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www.speakingofhistory.blogspot.comFebruary 29, 2008 post on blog
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8th Grade American History at South Valley Jr. High in Liberty, Missouri
Graduate Instructor at Park University teaching
“Technology for the Classroom”
Currently serving as the 2007 / 2008 MissouriTeacher of the Year
A Whole New Mindby Daniel Pink
The World Is Flatby Thomas Friedman
Started my journey in spring of 2005 when I purchased my first
MP3 player
•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:
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
Speaking of History Podcast / Blog VisitorsAugust 2007 to February 2008
Edit audio with a free program named AUDACITY
StudyCasts - Record audio review for upcoming test Post MP3 file to the Internet
Students listen at home on Internet, MP3 player, or CD
- Record tests for students who have modifications for taking tests
- Books have been read and recorded (with permission)
- Record young students reading for fluency
Currently part of a pilot using Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player
Transfer pictures and audio with wireless connections – studycasts, presentation notes
This spring students are
conducting family history interviews
Copies for family and local museum
AT&T Grant to create historical information about Liberty using
Guide by Cell technology
Students will narrate museum artifact
information
•Keep content for students simple – no background music
•Allow students to use this tool for other projects
•Suggest USB microphones
Allow students to become
PRODUCERSof the content they use
not just
CONSUMERS
Microsoft’s PhotoStory 3 – create video from still pictures
Microsoft’s MovieMaker2 – create video from video
Free download, easy to use
Boston Massacre LIVE! Newscast
Historical perspective and power of media
Students write the scripts
TV commercials from history using
PhotoStory3
Create a TV election ad for
Lincoln in the 1860 campaign
Create a TV commercial
supporting either the Federalist or Anti-Federalist in the ratification of the Constitution
Liberty Minutes video project
3-5 minute videos on local historical
topics
Hollywood Night
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
When teaching this program to teachers make it a personal project first to create interest
Keep the projects short – 30 seconds or 1 minute
Need to be using Web 2.0 tools to connect my classroom with the rest
of the world
Guerrilla Season Book Blog Project - Fall of 2006
350 Liberty students with parents, California students, home school students and author
Donner Party Debate
Record class debate
Send experts MP3 of debate and they
respond with comments
Teacher sends the e-mail
10 question limit
Archaeologist answered during a hurricane from her laptop on kitchen floor of her home
Online assessment
Quia and QuizStar
Immediate data and feedback
Testing results:
SVJH 8th Grade Social Studies
-Highest score in content area- largest yearly improvement