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Podcasting in the Classroom

puxi — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:50:47 CDT

All Podcasts Are Not Created Equally

Podcast = audio or video streamed over the web to your computer

Models

Student-Produced Podcasts sampler
Podcast directory sorted by age
Science concepts illustrated via a podcast
Youth Radio

Resources

Kathy Schrock answers What makes a good podcast?
Evaluating podcasts
Podcasting Basics Moodle course

An iMovie IS NOT a Digital Story

puxi — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:34:54 CDT

Digital Story vs. Digital Report

7 Elements of a Digital Story

Models

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puxi — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:14:44 CDT

Media Producers and Consumers in the Web 2.0 Classroom

By Tom Banaszewski

techszewski@gmail.com
http://del.icio.us/techszewski
skype: techszewski

What are the media literacy challenges and new engaging opportunities that teachers face in the Web 2.0
era? Students and teachers now enjoy even easier access to tools that produce and share engaging
multimedia pieces. Whether or not they are effective in communicating their message can often get lost in
the process. With a focus on wikis, this session will examine how students and teachers can practice
essential media literacy skills while incorporating pre-existing digital stories, podcasts, and blogs into their
curriculum via a wiki. Before stepping into the role of producing media to be shared on the web, students
need practice in the role of informed consumers of media.

Web 2.0 enables:

Increased participation of student voices
Original thought
Digital Socratic circle
Easy access to student-produced media samples for deconstruction

and presents these challenges:

Tool literacy (Photoshop expert) vs. media and visual literacy (effective communicator with multimedia)
Requires you to have defined "effective communication" as it relates to your digital media product
Assessment
Accountability
Developmentally Appropriate Expectations

Why the wiki?

Collaborative media analysis
Media viewed as just another resource to learn from

5 Essential Questions

puxi — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:17:08 CDT

Resources

Blogging vs. Babbling

puxi — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:01:47 CDT

"If I were writing a manifesto for 21st century teaching and learning, one of the items would be, “The 21st Century classroom does not teach writing — it teaches communication” - David Warlick

"It is clear from reading just a random sample of students' blogs that they do not have a clear idea of what to write. I ask them only for their summary of the news item and any comments they may have, such as why they chose this item, what they feel its import is" - Marco Polo

Remember, you probably started your students blogging because you wanted their written communication skills to improve over time. While there needs to be accountability and some form of assessment, you might want to rethink blogging if that's what's driving your interest. Don't hop on this bandwagon unless you're going to take the time to read what students write and actively participate in blogging along with them.

Models

High school Economics blogs
Gr. 5 with a blogging rubric
Blogging vs. Writing
High school Psych

Resources

10 Habits of Bloggers that Win
Everything for the newbie or novice
For the blogging teacher
Best of blogs awards
Konrad Glogowski's helpful tools: Independent Progress Report and Self-Assessment sheet

Powerful Powerpoint Presentations

puxi — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:38:09 CDT

Models

Alexei Kepterev says it best here

Resources

Tips on the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly