This week on The EduNationCast: Some fantastic Videos of the Week including, Everything is a Remix, and a couple more. Diane shows us the cool ways you can use Tripline.net and Jim informs us that Google + pages are now available with your Google Apps account. We wrap up our show with a great discussion on whether or not expensive interactive white boards can be replaced with an iPad and Apple TV.
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I have to admit I was really honored to do a podcast with TeacherCast last week. It was such fun and I learned so much from Jeff and Mark. Here is thew link to the podcast as well as the shownotes with links to all the resources we discussed. I encourage you to check out the TeacherCast website by Jeff Bradbury, an amazing educator from Philly. I even notice that Jeff has added QR code to his website since we discussed them in our Podcast!!
http://www.teachercast.net/audio-podcast/teachercast-podcast-02.html
Podcasts are great way to add some new excitement to your lesson plans. With podcasts students can make all kinds of audio files and share them with the class as a report or post them online.
Find out more about podcasts now!
Podcasts can be used in many different ways, not only in the classroom but at school in general as well. Podcasts can be used to record different school activities like the school band playing or other audio performances and upload the podcast to the school website for everyone to see.
Learn about real life examples using podcasts
In this workbook we share with you some real-life examples like:
- “Make an Episodic Podcast of Your History Lectures”
- “Podcast Shakespeare Performances”
- “Create Group Vodcasts”
As well as more great ideas on how to start using podcasts in your classroom today! Make sure that you’re getting the most out of the tech tools in your classroom. Use this workbook to see how you can use podcasts in your classroom today!
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http://files.simplek12.com/workbooks/IntegratingPodcastsWorkbookv2.pdf
Brad Flickinger of School Technology Solutions just uploaded a new 5 minute episode of Elementary Tech Teacher’s Journal.
Episode Number 14 for the week of April 11, 2011
(This week’s episode was recorded and edited on an iPad 2 using Garageband with an iGig Mic.)
“Teaching Tech to Kindergarteners.”
http://www.bradflickinger.com/Brad_Flickinger/Podcast/Podcast.html
Resources
Typing Tots: http://kids.learn2type.com/Tots
Pixie: http://www.tech4learning.com/pixie
PBS Kids: http://pbskids.org/
Really nice to hear about technology being used with Kindergartners besides just games. In his school they are learning to type and much more. Wow, that sure would make “next steps” go better and kids moving along faster. The biggest issue I see whenI am in schools is the typing skills that Brad mentions. Starting them on this in those early grades can only help/
