Ladue History Presentation

Slide 2: 8th Grade American History at South Valley Jr. High in Liberty, Missouri Graduate Instructor at Park University teaching “Technology for the Classroom”

Slide 3: Currently serving as the 2007 / 2008 Missouri Teacher of the Year

Slide 11: The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink

Slide 15: Started my journey in spring of 2005 when I purchased my first MP3 player

Slide 17: Speaking of History podcast and blog began in June 2005 www.speakingofhistory.blogspot.com visitors from 145 countries in past two years 50,000 downloads in the last

Slide 18: Speaking of History Podcast / Blog Visitors August 2007 to May 2008

Slide 19: Edit audio with a free program named AUDACITY

Slide 20: StudyCasts - Record audio review for upcoming test Post MP3 file to the Internet Students listen at home on Internet, MP3 player, or CD

Slide 21: - Record tests for students who have modifications for taking tests - Books have been read and recorded (with permission) - Record young students reading for fluency

Slide 22: Currently part of a pilot using Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player Transfer pictures and audio with wireless connections – studycasts, presentation notes

Slide 23: AT&T Grant to create historical information about Liberty using Guide by Cell technology Students will narrate museum artifact information

Slide 24: Allow students to become PRODUCERS of the content they use not just

Slide 25: Microsoft’s PhotoStory 3 – create video from still pictures Microsoft’s MovieMaker2 – create video from video Free download, easy to use

Slide 26: Boston Massacre LIVE! Newscast Historical perspective and power of media Students write the scripts

Slide 27: TV commercials from history using PhotoStory3 Create a TV election ad for Lincoln in the 1860 campaign

Slide 28: Liberty Minutes video project 3-5 minute videos on local historical topics Hollywood Night

Slide 29: Guerrilla Season Book Blog Project the past two years 350 Liberty students with parents, California students, home school students and author

Slide 31: Donner Party Debate Record class debate Send experts MP3 of debate and they respond with comments

Slide 32: Teacher sends the e-mail 10 question limit Archaeologist answered during a hurricane from her laptop on kitchen

Slide 34: Online assessment With Quia Immediate data and feedback for tests and pretests

Slide 35: Testing results: SVJH 8th Grade Social Studies -Highest score of any content area - Largest yearly improvement

Slide 38: Eric Langhorst speakingofhistory@gmail.com 8th Grade American History South Valley Jr. High Liberty, Missouri