Swiffer Man!

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Swiffer Man video 1

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Garage Band Podcast



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 -
Jeanne Halderson of Longfellow Middle School
Dr. Tim Tyson as he explains how podcasting can help administrators
Kathy Shirley talks about professional development podcasting benefits

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.
DustBunnies
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.

Garage Band EffectsThis opens the effects (jingles)
Click on this icon to Preview your Podcast
Preview PodcastSound controls (arrow) allows you to put in keyframes to adjust sounds OR you can use the volume control
volum
To Export Podcast Click on Share, Export Podcast to Disk and select these settings:
exportYou 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"









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AUDIO & AUDACITY

Making Podcasts for iPods
Step 1 Watch This Video - TALKING HEAD
Download file "audio_pod.AVI"
Step 2 Make sure you have a microphone attached to your PC. Then Watch this Video
Download file "micro.wmv"
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



Step 5: You will want to SAVE your Recording as an MP3. Lame allows you to do this. BUT first you need to tell Audacity where Lame was loaded on your computer. YUCK! Well, its not really that bad..... Lame is located on the C: in Program Files and in the LameFE folder. You just need to browse to

C:\Program Files\LameFE\lame_enc.dll

AND you ONLY need to do that ONCE. Audacity will remember that setting after you point to it one time.
NOTE: When you save in MP3 Format this box pops up so that iPods can display the information while they play the audio. Take some time to fill out this information to help your students select the right MP3 file to listen to.



Step 6: Now that you have several lectures saved....then what?
Uploading MP3

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Learning Styles --Relevant??

Current research, commissioned by Psychological Science in the Public Interest, has shown evidence that teaching individual students in their preferred learning style may not have any benefits. With that in mind, let me share with you what I found when researching Learning Styles for my dissertation. I come across a little known paper written by one of Dr Kolb’s students, Dr Miriam Webb. Kolb asked Miriam Weinstein Webb to critique his Learning Styles Theory. In the course of her writing she made it quite clear that for “deep learning” to take place, students should migrate through ALL the Learning Styles…not just a preferred learning style.

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.


learning styles

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Hotlinks for T-Force Team


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

Coach

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Mentor Session 3

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Mentor Session 3


actices Include:
TEXT, AUDIO, VIDEO, SIMULATION / INTERACTIVITY, EVALUATION, REVIEW, STUDENT CHALLENGE - PRODUCTIVITY
http://www.arpisd.org/tech/session_2_mentor_workshop.htm Mentor Session 3 - Creativity & Blogs


burning textTech Integration

Wordle.net


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

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Mentor Session 1

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Copyrighted Material Stored Here

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Blog Party #1

Things to know:
---How to use Document Camera to Capture Handouts
--Where to Store Copyright Materials and How to access using the Blog \\maroon\hs\Wiz_Lab
--How to use Netbooks for "Talking Head" Videos http://www.arp.sprnet.org/tech/MovieMaker.htm

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Video Tech Booklet

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iCyte - Research & Collaboration!

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21st Century Literacy

http://isb21.wikispaces.com/ Visit this Site to Learn About New Literacy and Collaboration

21st Century Literacy

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BLOG WHAT?

Blogs in Plain English Watch this video if you don't understand why you would need a Blog.
Posting Policies: http://www.arp.sprnet.org/Admin/Posting_Policies.htm Please read and have students read before supporting a Blog
Student Settings on Blogs: This is a MUST to monitor with student Blogs http://www.arp.sprnet.org/Admin/Blog_Setup.htm

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Presidents' Day

.Arp HS Video Tech Project for Elementary Campus

Pres Day Video

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Shattered Dreams

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Once a Week with a Geek

Go to http://www.wordle.net Create your text. Save to Public Forum. Copy the HTML into your Blog using the <> to insert the HTML text into your Blog. For uses in the Classroom - Refer to http://www.techlearning.com/blogs/20322.

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Introduction to New Technology Tools

Join us each week for short clips on jumpstarts for new technology.

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ONCE A WEEK with a GEEK 3

This session: Beginning with Audacity
Step 1: Make sure you have Audacity on your computer. If not, go to http://www.download.com and put Audacity in the search box and complete the download to your desktop. Run the executable file by double clicking on it.
Step 2: Watch the Video

Audacity

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ONCE A WEEK with a GEEK 2

Adding a Microphone to a Document Camera that does not have audio capabilities.

Adding Audio to Document Camera

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