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Podcasting Contest! (re: Episode 22.5!)
Calling all student and educator podcasters! We are sponsoring a podcasting contest again this year! Although the structure has changed slightly we are still focused on the same goal – recognizing quality podcasting efforts from around the world.
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Dan’s got another podcast contest going! I have no idea what the awards will be, but recognition is enough for me! Okay, I did promise any winners from my campus a pizza party to celebrate, but still. This is a great opportunity to share your voices and give your kids a reason to want to perfect their podcasts! Thank you, Dan!
I’m only sorry that he posted this less than half a day after Helen and I did a new podcast! Grrr! We may throw out a supplement podcast to inform any listeners who don’t visit the site..
Episode 22
Episode 22
Shout-Outs
- Holly from Texas, thanks for donating to the mic bank! She wants to hear us better!
- Our friend, Matt, at Apple. He brought us copies of Dan Pink’s A Whole New Mind to celebrate our ADE honor. That’s right! We’re part of the Apple Distinguished Educator Class of 2007! Thanks to Matt and to all of you who sent us encouragement, well-wishes, and comments. We added your recommendations to our applications, and we’re sure they heard you! Thanks again!!
- We love librarians! Really!
- Lorie is writing an article about Web 2.0 tools for a group of faculty. She wants to know what is your favorite Web 2.0 tool? How do you use it in the classroom? Here is a link to many Web 2.0 tools: http://www.go2web20.net/. Log it in to her post at our forums and post a response to her. Or visit her site here.
- Thanks for feedback! We’re adding some comments to the end of our podcast for you to share.
Resources
http://www.technospudprojects.com/Projects/eggroll2007/eggroll2007.htm
The Great Egg Roll 2007 – another collaborative project by Jen at technospud. Hurry! Project runs from March 26-April 13.
http://www.teachertube.com/
YouTube for teachers (maybe your district won’t block this one!) – safe place to post and watch videos for teachers and students.
http://www.pbwiki.com/
Very simple website for your class that multiple people can edit. Think wiki with no ropes attached! No email address needed. Kids can use an alias. One password for the whole site. Locks multiple users out of page to prevent overwriting editing.
http://ecamm.com/mac/conferencerecorder/
Conference Recorder for recording video iChats for vodcasting. Will also take QT movies and convert to mp3 for the audio only. Lots of other plug-ins at the site. Not free, but definitely inexpensive!
http://10base-t.com/
DropCopy’sjust a cool app! Only on the Mac, but allows you to drag and drop files to multiple users on your LAN. Also see IP Broadcaster and IP Scanner – two more helpful apps that we love!
http://plasq.com
Comic Life – beta in April for Windows users- watch here for more news!
http://toondoo.com
The Online Cartoon Strip Creator
http://www.21classes.com/
21 Classes lets teachers set up and manage a multi-user blog solution with independent blogs for students. Easy. No student email addresses required.
http://www.schoolr.com/
Schoolr is touted as “the only resource you’ll need.” Find Google search, Wikipedia search, dictionary, thesaurus, acronym search, urban dictionary, encyclopedia, citation builder, book summary search, text translator and unit converter all on one page.
Commentary
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2007/03/march_30_participate_in_stop_c_1.html
Stop Cyberbullying Day is March 30th! We have to take a stand and speak out against what is happening. Freedom of speech does not mean you can harass and force people to hide out in their houses. Use March 30th to talk with your students about cyberbullying–what to do if they are being bullied and how not to be a cyberbully. This is not just kids, but everyone! (don’t forget to tag your online entries with stopcyberbullying)
Don’t forget our feedback voice mail line 206-888-6851! You might be the next person featured on our podcast!
Is Your Alarm Ringing?
Technology Alarm Clock! My alarm goes off every morning at 5:05 and I go to school to teach my 6th graders social studies. Nice school, people, students…….I feel good about my classes and oh such great lesson plans…..NOT! My technology alarm clock went off at the NCAECT Conference big time! Will Richardson led me to realize that I can’t hit the snooze button any longer. Our children need what the title of his book says, BLOGS, WIKIS, PODCASTS AND OTHER POWERFUL WEB TOOLS FOR CLASSROOMS now! It isn’t just time to “Take it to the Netâ€, but to the emergency room! I no longer feel the “wantâ€, but the “need†to do it! Our classrooms are in crisis and everyday we don’t deliver these technolgy opportunities to our students is a day loss in my new mindset. Thanks to all who got me to this conference. I’m reading Richardson’s book. Get it and read ASAP! I have a new vocabulary! I have wikipedia! So long to Jeeves! My learning has changed and I will expose it to my students, team members, and my family. I am still in a little “Future Shockâ€, but love it everytime I absorb a bit more of it. I am on my way now to understanding the 21st century learning and it has nothing to do with Sally, Dick, or Jane!
Technology Alarm Clock! « socializeit
Bravo! This is something that we’ve been trying to convince people of…it’s not that we should use technology tools because it will engage students, but we HAVE to use technology tools before we lose our students. There will come a time (and I don’t think it’s too far off!) when our students will look at public school and decide that we are so far outdated that they don’t need us.
I mean, really, I can memorize content from any number of places online–if I really want to extend my learning and make it my own by writing about it in my blog or sharing it in my podcast, then I need access all those Web 2.0 tools that are out there.
Sound the alarm–if we want to save our schools, we have to act NOW!
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2007 Student Moviefest Competition!
Check this out!!! Student Film Festival competition–
The National School Boards Association, in association with Apple Inc., announces the fourth annual Moviefest competition. Students across the country are invited and challenged to answer the question: “How Can One Person Make a Difference?†How can you change the world? There are thousands of political, environmental, economic, educational, health, humanitarian, and animal issues affecting our world. Create a 60 second Public Service Announcement to share your insights, ideas and inspiration for making positive change happen in one area—as individuals, as members of the local community and as global citizens of our world. Share your story or idea about the extraordinary power of one human spirit to make a difference.
Registration is now open! This year’s contest starts Monday, February 26, 2007 and closes on Monday April 23, 2007. Winners will be announced Wednesday, May 16th, 2007. NSBA and Apple Inc. will select three films created by students, one from each grade category: K-5, 6-8, and 9-12. After the winning films are identified, NSBA will extend an invitation and complimentary registration to the Arts Spotlight at the 2007 T+L Conference in Nashville, October 17-19, 2007 to each winner and their teacher. A special thanks to the support provided by Digital Event Logistics.
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Episode #21 Notes
Episode 21
Shout-Outs
Sylvia in FL for being our first K7 caller! Thanks for the feedback–we LOVED hearing our listeners’ voices!
Wayne in CA for also leaving us K7 voicemail and contributing to our mic fund!
Resources
http://www.chacha.com/
Search Engine with a twist! Relies on “human intelligence”–really–if you want, you can search with a guide via chat! HUGE implications for kids! You can do a simple search on your own, or connect to a guide and have someone help with your search. This is definitely not for veteran surfers, but we see huge potential for students and parents who might not be as familiar with using the web. Shout-out to Chris for helping us with our guided search!
http://www.evoca.com/
Online podcast creation tool with all kinds of additional features. Create sound files with a phone, computer mic, or Skype. Organize files with albums, groups, and tags. Share files via phone, email, RSS, blog, podcast, or download to an iPod. Search audio word for word or via tags. Two levels of membership, free and professional. Share your voice–might be a good option for those that don’t have tools readily available for making podcasts or capturing student/parent input. Free level is limited to 60 minutes of recording.
http://www.pow-pak.com/
From new out-of-lurkdom-forum member, Eric Curts of Indiana–free web design, podcasting, blogging, website authoring tool for your web server. Creating blogging and podcasting pages is easy, and even features an auto-generate RSS feeds. Check it out–thanks for sharing this with all educators, Eric!
http://memorizable.org/
This site is the home of memorizable tables, which are an efficient flashcard-like way to memorize information on a web page. Wiki-based tool that is totally cool. Lots of already-created tables and very easy to create your own!
http://tumblr.com/
“Tumblr is your friendly, free, and terrifically easy tool for creating tumblelogs.” Tumblelogs are like blogs, but easier–just click to insert text, images, etc. Very structured, so great for first-time bloggers. One pro/con is that you cannot receive feedback.
http://crowdabout.us/
“Crowdabout makes podcasts interactive and conversational. While listening or viewing in the online Conversational Player, you can talk back and add your own thoughts to those of crowds of other people listening to the same shows. Share ideas, correct mistakes, debate the finer points, offer advice, shout out to homeys, leave some love…whatever your motivation, crowdabout makes the conversation possible.” Our crowdabout site: http://crowdabout.us/digimom/myshow
Integration Ideas for Women’s History Month:
- photo timeline in iPhoto/Picasa (you can either provide images, have students look for their own; products can either be a slideshow or a book)
- photo collage of women who have made an impact in any area (math, science, politics, etc.)
- NetTrekker famous person search is great for finding people to research (subscription-based student-oriented search/resource website)
- biography in comic form–great for writing/summarization (using Comic Life or PowerPoint)
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