Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Oops!
I just realized that I never posted a blog for the week before Thanksgiving break! I could've sworn I did. Anyway, I am also excited about the podcasting topic (as Beth stated) because I actually created my TPACK lesson about students making a podcast. They are so easy to make even if you don't have an iPod or GarageBand. In another class's text by Will Richardson (which is a great resource for teachers by the way), he talks about how all you need is a computer with speakers to record audio as an MP3, the internet, and the site Audacity.com. It's like garageband but FREE! It's kind of silly to think that kids would get excited about essentially making a radio show because radio is kind of outdated, but how many kids have actually made a radio show in school? It's creative, it's called a podcast (not radio), and they can be posted online for a wider audience. Some of the mobile learning discussed in the Van 'T Hooft article are really interesting too. All of these technologies that teachers probably don't even realize are out there could really motivate students and be very engaging. It's not just playing games because they are learning things (even if they don't realize it).
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I guess my last post was for the week before Thanksgiving since it was on Friday. I was kinda freaking out about forgetting. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for this pre-information to class tonight! You are so totally right. This is just an "old" technology repackaged as "cool." We'll talk about that a bit!
ReplyDeleteI am excited to play around with the Audacity and seeing that it's free is even better!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAfter hearing the podcast examples in class last week, I could really tell how excited the students were. Not only did they sound engaged, but they sounded proud. That's a difficult thing for some students to feel, and I think podcasts are a great way to give students the ability to create something of their own.
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