October 23 Presentation- The Exciting World of Podcasting and Vodcasting

This week we will be exploring the exciting world of podcasting and vodcasting. As you might realize several academic institutions are leveraging podcast/ vodcast technology as a means of providing instructional support to tech savvy students. Podcasting and vodcasting are becoming increasingly important in the dissemination of instructional materials to students of all ages. This week we will learn how to create podcast/ vodcasts and discover how they are used in academic settings. If you have a USB microphone and headphones please bring them to class.

(iPod photo courtesy of Apple Computers)




Please review the following materials before our next class session:

1. You Tube- Podcasting in Plain English
Running time- 3:00

2. You Tube- MacMost Now 118: How to Create Your Own Podcast
Running time- 5:22

3. Learning in Hand
This is an excellent site for educators interested in podcasting. Please review materials provided in the Podcasting and iPod tabs.

4. The University of Missouri School of Journalism- Podcasting and Vodcasting- A White Paper
Another great resource for understanding basic concepts associated with podcasting and vodcasting.

5. Northern Illinios University- Podcasting in Blackboard
A very good primer for educators interested in posting podcast materials on the blackboard learning management system.

6. You Tube- MacMost Now 119: How to Make a Video Podcast
Running time- 3:25

7. You Tube- MacMost Now 121: Video Podcast Secrets
Running time- 5:00

8. Apple- Creating Video Podcasts on OSX
Here is a good tutorial for creating video podcasts.
You will need Quick time 7.0.3 to view this video tutorial.

9. Finding Video Podcasts on iTunes
Running time- 1:39

Due 10/16 - Video Authorship

Ever create a video and upload it to YouTube? Everybody's doing it. Although the statistics haven't been openly available since Google acquired YouTube for $1.650,000,000 (in Google stock), Comscore estimated that in January 2008 alone, nearly 79 million users had made over 3 billion video views.

Here is a video by Jon4Lakers about how to make a video using Macintosh iMovie HD and upload it to YouTube. It is not too complicated. You will note that he did this video while on a studybreak from "writing essays for business school" (note that it has been viewed almost 11,000 times - not bad for a studybreak.)

Jon4Lakers was also courteous enough to provide some instruction on how to use Photobooth on his Macintosh to create YouTube videos.

Wondering how to do this with Windows Movie Maker? It is a little more complicated, but JohnGregory08 from Australia provides a 10-minute video about using MovieMaker to create a video.

Want to know how to do specific things in Movie Maker?
Atomic Learning has a set of 63 free videos for Windows Movie Maker 2.

Screencasting
Wondering how to share what's happening on your screen? This is called a screencast. There are a number of programs that you might want to use: Snapz Pro X (Mac) or Camtasia (Windows)

Another option for screencasting is Jing. This is a free, on-line version of Camtasia by the same company, TechSmith. Dr. Z has already posted on Jing in an earlier blog posting. It is a powerful tool that will allow you to create an online video up to 5-minutes in length. Read his posting to learn more about it.

Here is a video that demonstrates and explains Jing.

YouTube Google-Eyed Generation
The world is different. A new "Learning Ecology" is present that steers education towards collaborative and (co)creative purposes. Read about this in:
Engaging the YouTube Google-Eyed Generation: Strategies for Using Web 2.0 in Teaching and Learning by Peter Duffy.

Speaking of Google, watch this 8-minute interview between Jim Cramer and Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google.

Video Collaborative and (Co)creative Examples:
The world is full of examples of educators using videos to involve k-18 learners in expressing and exploring new ideas. Here are a few examples. Those of you in the EIT class should have received invitations for becoming authors in this blog so add your own examples (followed by your name). If you aren't from this class but have ideas, add your suggestions as comments:

• A Vision of Students Today (Dr. Michael Wesch - Kansas State University)
• A Vision of K-12 Students Today (bjnesbitt)
• 3 Steps for 21st Century Learning (paul)
  
• . . . your ideas? . . .

Photos: www.flickr.com/Aster-oid, jon4lakers. atomiclearning.com, jingproject.com

Due 10/9 - RSS

This will be a fun-filled evening.

• Steve Hargedon, creator of Classroom 2.0 will Skype with us. Review http://classroom20.ning.com Identify at least 2 questions that you want to ask him about his Classroom 2.0, social networking and Web 2.0 in general.
• Dr. Dan Powers, Owner of Iowa Island on Second Life, will join us "in-world" (SL).
• RSS - You have been introduced to RSS but there a SOOOOO many things that it can do. Review these resources and you will be prepared for the work in our class. We will be learning about the RSS opportunities and you will be creating your own RSS resource center.

Using RSS Feeds (15:26) - UTech Tips .com http://tinyurl.com/usingrss Video introduction to RSS. We have heard from this person earlier in the semester. Do you remember when and who? RSS 101: Using RSS in Education http://tinyurl.com/rssineducation Explains more about RSS and shares some applications. RSS and Education List of 15 educational applications for RSS on a website that has "Everything You Need to Know about RSS." Explore the RSS resources that are listed in the left column.
Aggregator as Textbook - Will Richardson Will reflects on how RSS aggregators have changed the way he makes sense of the world. GoogleReader How to Blog Posting http://tinyurl.com/googlereaderblog Describes how to get the most out of Google Reader. Includes directions for setting it up and organizing your RSS sources. Try this out on your own Google Reader. Set up the blogs of your class.