1. Graveraet Intermediate, Marquette Area Public Schools – 2007

3.  All ISTE and State Technology Standards are met: Standard 1 Basic Operations and Concepts; Standard 2 Social Ethical, and Human Issues; Standard 3 Technology Productivity Tools; Standard 4 Technology Communication Tools; Standard 5 Technology Research Tools; Standard 6 Technology Problem- Solving and Decision-Making Tools  These activities meet the general K-12 ELA standards of Meaning and Communication (Standards 1 – 4), Voice (Content Standard 6), Skills and Processes (Content Standard 7), Depth of Understanding (Content Standard 9), and Critical Standards (Content Standard 12)  Other content area standards, too.

4.  Provide Options for What of Learning – Recognition brain center (Understanding, Language, Perception)  Provide Options for How of Learning – Strategic brain centers (Organization, Skills, Action)  Provide Options for Why of Learning – Affective brain centers (Self-Motivation, Maintain effort and interest

5.  Small video/still cameras – DXG (under $100)  1 G Memory Card – under $20  Laptop or computer – XP  Audacity audio editor & LAME encoder & Audio Recorder - Free  Head sets with microphone ($12 – $30)  Movie Maker - Free  Web storage to post files – can be free  Digital Voice Recorders - $100 - $150

6.  Teachers plan projects  Coordination with tech, students & parents  Student helpers  Continued planning for Fall 2007-08 ◦ More communication & collaboration

7.  Marble Maze -Work in small teams with tech person ◦ Students write a script and demo their project ◦ Another student reads the script ◦ Another student films ◦ Tech person supervises and helps post  Five Themes of Geography ◦ Students prepare tribes dioramas ◦ Read the descriptions of each theme ◦ Parent films student individually ◦ Tech helps post

8.  Marble Maze –Video teams ◦ Teacher writes/students modify a script and demo their project ◦ 1 student reader; 1 on camera demo student; 1 student films ◦ Tech person supervises and helps post  Marble Maze – podcasting ◦ All students record their scripts  Five Themes of Geography ◦ Teams of students prepare Sioux Diorama ◦ Read the descriptions of each theme  Posting variable

9.  All students who want to can participate  http://teachers.mapsnet.org/gisstudents http://teachers.mapsnet.org/gisstudents

11.  FREE Microsoft downloads with XP and Vista Windows Movie Maker & Windows Media Encoder – Screen casting  http://teachers.mapsnet.org http://teachers.mapsnet.org Ideas and downloads – education & topic keywords: ◦ You Tube www.youtube.com & Teacher Tube www.teachertube.org (win a laptop contest!)www.youtube.com www.teachertube.org ◦ Google Video http://video.google.comhttp://video.google.com ◦ Next Vista for Learning http://www.nextvista.org/http://www.nextvista.org/ ◦ Digital History www.digitalhistory.uh.eduwww.digitalhistory.uh.edu  Convert with www.Zamzar.comwww.Zamzar.com

12.  History of Caseville in You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V4lmDo zepo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V4lmDo zepo ◦ Go to Google movie or You Tube ◦ Type “Michigan History” keywords in search ◦ List of videos ◦ May have to upgrade the Flash

13.  Mother’s Day poems & messages ◦ Download Audacity & LAME ◦ Import a background mp3 (you can’t post podcasts with commercial music) -- www.Archive.org - creative commons licensing (Something Else by James Curran) Import www.Archive.org ◦ Modify music track to decrease volume for student recording voice-over ◦ Save the template

14.  Classroom as recording studio  Post recording schedule & group topics  Train student aides  Students work with a script ◦ Post Spelling or Vocabulary words/sentences

15.  Open Audacity Template  Students Record Sample – use Microphone  Export as MP3  Close Template -- DON’T save student Audacity recording

17. ◦ Students open the template and record onto it – Student Aide helped here Students open the template ◦ Save file by Exporting as MP3 ◦ Finished Sample Finished Sample ◦ Teacher & student aide burned finished files to CD – couldn’t post to web with commercial music  Can also be loaded on an MP3 player  Saved on computer to play

18.  GIS podcasting study of Motion and Forces  Marble Maze Caleb Marble Maze Caleb  Marble Maze Courtney Marble Maze Courtney Recorder for Free Recorder for Free – simple mp3 voice recorder http://www.download.com/3001-2168_4-10709701.html?idl=n http://www.download.com/3001-2168_4-10709701.html?idl=n  BMS podcasting – Work in Progress  School Newsletter Audacity template

19. Radio Willow Web – script templates & online podcasts www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio Willow Web Script http://learninginhand.com/podcasting/RadioWillowWeb.pdf Science Room 3 – Elementary School & Penn State www.podcasts.psu.edu/node/268 Made in Imovie, PC – Still pictures in Movie Maker with recording www.podcasts.psu.edu/node/268 Music and more – public media with Creative Commons www.archive.orgwww.archive.org

20.  Conference Handouts & Links on http://mapscast.pbwiki.com/ http://mapscast.pbwiki.com/  Bloglines on http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs Log in:  fdarling@mapsnet.org  mapscast  Radio Willow Web  Room 3  War News Radio  Princeton Vocab Review Minute Princeton Vocab Review Minute