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8 th Grade American History at South Valley Jr. High in Liberty, Missouri Graduate Instructor at Park University teaching “Technology for the Classroom”

A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman

Started my journey in spring of 2005 when I purchased my first MP3 player

Speaking of History podcast and blog began in June 2005 visitors from 155 countries in past two years

Speaking of History Podcast / Blog Visitors - August 2007 to July 2008 400,000+ podcast downloads in 2008

Edit audio with a free program named AUDACITY

Teaching the Declaration of Independence with a twist

StudyCasts - Record audio review for upcoming test Post MP3 file to the Internet Students listen at home on Internet, MP3 player, or CD

- Record tests for students who have modifications - Books have been recorded for students with reading disabilities - Record young students reading for fluency

Currently part of a pilot using Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player Transfer pictures, audio and video podcasts with wireless connections – studycasts, presentation notes

AT&T Grant to create historical information about Liberty using Guide by Cell technology Students will narrate museum artifact information

Boston Massacre LIVE! Newscast Historical perspective and power of media Students write the scripts

Liberty Minutes video project 3-5 minute videos on local historical topics Hollywood Night with parents and guests

Microsoft’s PhotoStory 3 – create video from still pictures

TV commercials from history using PhotoStory3 Create a TV election ad for Lincoln to help him win the presidency in 1860

Create a TV commercial supporting either the Federalist or Anti-Federalist Students understood the subject more than they ever had before

Donner Party Debate Record class debate with MP3 player Send experts MP3 file of debate and they respond with comments – 2 pages each

Need to be using Web 2.0 tools to connect my classroom with the rest of the world

Guerrilla Season Book Blog Project – 2007 and 2008 350 Liberty students with parents, students in California and Illinois, home school students and the author in Philadelphia

Donner Party Debate Record class debate with MP3 player Send experts MP3 file of debate and they respond with comments – 2 pages each

E-Mail an Expert Teacher sends the e-mail and 10 question limit Archaeologist answered during a hurricane from her laptop on kitchen floor of her home

Classroom connection on the Internet for parents and students

Online assessment Quia and QuizStar Immediate data and feedback on tests and pretests

South Valley Jr. High 8 th Grade Social Studies test results: Highest score of any content area Largest yearly improvement

South Valley Jr. High 8 th Grade Social Studies test results:

Highest score of any content area

Largest yearly improvement

Eric Langhorst 8 th Grade American History South Valley Junior High School Liberty, Missouri [email_address] Twitter – Elanghorst Skype – historypodcaster