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- 2. www.speakingofhistory.blogspot.com February 29, 2008 post on blog THIS PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE
- 3. 8 th Grade American History at South Valley Jr. High in Liberty, Missouri Graduate Instructor at Park University teaching “Technology for the Classroom”
- 4. Currently serving as the 2007 / 2008 Missouri Teacher of the Year
- 8. A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman
- 14. Started my journey in spring of 2005 when I purchased my first MP3 player
- 16. Interviews with authors Lesson plans from classroom Museum visits Student projects Comments on ed tech topics Reflections on teaching Reviews of online resources Topics for the podcast varies:
- 17. Speaking of History podcast and blog began in June 2005 www.speakingofhistory.blogspot.com visitors from 145 countries in past two years 50,000 downloads last month
- 18. Speaking of History Podcast / Blog Visitors August 2007 to February 2008
- 19. Edit audio with a free program named AUDACITY
- 20. StudyCasts - Record audio review for upcoming test Post MP3 file to the Internet Students listen at home on Internet, MP3 player, or CD
- 21. - Record tests for students who have modifications for taking tests - Books have been read and recorded (with permission) - Record young students reading for fluency
- 22. Currently part of a pilot using Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player Transfer pictures and audio with wireless connections – studycasts, presentation notes
- 23. This spring students are conducting family history interviews Copies for family and local museum
- 24. AT&T Grant to create historical information about Liberty using Guide by Cell technology Students will narrate museum artifact information
- 25. Keep content for students simple – no background music Allow students to use this tool for other projects Suggest USB microphones
- 27. Allow students to become PRODUCERS of the content they use not just CONSUMERS
- 28. Microsoft’s PhotoStory 3 – create video from still pictures Microsoft’s MovieMaker2 – create video from video Free download, easy to use
- 30. Boston Massacre LIVE! Newscast Historical perspective and power of media Students write the scripts
- 32. TV commercials from history using PhotoStory3 Create a TV election ad for Lincoln in the 1860 campaign
- 34. Create a TV commercial supporting either the Federalist or Anti-Federalist in the ratification of the Constitution
- 36. Liberty Minutes video project 3-5 minute videos on local historical topics Hollywood Night
- 37. Good source of images is Flickr Storm with images under open Creative Commons Create a folder of media elements in advance for your students to use
- 38. When teaching this program to teachers make it a personal project first to create interest Keep the projects short – 30 seconds or 1 minute
- 40. Need to be using Web 2.0 tools to connect my classroom with the rest of the world
- 41. Guerrilla Season Book Blog Project - Fall of 2006 350 Liberty students with parents, California students, home school students and author
- 44. Donner Party Debate Record class debate Send experts MP3 of debate and they respond with comments
- 46. Teacher sends the e-mail 10 question limit Archaeologist answered during a hurricane from her laptop on kitchen floor of her home
- 48. Online assessment Quia and QuizStar Immediate data and feedback
- 49. Testing results: SVJH 8 th Grade Social Studies Highest score in content area largest yearly improvement
- 58. Eric Langhorst [email_address] 8 th Grade American History South Valley Jr. High Liberty, Missouri