usually response is, “nothing.” Students could record their daily activities, and keep track of good moments, difficult moments and ha ha moments. Parents could listen to their child’s journal every evening. Also it is a wonderful keepsake for later in life.
Upon reviewing the internet for podcast uses, I discovered that there is a wide variety of educational uses. The list never seems to end. Of course the list begins with downloading music, practice interviewing skills, creating your own biography, recording and listening to your own and other student’s stories, sound clips from educational movies, listening to field experts, listening to current events, weather reports, this technology also provides immediate feedback to students, and can provide supplementary information to students. The list goes on and on.
It is my firm belief that podcasting is an excellent tool to integrate into one’s own life, into the lives of students, and into the classroom. As with any new technology, it can be scary and intimidating but with the time, desire and practice, most anyone can become familiar with this technology. I know that this technology will definitely be useful in my own quest for learning and knowledge and that of my students.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
National Geographic Podcasting
National Geographic Podcasts
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/podcasts/wildchronicles.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/podcasts/wildchronicles.html
Students in Edu 9F61
Candace http://www.figg.com/educ9f61/ Peter http://9f61spring2007.blogspot.com/ Wendy http://roccatechnology.blogspot.com Tuvrayn http://tuvraynkaur.blogspot.com Louise http://bareilo.blogspot.com/ Melissa http://lindbergcomputerpart1.blogspot.com/ Janine http://blogginbyjpax.blogspot.com/ Alisson http://alicomputerclassroom.blogspot.com/ Carolyn http://cburnscburns.blogspot.com/ Greg http://gteasdale.blogspot.com/ Rebecca http://passionateaboutdance.blogspot.com/ Laura http://computersinsci.blogspot.com/ Jeremy http://aqclasswest.blogspot.com/ Naomi http://naomiyanagawa.blogspot.com/ Bruce http://bburley.blogspot.com/
Internet Safety
The world is at our children's fingertips! There is no limits to their computer playground. Lots of fun things to look at, play with, and explore. Please consider that behind some of those fun and exciting programs may lurk some sinister people who wish to take advantage of a child's innocents. Always be aware of what your students are visting and keep their computers in clear sight.
Internet Safety Websites
Check out these websites
Be Web Aware
Canadian Tipline
Student Tips
Media Awareness
Internet Safety Websites
Check out these websites
Be Web Aware
Canadian Tipline
Student Tips
Media Awareness
Higher Order Thinking
All our knowledge results from questions, which is another way of saying that question-asking is our most important intellecctual tool.
(Postman, 1979: 140)
Often when teachers consider the development of thinking skills we use "Bloom's Taxonomy" as a guide. This taxonomy suggest that you cannot value or judge something until you:
1. know the facts
2. understand the facts
3. can apply the facts
4. can apply the facts
5. can take the facts apart
6. put the facts together in such a way that new perspectives are revealed
Asking good questions leads to better learning and leads to higher order thinking. It is critical as teachers that we learn the art of asking better questions and begin to expect better answers.
Excellent Book: Asking Better Questions by Norah Morgan & Juliana Saxton
Check out this website. Go here
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/dalton.htm http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/mi/front_mi.htm
(Postman, 1979: 140)
Often when teachers consider the development of thinking skills we use "Bloom's Taxonomy" as a guide. This taxonomy suggest that you cannot value or judge something until you:
1. know the facts
2. understand the facts
3. can apply the facts
4. can apply the facts
5. can take the facts apart
6. put the facts together in such a way that new perspectives are revealed
Asking good questions leads to better learning and leads to higher order thinking. It is critical as teachers that we learn the art of asking better questions and begin to expect better answers.
Excellent Book: Asking Better Questions by Norah Morgan & Juliana Saxton
Check out this website. Go here
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/dalton.htm http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/mi/front_mi.htm
Websites to Build Rubics
http://www.rubrics4teachers.com/
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/instruct/general/rubrics.htm
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http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/instruct/general/rubrics.htm
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Monday, April 9, 2007
Additional Internet Safety Sites
Preston, Lancashire, UK: Online Networked Childrens’ Education
Project, Information Society Project Office, The European Union.
Partial Index of Internet Safety Websites:
http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/ internetsafety.html
http://kids.getnetwise.org/americalinksup/index.shtml
http://www.aba.gov.au/abanews/news_releases/2002/148nr02.htm
http://www.allsands.com/internetsafety_si_gn.htm
http://www.childcybersearch.org/
http://www.cyberangels.org/
http://www.cybercrime.gov/rules/kidinternet.htm http://www.ecpat.net/eng/
http://www.ed.gov/Technology/safety.html
http://www.educaunet.org/article.php3?id_article=16&var_recherche=safety
http://www.getnetwise.org/
http://www.internetsafety.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/info/safeonlinedefault.htm http://www.netsafe.org.nz/
http://www.nypl.org/branch/safety.html http://www.ou.edu/oupd/kidsafe/start.htm
http://www.software4parents.com/
http://www.safeonlineoutreach.org/documents.html http://www.safekids.com/
http://www.smartparent.com/ http://www.soc-um.org/
http://www.surfnetkids.com/kidsafe.htm
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/cp.nsf/57b01c7b1b6493c48525 6555005853cf/
7db4e3dd3d2d2204852568fd000b10ef?Open Document
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/docs/safety/
Project, Information Society Project Office, The European Union.
Partial Index of Internet Safety Websites:
http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/ internetsafety.html
http://kids.getnetwise.org/americalinksup/index.shtml
http://www.aba.gov.au/abanews/news_releases/2002/148nr02.htm
http://www.allsands.com/internetsafety_si_gn.htm
http://www.childcybersearch.org/
http://www.cyberangels.org/
http://www.cybercrime.gov/rules/kidinternet.htm http://www.ecpat.net/eng/
http://www.ed.gov/Technology/safety.html
http://www.educaunet.org/article.php3?id_article=16&var_recherche=safety
http://www.getnetwise.org/
http://www.internetsafety.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/info/safeonlinedefault.htm http://www.netsafe.org.nz/
http://www.nypl.org/branch/safety.html http://www.ou.edu/oupd/kidsafe/start.htm
http://www.software4parents.com/
http://www.safeonlineoutreach.org/documents.html http://www.safekids.com/
http://www.smartparent.com/ http://www.soc-um.org/
http://www.surfnetkids.com/kidsafe.htm
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/cp.nsf/57b01c7b1b6493c48525 6555005853cf/
7db4e3dd3d2d2204852568fd000b10ef?Open Document
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/docs/safety/
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