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Nature Trails Treasure Hunt -- In-the-Field Research using Cell Phones

Steps:

1. Split students up into groups of 3.

2. Give them examples of flora and fauna they should be able to find during their field work.

3. Each specimen that they find, they need to record the GPS location and take a picture of the specimen with their cell phone.

4. Upon returning to the classroom, each group can research information about their specimens and map out its location

You can also use Polleverywhere.com in the field. Students are given the Poll address to send the names of their specimens as they find them. The facilitator is able to watch the poll in the field to see what has been found and who found it first. A game can be made with a point system for each group and how many specimens they find.

http://www.epsilen.com/MyPortal/Public/Home.aspx?Prefix=joy Epsilen Portal

This is placeholder text for your new blog entry. Replace it with your own.

Example of an Online Book - Hamlet http://www.archive.org/stream/hamlet01shak#page/n11/mode/2up

Seach "only show ebooks" http://openlibrary.org/ In the search box enter Red Riding Hood

Click on the READ icon

Click on the + sign to zoom into the pages....you can turn pages using the upper lefthand icons.

Audio Books & Poetry Section by Alphabetic order: http://www.archive.org/details/audio_bookspoetry

Example: A Christmas Carol: http://www.archive.org/details/achristmascarol19505gut

You may also access Moving Images, Music, Audio, and Texts from the Archive: http://www.archive.org/index.php

http://piratepad.net will allow you to upload a paper OR type a document and have real-time editors or contributors. Each collaborator chooses their own text color so that everyone knows what they contributed or what they chose to edit. You can chat on the side and discuss changes that need to be made BEFORE you make them to the document. The document can be saved, printed, and shared. Teachers have access to this site, but students will need to have teachers bypass for them on this site because of the chat feature. Because there is a chat feature, please remind your students that all conversations are logged and inappropriate comments are presecutable (local, state, and federal). This is a fantastic tool to use when collaborating on a composition of any type (ie poetry, research paper, handbook, policy, etc). If you need help, email me.

Here is an example of an active Pad: http://piratepad.net/7SsvmXldNU

Very EASY polling of classroom students. Free! Put them in groups with one cell phone in each group. Give them a discussion question. Have them Text the answer to your Poll (supplied by the Website). Easy to follow instructions…. http://www.polleverywhere.com/ REMEMBER: “IF WE IGNORE THEIR WORLD, THEY WILL IGNORE US! How to teach 21st Century students….help them explain, express, and explore in the real-world.

Suggested Procedure:

1. Teacher will need to create a Cell Phone Poll that has a very thoughtful (higher-order) question. A question that may have multiple correct answer OR no specific answer that is considered the definitive answer.

2. Have all student place their cell phones down on the desk.

3. Place them in groups with only one cell phone used per group. Have them select a group name.

4. Have them discuss the question and negotiate the best answer

5. Have them text their answer with group name attached.

6. After answer appears, discuss the answers.

7. Have each group defend their answer.

Give student time to disucss and reflect. This helps change an impulsive answer into a more reflective answer.

It is said, "if you can imagine it, it can happen." As a high school student, you have seen many new advances in technology. By the time your children are in high school what will their school experience look like? Describe in detail the school of the future.

Use the Comment section to give your answer.

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Using Garage Band to create an enhanced podcast with images OR videos.

Resource: http://podcast-with-gb.wikispaces.com

ITune Stores --> iTunes U

Search iTunes for subject matter and feeds.

Example: "The stock boy and the checker" -- search for this and get it

Cut to The core -

Step 1: Create a Script

Step 2: Record your audio

Step 3: Attache images or videos

Step 4: Save podcast to desktop

Step 5: Upload to Blog

Step 6: Publish to RSS Feed (ITunes)

Step 7: Subscribe to Feed

Step 8: Download episodes

Script: 1.5 pages using double space format.

Once upon a time there was a very hard working computer who lived in a AA-district in East Texas. The pine trees were so inspiring and the school children were a joy to work with. But the computer had a very significant problem...dust bunnies seemed to be continuously and blatantly attracted to Mr Tech Tool, the computer. The dust bunnies were shameless. They approached Mr Computer from all sides. They affixed themselves to his chassis and to the front of his face plate. They invaded his privacy and claimed residence inside his private spaces. They clogged up his internal housing and slowed down his air conditioning unit. When he was listening to iTunes, they danced their way into his heart and caused him to become overheated. As time went by, Mr Too was so congested that he stopped playing iTunes. He stopped sharing media and finally, he gasped his last breath of clean air and died right there in front of everyone during a very important presentation for the boss.

An autopsy was performed and Mr Tech Tool's death was certified as a case of negligent homicide. The guilty parties were classroom teachers! Yes, as the news broke everyone was in shock. School teachers had murdered Mr Tech Tool by sheer neglect. The DA sought the maximum penalty. The cases are still pending in the federal courts.

Open Garage Band

Click on Podcast, Click on Choose, Name your podcast and select the Desktop to save, Click CREATE

The Podcast Track is for images

Male and Female Tracks are selected to create the best quality tone and tenor for that type voice. It will not change a males voice to female or vice versa. It just gives you the best quality for the voice.

Select the appropriate track

The Jingles Track is for precomposed music or recordings that are copyright free.

Situate your windows so that you can see the record button and see your script. Record until you want to stop with the Space bar.

Record in pieces so that you know where the pictures go. You might want to number the paragraphs and number your pictures to go along with the paragraphs. After each paragraph hit the spacebar. Drag your images folder into the Media Browser on the right hand side of Garage Band. Move your playhead then to the break sections and move your pictures to from the images folder to the Podcast Track at the point of the audio break.

Place Playhead where you want to split the track and select Edit, Split Track, if you need to delete this section (like a click is too loud)

You can add a thumbnail for your podcast in the "Episode Artwork" location on the lefthand side.

This opens the effects (jingles)

Click on this icon to Preview your Podcast
Sound controls (arrow) allows you to put in keyframes to adjust sounds OR you can use the volume control

To Export Podcast Click on Share, Export Podcast to Disk and select these settings:

You can open this Podcast WITH QUICKTIME or upload it to your Blog.

NOTE: You can only open one show at a time in Garage Band.

Use the same introduction for each episode (jingle and example: "this is today in history. This is patsy lanclos"

Making Podcasts for iPods
Step 1 Watch This Video - Talking Head

Step 2 Make sure you have a microphone attached to your PC. Then Watch this Video

Step 3: Download Audacity & Lame
Audacity is another free program. You will need to download it at: \\maroon\teachers\software\audacity
There are two programs in this Audacity Folder (1) is Audacity and (2) the other is called LameFE
Please download the Audacity first and then the LameFE
Step 4: Watch this video

When teaching a concept through all the styles, students can apply the concept through multiple models with both physical and mental manipulations and therefore, acquire a deeper understanding of the material. I interpret this to mean that performing a learning styles inventory and deciding what a child prefers is virtually irrelevant for deep learning. A child needs to struggle with the concept in multiple modes in order to acquire lasting knowledge and understanding.

Technology can assist teachers in migrating students through all the learning styles, if lessons are well designed.

Technology Coach Resources

1. http://www.arpisd.org/vision2020.htm#Tools

2. Technology Corner: http://cte.umdnj.edu/technology_corner/tech_primers_index.cfm

3. Atomic Learning: http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/en/winxp_tips

4. Brain Rules: http://www.slideshare.net/garr/brain-rules-for-presenters

5. Google Wave: https://wave.google.com/wave/ Chat with your Trainees.

6. Google Docs: share files and resources from home

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• Tutorial Animated Gif Tutor with screen captures, step-by-step instructions, and hot link to animated gif generator.

This was done at: http://www.cooltext.com and uploaded with the music notes.