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Course Evaluation and Reflection

Below you will find a link to the course evaluation. Please provide some feedback about the course.

Click Here to take survey

I was really impressed with the quality of work that was produced this semester. Everyone did a great job and I look forward to hearing about your progress!

Please feel free to leave a comment about the course on the blog. Suggestions are always welcome!

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Two Class Weeks Left!

This week will be a work week. Your projects are due next week an I plan on using class this week as a refresher and question period. If you would like to review anything that we have covered over the last 9 weeks post your question below.

Assignment:
Be prepared to share your project with the rest of class next week.

Search Engine for Kids!

For those of you who teach elementary students there is search engine designed to catch the innappropriate content, Kindernet!

Check out the Free Tech for Teacher's Blog for more information.

Media Manipulation

Using web-accessible tools to design and edit digital media files.

Web-shared media invites web-based tools to produce and refine the files to be shared. Web tools are available for editing photographs (splashup, fotoflexer). Others can allow the creation and sharing of comic strips (toondoo) and for simple animated images for webpages (gifup). Similar editing can be applied to sound files (soundjunction, Jamglue). Moreover, images or videoclips can be annotated with sound – or with visual notes (voicethread). Collections of images can be effortlessly constructed into sequential video clips (animoto) or broadcast as TV-style video (makeinternettv). More elaborate mixing of visual digital material into montages or 'mashups' is also supported (popfly). Sections of web pages themselves can be selected and pasted into such montages (kwout).


Assignment:

Try out one of the tools listed above and share what you created on your blog or wiki!

Fun with Podcasting!!

Podcasting has become increasingly popular among educators. It provides an opportunity for teachers to record their lessons and then post them to a class website. It also allows students to record their reflections, create projects, and share information. A Podcast can simply be an oral blog or it can be a detalied lesson on a topic of interest. In this lesson you will listen to a couple of podcasts that were created by students and teachers. You will also find a podcast of interest and link it or post it to your blog. I will also show you some websites where you can upload your own podcasts. All you need is a microphone and a program called Audacity!



P.S. Don't forget to bring your headphones!!

Assignment: Listening to Podcasts and Linking to Your Blog

1. Check out the following podcasting resources:
Apple's Podcasting in Education
Learning in Hand - A great resource for those interested in checking out what podcasting has to offer
Podcasting in Education- This blogger has an unbelievable amount of resources available for podcasting!
PodOMatic- Create Your Own Podcast!
Pod Bean- Create Your Own Podcast!
Voice Thread - Upload pictures and start a conversation about them!
Audacity- Free audio recording and editing software

2. Check out the links below to some popular education podcasts. Some of these require the use of iTunes. I realize some of you do not have iTunes so I tried to provide a variety of links for you to explore. Choose one podcast to listen to and post a blog entry about what you heard.

Education Podcasts:
Education Podcast Network- A collection of educational podcasts.
Podcast Alley- Podcasts from all different genres
Podcasts on Digg.com- The top education podcasts choosen by the online community

3. Find one podcast that you are a fan of. Post the link, or if possible embed the link on your blog, and share why you choose this podcast.

4. Feel like making your own podcast? Check out Podbean.com! Upload your recording to Podbean and it will provide you with an embeddable player you can post on your blog!