tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56805548370348693672024-02-08T11:47:03.399-08:00Ross Computer ClassBradley Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-22707849083194884682013-11-04T13:48:00.004-08:002013-11-04T13:48:50.366-08:00Free music resources for your podcastsI came across <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/14-websites-to-find-free-creative-commons-music/">this post</a> today with a list of sites you can use to find music with a permissive license that you can use in your podcasts.Bradley Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-21895210972293468532013-07-12T13:56:00.001-07:002013-07-12T13:56:02.419-07:002013 Resources for Educators ListThis Google Document is a list of the resources that we heard about in our class this summer. During class, you can edit the document to add to the list. After class, I'll mark it as read-only so it can be an archive of the year.<br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Een_Zr6M5R9TyqGzKpdZrvaFR9VWaT9OgCIGxzkpgK4/edit?usp=sharing">Edit with us!</a>Bradley Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-71418779635537557582013-07-11T14:07:00.000-07:002013-07-12T13:43:20.602-07:00New Media Requirements, 2013Class requirements: (Every item should have a blog post of its own)<br />
<ul>
<li>Create a new blog post for each segment of instruction</li>
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<li>modify the settings, layout, and template</li>
<li>create a photographic header</li>
<li>create a new post with a new Google form</li>
<li>create a new post with an embedded video</li>
<li>create a new post with pictures</li>
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<li>Fill out four classmates' forms (choose the four classmates above your name on the Google Doc list)</li>
<li>Comment on two classmates' blog (choose the two below your name on the Google Doc list)</li>
<li>Create a podcast with intro/outro music</li>
<li>Create a screencast instructional video (~30 secs long), and embed it in a blog post using YouTube</li>
</ul>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-75720451833784889612013-07-10T21:34:00.001-07:002013-07-10T21:34:12.534-07:00Amazing Features of Google AppsThis presentation from the 2013 ISTE conference is chock-full of great scenarios where you can use the Google tools in your classroom! Here is a link to their slides: <a href="http://delivr.com/2e6zb">http://delivr.com/2e6zb </a><br />
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Bradley Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-79085334487075672852013-03-27T12:48:00.000-07:002013-03-27T12:48:07.380-07:00Free Photo SiteI just discovered a new site to add to the list for free stock photos you can use in your classroom or other projects. It is called <a href="http://morguefile.com/">Morguefile.com</a> and they have pretty favorable license terms. I discovered them via <a href="http://12most.com/2013/03/26/ensure-using-legally-online-photos/">this blog post</a>.Bradley Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-34829411637312746292012-06-29T14:26:00.000-07:002013-07-11T13:56:51.949-07:00Where do I find...?<b id="internal-source-marker_0.12684502266347408" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We covered many different programs in our two-day class. It might be hard to remember where to find everything. Use the following list to jog your memory.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Online resources</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Class notes - <a href="http://drive.google.com/">Google Documents</a></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Class wiki - <a href="http://wikispaces.com/">Wikispaces</a></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Videos to embed - <a href="http://youtube.com/">YouTube</a></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Forms & Quizzes - <a href="http://drive.google.com/">Google Documents</a> (forms)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publishing podcasts - Upload file to your wiki, use <a href="http://minus.com/">Minus</a></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create/Edit/Write Blog - <a href="http://blogger.com/">Blogger</a></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Edit pictures, create headers - <a href="http://fotoflexer.com/">Fotoflexer</a>, <a href="http://plus.google.com/">Google +</a> (on your Google Account)</span></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maps - <a href="http://maps.google.com/">Google Maps</a></span></span></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Learning videos - <a href="http://khanacademy.com/">Khan Academy</a>, <a href="http://ed.ted.com/">Ted Ed</a></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Social media - <a href="http://plus.google.com/">Google +</a> (on your Google Account)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screencasting - <a href="http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html">Jing</a></span></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fun blog templates - <a href="http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/">Cutest Blog on the Block</a></span></span></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fun word pictures - <a href="http://www.wordle.net/">Wordle</a>, <a href="http://www.tagxedo.com/">Tagxedo</a></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Free downloadable software</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sound recording -<a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/"> Audacity.com</a></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maps - <a href="http://www.google.com/earth/index.html">Google Earth</a></span></b>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screencasting - PowerPoint (from Microsoft office)</span></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-9886814610914391882012-06-29T13:54:00.001-07:002012-06-29T15:01:09.875-07:00Project Requirements<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">(*Requirements is a strong word. We want you to do these general things, but if there is something else you want to do, just let us know!)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Your blog will be your "home" project--you will link or post all your other projects to it so we can see them. At the end of the last day of class, you will just email me a link to your blog with your projects.</span><br />
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<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: circle; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">create three wiki pages (introduction, nutrition, form)</span></li>
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<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">fill out five classmates’ forms</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">embed your podcast onto one of your wiki pages</span></li>
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<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: circle; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">create a podcast with intro/outro music</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: circle; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">create your blog</span></li>
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<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">modify the settings and layout</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">create a photographic header</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">post with links to wiki</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">post with video</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">post with pictures</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Two posts exploring/explaining classroom use of two of the tools we discussed</span></li>
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<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Google Maps</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khan Academy</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Ted-Ed</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Google Docs/Google Drive</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">FlatWorldKnowledge</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Creative Commons</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Blogs</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Wikis</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Podcasts</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Screencasts</span></li>
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<li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: square; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">create and link your own TED-Ed video (optional) </span></li>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://camtasiarelay.byu.edu/relay/cr/New_Media_1_-_Flash_(Original_Size)_-_20120628_10.41.50AM.html">Part 1</a></li>
<ul>
<li>Google Docs</li>
<li>What are wikis?</li>
</ul>
<li><a href="https://camtasiarelay.byu.edu/relay/cr/New_Media_2_-_Flash_(Original_Size)_-_20120628_12.01.57PM.html">Part 2</a></li>
<ul>
<li>Royalty free photos</li>
<li>Creative Commons</li>
<li>Wiki practice</li>
</ul>
<li><a href="https://camtasiarelay.byu.edu/relay/cr/New_Media_3_-_Flash_(Original_Size)_-_20120628_02.34.47PM.html">Part 3</a></li>
<ul>
<li>Open Education Resources (OER)</li>
<li>Podcasting</li>
</ul>
<li><a href="https://camtasiarelay.byu.edu/relay/cr/New_Media_4_-_Flash_(Original_Size)_-_20120628_04.05.06PM.html">Part 4</a></li>
<ul>
<li>Practice working on podcasts and publish to wiki or minus.com</li>
</ul>
<li>Part 5 (recording lost due to machine crash)</li>
<ul>
<li>Blogs</li>
</ul>
<li><a href="https://camtasiarelay.byu.edu/relay/cr/New_Media_6_-_Flash_(Original_Size)_-_20120629_12.13.31PM.html">Part 6</a></li>
<ul>
<li>Image editing</li>
</ul>
<li><a href="https://camtasiarelay.byu.edu/relay/cr/New_Media_7_-_Flash_(Original_Size)_-_20120629_02.46.49PM.html">Part 7</a></li>
<ul>
<li>Social media</li>
<li>Khan Academy</li>
<li>Ted-Ed</li>
<li>Flipped classroom</li>
</ul>
<li><a href="https://camtasiarelay.byu.edu/relay/cr/New_Media_8_-_Flash_(Original_Size)_-_20120629_03.27.33PM.html">Part 8</a></li>
<ul>
<li>Screencast with PowerPoint</li>
</ul>
</ul>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-15347550728671084142012-06-14T12:51:00.001-07:002012-06-16T18:46:03.595-07:00Technophobia 2012 RecordingsHere are the recordings from our 2012 Technophobia class.<br />
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<li><a href="https://camtasiarelay.byu.edu/relay/cr/Technophobia_1_-_Flash_%28Original_Size%29_-_20120614_10.32.03AM.html">Part 1 - Word</a></li>
<li><a href="https://camtasiarelay.byu.edu/relay/cr/Technophobia_2_-_Flash_%28Original_Size%29_-_20120614_12.05.15PM.html">Part 2 - Word</a></li>
<li><a href="https://camtasiarelay.byu.edu/relay/cr/Technophobia_3_-_Flash_%28Original_Size%29_-_20120614_02.32.38PM.html">Part 3 - Review, PowerPoint</a></li>
<li><a href="https://camtasiarelay.byu.edu/relay/cr/Technophobia_4_-_Flash_%28Original_Size%29_-_20120614_03.48.32PM.html">Part 4 - Excel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://camtasiarelay.byu.edu/relay/cr/Technophobia_5_-_Flash_(Original_Size)_-_20120615_10.33.52AM.html">Part 5 - Excel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://camtasiarelay.byu.edu/relay/cr/Technophobia_6_-_Flash_(Original_Size)_-_20120615_12.03.51PM.html">Part 6 - Word</a></li>
<li><a href="https://camtasiarelay.byu.edu/relay/cr/Technophobia_7_-_Flash_(Original_Size)_-_20120615_03.04.36PM.html">Part 7 - Mail Merge with Word and Excel, PowerPoint</a></li>
</ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-81074709620348201922012-06-12T09:34:00.002-07:002012-06-12T09:34:37.013-07:00The Organic Spread of Classroom Tech<div class="tr_bq">
<a href="http://www.convergemag.com/classtech/3-Technology-and-Learning-Strategies-to-Steal.html">Converge magazine advocated a technology strategy</a> that I also heartily endorse. Let technology initiatives start as small experiments and then let teachers clamor for the things that they see working, rather than trying to anticipate the way they will use technology. Here is how they put it. </div>
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The first time the district made interactive whiteboards and document cameras available in the grant program, staff members expected to purchase between 10 and 20 devices. But only five educators applied. </blockquote>
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"What it really came down to was people didn't know what they were or what they were capable of," said JoAnn DePue, director of technology, data and assessment. </blockquote>
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But as other teachers saw what the five educators were doing in the classroom with the tools, they got interested too. The next time the grant option came up for the devices, all the teachers in one elementary school applied.</blockquote>
The reported a similar experience with the spread of podcasting.<br />
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Teachers weren't sure they had time to create podcasts, so technology staff showed a few students how to do it. Within the first year, half of the elementary school students produced at least one podcast that was tied to the curriculum. The next year, almost every student had at least one digital piece online.</blockquote>
The problem for most teachers is that they just don't have the time to figure out new things. But once they see how something new can make class better or easier, they are happy to spend the time to get up to speed.Bradley Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-45723991692319663902011-07-01T08:25:00.001-07:002011-07-01T08:30:59.638-07:00Education Wiki PlatformsAlthough in class we used <a href="http://www.wikispaces.com">Wikispaces</a>, there are other popular wiki platforms. Along with Wikispaces, <a href="http://pbworks.com/">PBWorks</a> and <a href="http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/">Wikis in Education's WetPaint</a> are free for K-12 educators. (Pro tip: Don't go to "wetpaint.com", though. That is decidedly NOT a K-12 website. Just warnin' you.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-34280513366684659172011-07-01T07:49:00.000-07:002011-07-01T08:17:51.329-07:00Creating a Form (Quiz, Survey) in Google DocsGoogle Docs, in addition to creating documents and spreadsheets, allows you to create "forms" that can then be embedded in other programs, such as Blogger or Wikispaces. A form can be a survey, quiz, or poll. It is simply a way to gather information. Because of the nature of the form, it is not very secure. Your students won't be stopped from voting more than once, putting someone else's name in, or other mischievous actions.<br /><br />From your Google Docs homepage, click the "Create New" and select "Form". Create the survey/quiz/poll as desired. To add another question, there is a button in the left top corner of the page with a green plus sign "Add item". <br /><br />When you are done with your form, you will need to get the "embed" code to place the form into your blog or wiki. Click the button titled "More Actions" and select "Embed". You will need to copy the code in the box by highlighting it and right clicking and selecting "copy".<br /><br />If you would like to place this form in a blog, simply go to a new post and paste the embed code. If you would like to place the form in a wiki, you must add the code as the "Other HTML" widget. Just paste the embed code in the box that comes up when you select the correct widget.<br /><br />If you want to edit your form after you've embedded it, but before people have started taking it, you must go back to the Google Docs form page and click the "Form" tab on the blue strip near the top of the page. You will have to go back through the embed steps and replace the revised in your blog or wiki.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-74002184456610102102011-07-01T06:37:00.000-07:002011-07-05T08:55:59.554-07:00New Media 2011 Class RecordingsThese aren't a substitute for class, but perhaps they can help you remember the procedures that we did in class. There is a search function in the video that sort of works if you are trying to find when we talked about a specific thing. Hover your mouse over the video while it is playing and the search field will appear on the left side of the screen.<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://lavalane.org/classes/New_Media_1_-_Flash_%28Original_Size%29_-_20110630_12.06.17PM.html">Part 1</a> (Google Docs, Wikis, and Google Forms)</li>
<li><a href="http://lavalane.org/classes/New_Media_2_-_Flash_%28Original_Size%29_-_20110630_02.50.04PM.html">Part 2</a> (Podcasts)</li>
<li><a href="http://lavalane.org/classes/New_Media_3_-_Flash_%28Original_Size%29_-_20110630_03.53.43PM.html">Part 3</a> (More podcasts)</li>
<li><a href="http://lavalane.org/classes/New_Media_4_-_Flash_%28Original_Size%29_-_20110701_10.31.27AM.html">Part 4</a> (Review of day 1, blogs)</li>
<li><a href="http://lavalane.org/classes/New_Media_5_-_Flash_%28Original_Size%29_-_20110701_12.03.52PM.html">Part 5</a> (More blogs, image editing)</li>
<li><a href="http://lavalane.org/classes/New_Media_6_-_Flash_%28Original_Size%29_-_20110701_02.21.59PM.html">Part 6</a> (More blogs)</li>
<li><a href="http://lavalane.org/classes/New_Media_7_-_Flash_%28Original_Size%29_-_20110701_04.43.00PM.html">Part 7</a> (Google Reader, Twitter search)<br />
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</ul>Bradley Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-47950669304558383412011-06-30T14:52:00.000-07:002011-07-01T12:40:19.100-07:00Podcasting with Audacity and Min.usOnce you have created your podcast in <a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity</a> (complete with intro and outro music from a place like <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/">Free Music Archive</a>), you must save it as mp3 file.<br />
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First, you must download the right encoder (lame_enc.dll) if you haven't already done so. Select the edit menu, go to preferences, select libraries. On the libraries popup menu, click on the "download" button next to "LAME MP3 Library".<br />
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Once the encoder is downloaded, select from the file menu "Export". Name the file, and select "mp3" as your file type. You will be warned about the reduction in the file size; click "OK". Fill out as much or as little of the metadata song information as you want, and then click "OK".<br />
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Once you have your mp3 file saved, open a browser window to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/min.us">min.us</a>. Click "select" and find your mp3 file and click "open". Voila! You are done. Be sure to write down the unique address in the address bar before you leave the min.us site.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-28267875602388543392011-06-30T07:42:00.000-07:002011-06-30T14:11:04.011-07:00Project Requirements*(*Requirements is a strong word. We want you to do these general things, but if there is something else you want to do, just let us know!)<br /><br />Your blog will be your "home" project--you will link or post all your other projects to it so we can see them. At the end of the last day of class, you will just email me a link to your blog with your projects.<br /><ul><li>Create a blog</li><li>Modify the blog layout<br /></li><li>Modify the blog settings</li><li>On your blog, post a picture, a video, and link to other websites</li><li>Create podcast with intro and outro music<br /></li><li>Link to your podcast</li><li>Create and link to your wiki pages (personal page, vacation page (with external link and picture), form/survey page)</li><li>Anything else that catches your fancy</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-74151204016031253192011-06-09T15:36:00.000-07:002011-06-13T11:03:40.566-07:00Technophobia 2011 Class RecordingsWhile not a replacement for the pure joy of being in class with us, hopefully these recording will be helpful if you want to remember something that we did together in class.<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://train.byu.edu/technophobia/classrecordings/Technophobia_1_-_Flash_%28Medium%29_-_20110609_10.33.09AM.html">Day 1 Part 1</a> (Word)</li>
<li><a href="http://train.byu.edu/technophobia/classrecordings/Technophobia_2_-_Flash_%28Medium%29_-_20110609_12.05.42PM.html">Day 1 Part 2</a> (More Word)</li>
<li><a href="http://lavalane.org/classes/Technophobia_3_-_Flash_%28Original_Size%29_-_20110609_02.34.20PM.html">Day 1 Part 3</a> (PowerPoint)</li>
<li><a href="http://lavalane.org/classes/Technophobia_4_-_Flash_%28Original_Size%29_-_20110609_03.51.24PM.html">Day 1 Part 4</a> (Excel)</li>
<li><a href="http://lavalane.org/classes/Technophobia_5_-_Flash_(Original_Size)_-_20110610_10.32.56AM.html">Day 2 Part 5</a> ()</li>
<li><a href="http://lavalane.org/classes/Technophobia_6_-_Flash_(Original_Size)_-_20110610_11.19.47AM.html">Day 2 Part 6</a> ()</li>
<li><a href="http://lavalane.org/classes/Technophobia_7_-_Flash_(Original_Size)_-_20110610_11.58.14AM.html">Day 2 Part 7</a> ()</li>
<li><a href="http://lavalane.org/classes/Technophobia_8_-_Flash_(Original_Size)_-_20110610_05.02.18PM.html">Day 2 Part 8</a> ()</li>
</ul>Bradley Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-31079173376333429012011-03-01T20:25:00.000-08:002011-06-08T20:28:58.366-07:00Podcasting Tip<a href="http://www.convergemag.com/classtech/science-podcasts.html">This article</a> gives a great example of using podcasts to extend the learning time for your students:<blockquote>Instead of lecturing during class, he creates screencasts, which include narration and digital recordings of the PowerPoint presentations on his computer screen. His students watch the screencasts — also called vodcasts — at home and work on assignments at Michigan Center High School.</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-90077814402924588272010-09-07T21:39:00.000-07:002010-09-07T21:39:04.266-07:00NY Times on LearningInteresting <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/health/views/07mind.html?_r=1">piece in the NY Times today about learning</a> and study habits. Here's a taste of the biggest example in the story:<br />
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<blockquote>...psychologists have discovered that some of the most hallowed advice on study habits is flat wrong. For instance, many study skills courses insist that students find a specific place, a study room or a quiet corner of the library, to take their work. The research finds just the opposite. In one classic 1978 experiment, psychologists found that college students who studied a list of 40 vocabulary words in two different rooms — one windowless and cluttered, the other modern, with a view on a courtyard — did far better on a test than students who studied the words twice, in the same room. Later studies have confirmed the finding, for a variety of topics. </blockquote>One other thing they mentioned in the article was about learning styles. They linked to an <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://psi.sagepub.com/content/9/3/105.abstract">abstract</a> that made the following conclusion. <br />
<blockquote>Our review of the literature disclosed ample evidence that children and adults will, if asked, express preferences about how they prefer information to be presented to them. There is also plentiful evidence arguing that people differ in the degree to which they have some fairly specific aptitudes for different kinds of thinking and for processing different types of information. However, we found virtually no evidence for the interaction pattern mentioned above, which was judged to be a precondition for validating the educational applications of learning styles. Although the literature on learning styles is enormous, very few studies have even used an experimental methodology capable of testing the validity of learning styles applied to education. Moreover, of those that did use an appropriate method, several found results that flatly contradict the popular meshing hypothesis.<br />
We conclude therefore, that at present, there is no adequate evidence base to justify incorporating learning-styles assessments into general educational practice.</blockquote>Bradley Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-30202118576127303422010-06-17T14:22:00.000-07:002010-06-17T14:32:17.868-07:00Overview of awesome stuffWe didn't have time to work with all the amazing education programs out there, but you can do it on your own time. Check some of these links out, play around, and see what you can do!<br /><ul><li><a href="http://edu.glogster.com/">Glogster</a>: "Posters" with links for your wiki or blog (online)<br /></li><li><a href="http://earth.google.com/">Google Earth</a>: Amazing satellite views of the entire world (downloadable)<br /></li><li><a href="http://voicethread.com/#home">Voice Thread</a>: Narrate or comment on slide shows (online)<br /></li><li><a href="http://prezi.com/">Prezi</a>: A new way to do a presentation, quite different than PowerPoint (online and downloadable)<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.khanacademy.org/">Khan Academy</a>: Video podcasts of many, many subjects (online)<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.lynda.com/">Lynda</a>: (Some free, most not) Excellent tutorials on many of the most common computer programs (online)</li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/reader">Google reader</a>: A quick way to browse your favorite websites and blogs<br /></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-55323079950667482562010-06-17T12:06:00.000-07:002010-06-17T12:12:34.585-07:00Image EditingPhotographs and images are powerful tools to use in blogs and wikis (not to mention classroom presentations). Often, however, you want to edit the image--to make it prettier, smaller, larger, different. <br /><br />In the last several years, free photo editing software is available both online and for download. (You can also use non-free image editing software, which is usually more powerful, such as Photoshop and Illustrator.) Here are some of the more popular free programs:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.picnik.com/">Picnik</a></li><li><a href="http://picasa.google.com/">Picasa</a></li><li><a href="http://www.getpaint.net/">Paint.net</a></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-4257261614532638922010-06-16T20:58:00.001-07:002010-06-16T21:03:44.755-07:00Podcast ExamplesPodcasts can be scripted or conversational; both can be effective ways to engage the listener and impart information.<br /><br />Listen to an episode of a popular scripted podcast, "<a href="http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/">Grammar Girl</a>".<br /><br />Listen to an episode of a popular conversational podcast, "<a href="http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class-podcast.htm">Stuff You Missed in History Class</a>".Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-24291889044153850232010-06-16T14:41:00.000-07:002010-06-16T14:41:00.133-07:00Blog TemplatesBlog templates (the look of the blog) can be as simple or as complex as you wish. Each blogging platform offers basic templates to use--in Blogger, they can be found under the "Design" tab. There are many websites that offer free templates to use with Blogger. Here are just a few (if you do a Google search, you are sure to find many more):<br /><ul><li><a href="http://hotbliggityblog.com/">Hot Bliggity Blog</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/">The Cutest Blog on the Block</a></li><li><a href="http://www.bloggertemplatesfree.com/">Free Blogger Templates</a></li><li><a href="http://btemplates.com/">Blogger Templates</a></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-30788227273350075162010-06-16T11:34:00.001-07:002010-06-18T07:55:04.925-07:00New Media 2010 Class Recordings<a href="http://train.byu.edu/technophobia/classrecordings/New_Media_Part_1_-_Flash_%28Medium%29_-_20100616_10.54.12AM.html">Part 1 - Browsers, Google Docs, Wikispaces</a><br />
<a href="http://train.byu.edu/technophobia/classrecordings/New_Media_Part_2_-_Flash_%28Medium%29_-_20100616_12.17.05PM.html">Part 2 - More on Wikis</a><br />
<a href="http://train.byu.edu/technophobia/classrecordings/New_Media_Part_3_-_Flash_%28Medium%29_-_20100616_02.43.29PM.html">Part 3 - Blogs</a><br />
<a href="http://train.byu.edu/technophobia/classrecordings/New_Media_Part_4_-_Flash_%28Medium%29_-_20100616_04.16.00PM.html">Part 4 - More Blogs</a><br />
<a href="http://train.byu.edu/technophobia/classrecordings/New_Media_Part_5_-_Flash_%28Medium%29_-_20100617_10.28.33AM.html">Part 5 - Review of Day 1, Podcasting</a><br />
<a href="http://train.byu.edu/technophobia/classrecordings/New_Media_Part_6_-_Flash_%28Medium%29_-_20100617_12.03.49PM.html">Part 6 - Audacity for creating podcasts</a><br />
<a href="http://train.byu.edu/technophobia/classrecordings/New_Media_Part_7_-_Flash_%28Medium%29_-_20100617_02.07.31PM.html">Part 7 - Images in Picnik</a><br />
<a href="http://train.byu.edu/technophobia/classrecordings/New_Media_Part_8_-_Flash_%28Medium%29_-_20100617_03.45.35PM.html">Part 8 - Show and Tell on extra components </a>Bradley Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-20730754680035110702010-06-16T08:40:00.000-07:002010-06-16T08:49:12.398-07:00Project Requirements*(*Requirements is a strong word. We want you to do these general things, but if there is something else you want to do, just let us know!)<br /><br />Your blog will be your "home" project--you will link or post all your other projects to it so we can see them. At the end of the last day of class, you will just email me a link to your blog with your projects.<br /><ul><li>Create a blog</li><li>Modify the layout<br /></li><li>Modify the settings</li><li>Post a picture, a video, link to other websites</li><li>Link to your podcast</li><li>Link to your wiki pages (personal page and garden page)<br /></li><li>Anything else that catches your fancy<br /></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680554837034869367.post-36806700589417828392010-06-16T07:15:00.000-07:002010-06-16T07:15:30.230-07:00Highlights from the Web on Classroom New MediaDavid Wiley wrote about the <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://chronicle.com/blogPost/David-Wiley-Open-Teaching/7271">cool experience he had</a> by inviting his students to submit their homework writing assignments via a public blog.<br />
<blockquote>The result was a teacher’s dream — the students’ writing became a little longer, a little more thoughtful, and a little more representative of their actual intellectual abilities. And this benefit came by simply asking students to submit their homework through a different channel. They were already going to write and submit it; I was already going to read it. This was a true two-for-one.</blockquote>Salman Khan has been creating small video clips on YouTube that teach a modular concept. He's got over 1400 of them up so far at his <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://khanacademy.org/">Khan Academy</a>. In an <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail4386.html#">interview with Jon Udell</a>, he talked about how cool it would be if kids created their own video clips in the same way. (Listen at about 33:00 for that particular sound bite.)<br />
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William Thomas blew me away with an EDUCAUSE presentation about getting students in a university setting to <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/ELISessionDigitalHistoriesfort/198577">use online tools like wikis to radically improve the mega-class-size freshman history courses</a>. His goal was to introduce these students to the craft of writing history without overwhelming the instructor with an ungradeable raft of papers. The solution feels like a win-win.<br />
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Tanya Roscorio had a good piece in Converge Magazine that provided a quick-read overview of <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.convergemag.com/edtech/82633067.html">some of the ways teachers are using "tech" in the classroom</a>, including such fancy tech as pencils.<br />
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Sharon Bowman has a very clever summary of some principles in brain science that might encourage us to try interesting things in the classroom. She calls them her "<a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.bowperson.com/SixTrumpsArticle2010.pdf">six trumps</a>."Bradley Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.com0