Tuesday, I presented Creative Ways to Use Electronic Portfolios in the Classroom and What in the World? Google Earth, GPS and Geocaching in the Classroom for the 2008 TNT Conference here in Bismarck. I have attached my presentations as well as my resource links. Please let me know if you have questions. I'd especially like to know about your experiences with these technology tools.
K-12 teachers are invited to join us this summer in learning about "Real Connections: Delivery Models and Enriched Content with Distance Learning". This two-day workshop will be conducted by videoconference in locations across the state on August 11–12, 2008. Participants have the option to attend one or both days.
The workshop will be conducted by videoconference at the following locations:
*Cavalier High School
*Berg Elementary, Dickinson
*NDSU, Fargo
*Minot Extension Center
Registration is on a first come, first serve basis. Workshop cost for both days is $80 or $60 for a single day payable to EduTech. One graduate credit is available upon completion of the two-workshop. Graduate credit cost is $65 payable to North Dakota State University. Lunch is on your own. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops.
To register, get more information or for special accommodations, contact Kari Sauer at 800.804.8550 or kari.sauer@sendit.nodak.edu. Register through EduTech's online dashboard http://www.edutech.nodak.edu/training/register/ by August 1. Topics and more is available at Real Connections: Delivery Models & Enriched Content with Distance Learning http://www.edutech.nodak.edu/pdf/video/edut_4829_flyer.pdf .
A list of resources to utilize when you are just getting your feet wet with using podcasting in your classroom:
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11293_7-6246557-1.html?tag=bnav
Step by step podcasting directions and a wealth of links.
http://www.edublogs.org
A free hosted blog solution for any educator or researcher.
http://www.addysg.org.uk/ipodined/news.php
Discusses using iPods and Podcasting in education.
http://learninginhand.com/podcasting
Contains information about podcasting in education and links to podcasts and podcast directories.
http://www.epnweb.org
The Education Podcast Network brings together podcast sites for teachers.
http://esp.mit.edu/web/discoveresp/studentpodcasts.html
Educational Studies Program, MIT Middle and High School students from MIT produce podcasts as part of an Educational Studies Program.
http://www.power-team.org/kidcast/kidcast.htm
Elementary students using podcasts to develop reading fluency.
http://www.stager.org/podcasting.html
Gary S. Stager Podcasting resources for educators and students
http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/tips.html
Apple Education Essential tips for podcast lovers
http://www.liberty.k12.mo.us/~elanghorst/blog
Speaking of History Middle school students produce history podcasts
http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio
Radio WillowWeb Elementary students create podcasts. Tony Vincent is the first teacher to have student podcasts in iTunes.
http://www.smithsonian.org/podcasts/default.htm
A collection of podcasts from the Smithsonian
http://www1.gcs.k12.al.us/~podcast/
Gadsden City Schools "Podcast Central" contains elementary students podcasts.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalpodcast.html
Kathy Schrock posted a guide to evaluating podcasts.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help
Audacity documentation, tutorials, and a wiki are found on this page.
http://www.learninginhand.com/ipod/audio.html
Downloadable audio content like music and historic speeches and sounds.
Here is a list of sites with music that can be used in videos and podcasts. Be sure to check the license agreements for each site.
http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos
-many musicians choose to release their songs under Creative Commons licenses, which give you the legal right to do things like use their music in your videos.
Freeplay Music
-a good collection of royalty-free music
Soundzabound
-royalty free music for education grades K-12
MagnaTune
-another good collection of music
Download.com
-and another
Partners in Rhyme
-royalty free music and sound effects
Free piano music by William Cushman at Ghost Notes Blog
-royalty free impressionistic improvisational piano music by composer, William Cushman, that explores different feelings and situations.
Today, I will be presenting at the North Dakota Association of Technology Leaders Conference in Bismarck. My presentations are entitled, "What in the World? Google Earth, GPS and Geocaching in the Classroom" and "Creative Ways to Use Electronic Portfolios in the Classroom".
Here are the Resource and Reference Links to these presentations:
Recently I taught a SMART Board™ workshop and found a great website that contains a weekly SMART Notebook™ lesson, a podcast and resource links. Here is the site address: http://pdtogo.com/smart/ The podcast can be delivered automatically to your iTunes or email address. Past lessons can be searched by category.
Also, on March 7, 2008, SMART Technologies began working with Scholastic to design lesson plans that provide teachers with digital resources to complement their SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards and Senteo™ interactive response systems. The microsite features SMART lesson activities for Notebook™ collaborative learning software, resources to help with lesson activity creation and links to customizable tools and templates. Math and science lesson activities are currently featured, and additional lesson activity subjects will be added regularly. http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplans.jsp
On Tuesday March 11 elementary and high school students from Northwood, ND will interact in a live videoconference with students in Greensburg Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma when they discuss the impact of a major natural disaster on their small Midwestern towns. The purpose of the event is to bring students together to discuss their experiences and share similarities and differences in the recovery efforts in each town. Classes from participating states will communicate in real time through interactive videoconferencing available at their school. In addition, the live videoconference will be streamed live and also recorded for later viewing. Both will be available on the Internet by visiting the website http://www.more.net/services/videostreaming/events.html
Northwood students were invited to participate in this event because of the similarities in their experience with the tornado that hit their town in August to those of the students in Greensburg, Kansas whose town was also devastated by tornadoes in May of 2007. Both towns are similar in size and characteristics; both are located in rural areas in the Midwest. In addition to the interactive sessions between both elementary and high school classes, students and teachers will have the opportunity to learn about project-based curriculum resources on topics related to emergency preparedness and natural disasters.
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