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Week 3, Part 2

Great job on your blogs! As we have worked through this class, you have also developed your own instructional blog! You may find this to be a great communication tool to use with parents and students.

You have now subscribed to a podcast for a week. What did you learn from your podcast? Can you see yourself using podcasts to enhance instruction? Were you surprised at the resources that are available? Post your comments here.

Week 3, Part 1

You have all found some very interesting podcasts to subscribe to. I hope you enjoy listening to your podcasts. We will post more about the podcasts you subscribed to during the 2nd half of this week.

Class Blog Question of the Week: What has been your favorite assignment so far? Explain.

Week 2, Part 2

You have all found some wonderful resources at Teacher Tube. This week you will embed the Teacher Tube video on your blog.

We will now shift from exploring videos to exploring podcasts at iTunes. You will explore podcasts at iTunes and subscribe to at least one this week. Make sure to listen to at least two podcasts in your subscriptions (most podcasts have daily or weekly episodes).

Post the name of the podcast you are subscribing to here and a brieft description of why you selected that particular podcast.

Cheers!
Ann

Connected Classroom Embedded Video Sample

Week 2, Part 1

Great job on the article comments. It was thought provoking. You all did a nice job with the responses.

This week, spend some time exploring the videos at Teacher Tube. Then, post your favorite Teacher Tube video link here. Include the link, title of the video, and why you chose this video.

Ony of my favorites is the Connected Classroom. It goes back to how the world has changed and that we not only need to be concerned about no child left behing in America, but that we need to be concerned about Amercian children not being left behing in the world. This is great for a staff in-service on technology.

My Favorite Technology

I loved reading your first posts. It seems the general consensus is that we all can't live without our computers. The computer is an amazing piece of technology. I love my laptop too for many of the same reasons you all had posted. There is one great application that I have been using recently on the laptop that is fantastice. It is called Skype. Skype allows you to make computer to computer video call anywhere anytime for free. We became regulary Skyper's when my daughter's best friend moved to Singapore. It was very expensive to call over there and e-mail just didn't suffice. I had read about Skype in journals and had seen it in action at NETA. We downloaded the software and made a Skpye account. We now use Skype to talk to our out of town relatives. Grandma and Grandpa love to see the kids via Skype. Below is an article that I wrote for our March technology newsletter in Bellevue on Skype.

Skype Keeps the World Flat

By Ann Feldmann

What is Skype? Skype is a Web 2.0 tool that allows online videoconference with anyone, anywhere in the world, computer to computer at no cost. In order to Skype, each person needs to have a web cam, microphone, Skype account, and download the Skype software. The details are found at http://www.skype.com/ .

Classroom uses for Skype are limited, only by our imaginations. An article, “Skype Tutorial” said that Skype can be integrated in many ways into the classroom. “Skype has tremendous potential for classroom use. Teachers can quickly and easily invite guests from all over the world to speak to their students. A sick student could participate from home.
Social studies and foreign language teachers can use Skype to connect with students in foreign countries. Language arts teachers can connect with the authors of works they are reading. Science teachers could demonstrate a lab activity using Skype's video capability. Students in all subjects can make presentations and class-rooms in different districts (or different countries) could collaborate on a project using Skype.”

Teachers have found Skype a great way to connect students to professors. According to the article, “The Many Uses of Skype in the Classroom”, Neil Stephensen, a 6/7 teacher in Canada used Skype in the class-room to connect his students with a Ph. D. in Canadian History as a culminating activity for their Humanities Unit. The students were able to converse with Dr. Sheldon Posen, curator at the National Mu-seum. Not only did they ask him questions, he also was able to engage them about their work they had done for the project and had posted online (Stephensen).

1. "Ed Tech Teacher: Skype Tutorial." Skype Tutorial. 2008. 2 Mar 2009 http://edtechteacher.org/skypetutorial.html. Neil, Stephenson.
2. "The Many Roles of Skype in the Classroom." ISTE’s NECC09 Blog. 2/15/09. 2 Mar 2009 .

Week 1, Part 2

We are off to a great start! It looks like you have been successful posting comments on our class blog and creating your own blog too! I have added your blogs to a class blog list on the right so that you can easily access one another's blogs. You will learn how to do this next week.

The blog response for Week 1, Part 2 is to read the following article http://www.thejournal.com/articles/22407 and then leave a thoughtful comment regarding your reaction to the article below.