week9b

=Week 10 Distance Education=

__Gaining Students' Attention__
What is the audio that most often enters our lives? Ringtones? Which one is your favorite? (Play for the class). Did you ever consider making one of your own? It's a really simple process that con be done using digital audio software. We're going to spend time learning how to create all different types of audio and video resources to enhance student learning at a distance. (Here's the tutorial for creating your own ringtone: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Making_Ringtones).

__Objectives and NETS-T Standards Addressed__

 * **5.** || **Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership** ||
 * || Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers: ||
 * a. || participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning. ||  ||   ||   ||

__Recall of Prior Learning__
If you were to search for a very specific podcast you wanted to listen to, what would your search strategy be? Consider all the issues you've learned recently about search strategies.

__Presentation of Material__
This is a story about Howe students using the mobile commander to host a live virtual field trip from the courthouse in Ft. Smith, AR that served as the end to the Trail of Tears. The far site students were in Vermont. []

Present the following tools: Audacity (Tutorials: http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/17-audacity-tutorial.htm http://www.guidesandtutorials.com/audacity-tutorial.html) DimDim (Tutorial: http://solsie.com/2008/11/dimdim-free-web-meeting/) Tokbox (Tutorial: http://www.slideshare.net/dcaldbeck/tokbox-video-communication-how-it-works-presentation/) Teacher Tube (Tutorial: http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=3847419bb3de39a609af School Tube (Tutorial: http://www2.schooltube.com/help.aspx) VoiceThread (Tutorial: http://www.edsupport.cc/mguhlin/archives/2008/09/entry_7812.htm) SlideShare (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4653958644238149878) Sketchcast (Tutorial: http://sketchcast.com/category/Tutorial/) Prezi (Introductory Video: http://prezi.com/)

__Discovery Learning and Performance__
Students will browse the following sites, selecting items of interest to listen to/watch. Learn Out Loud (free): http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video The Education Podcast Network: http://epnweb.org/ ODEO Education: http://odeo.com/categories/27-Education Teacher Tube: http://teachertube.com School Tube: http://schooltube.com VoiceThread: http://ed.voicethread.com SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/ Sketchcast: http://sketchcast.com Prezi: http://prezi.com/

I like to show the following site: []  I then ask them to pick 5 sites, and write how they would use this in a classroom environment. Lots of great sites on this page. (Todd B)

__Assignments and Assessment__
Use [|Audacity] or a similar audio editor and create an educational podcast in __your__ content area. The podcast should begin with some music, followed by your narration, and concluded with music that fades out. You should then export your podcast to the .WAV or .MP3 format and submit this final audio file to this Dropbox folder. (Possibly have students interview a teacher about how they use technology in the classroom as the assignment, also we used [|Gabcast.com] this semester to record the podcasts)
 * Assignment 1:** Podcast

As you browse through the resources presented in this module, create a document that lists 1) the name of the tool (TeacherTube, for example), 2) a description of the example you viewed, and 3) an idea you have for using the tool in your future instructional endeavors. You'll have eight tools, eight examples and eight ideas. Post to the Discussion Board.
 * Assignment 2:** Distance Education Online Tools

**Assignment 3**: Social Bookmarking Create an account at __[|Diigo.com]__, a bookmarks sharing website, create a list called 3123 links, and post to that list at least __** one bookmark and one meaningful annotation **__ to the following: In your annotation/comment explain how you can use this resource in your teaching. Submit the link to your Diigo account in a Word document in this Dropbox folder. Your account link will look like this: __[|http://www.diigo.com/user/susanstansberry]__where the last part of the URL will be your username. Post your link to the Discussion Board.
 * A relevant blog
 * A relevant podcast
 * 3 other relevant WWW resources (websites)

__Additional Items For Online Sections__
Online Discussion: There is a wide range of approaches to distance learning: videoconferencing, interactive online courses, completely independent correspondence courses, self-study web-based modules, and a blend of any or all of these.

Some schools are even going completely online. Take a thorough look at the Florida Virtual School.

What do you think about this school? Would you consider it for your own children? Would you teach for them? Think this is beyond Oklahoma? Take a look! Distance learning is coming fast to a school near you. And, it's getting tricky due to a recent law that said if a school does not offer a course that a student wants/needs, and the student can take it through an accredited online school, the student's school has to give credit AND the school loses the attendance money for that student during that amount of time! Can you say, "business opportunity"?! We are at the doorstep of privatizing education and teachers putting out a shingle as "independent contractors". What do you think this is going to do to education as we know it? Help, hurt, fail and go away, or something else?

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