Exceeding Standards in an Interactive Classroom with Emerging Technologies Jeremy Brueck [email_address] The University of Akron 5500:475

Emerging Technologies in the Elementary Classroom Utilize

Blogs What is a Blog? Blog is short for weblog. A blog is a frequent and chronological publication of comments and thoughts on the web. A blog is often updated daily and contains all information that the person maintaining the BLOG (Blogger) wishes to share with the world.

What is a Blog?

Blog is short for weblog.

A blog is a frequent and chronological publication of comments and thoughts on the web.

A blog is often updated daily and contains all information that the person maintaining the BLOG (Blogger) wishes to share with the world.

Blogs in the classroom TEACHERS School-to-Home Communication Announcements Calendar Newsletter Classroom Happenings STUDENTS Reflections or journals Dialogue with peers Communicate with teacher Group work Example

TEACHERS

School-to-Home Communication

Announcements

Calendar

Newsletter

Classroom Happenings

STUDENTS

Reflections or journals

Dialogue with peers

Communicate with teacher

Group work

Example

Blogs are COST EFFICIENT! Blogger Live Journal Diaryland Pitas

Blogger

Live Journal

Diaryland

Pitas

Podcasts What is a Podcast? a media file (mp3) that is distributed by subscription (paid or unpaid) over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. R eal S imple S yndication Why use Podcasts? provides students with an authentic audience Increase student motivation to write improve fluency and listening skills

What is a Podcast?

a media file (mp3) that is distributed by subscription (paid or unpaid) over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers.

R eal S imple S yndication

Why use Podcasts?

provides students with an authentic audience

Increase student motivation to write

improve fluency and listening skills

Podcasting is CHEAP! Getting Started: Hardware Microphone Computer Software Audio editing program Audacity is a powerful, cross-platform and open-source audio editing software program ideally suited for classroom podcasting. Podcast publishing tools Podifer is a free podcast publishing tool to help podcast creators publish their audio files to an Internet server and create an RSS feed

Getting Started:

Hardware

Microphone

Computer

Software

Audio editing program

Audacity is a powerful, cross-platform and open-source audio editing software program ideally suited for classroom podcasting.

Podcast publishing tools

Podifer is a free podcast publishing tool to help podcast creators publish their audio files to an Internet server and create an RSS feed

Classroom Podcasts Students in the Write 1st Grade On Air Room 208 Radio WillowWeb

Students in the Write

1st Grade On Air

Room 208

Radio WillowWeb