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Description:
Learn to plan, produce, and maintain an online blog with audio (podcasting) and video (vlog) content that can enhance your classroom communications. Get a practical overview of podcasting, blogs and vlogs as new communication tools and create your own during the workshop.
Explore new communication tools of Blogs, Podcasts, and Vlogs, how they function and how to use them within a classroom setting. Receive practical hands-on instruction on setting up an individual blog, planning and producing podcasts and vlogs, and posting this new content to a blog.
Pre-requisites:
Basic computer skills and a willingness to try new things.
Skill Level:
Some Computer Experience
Type of course:
In Person
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, participants will:
- Create a daily Blog.
- Plan, produce, and publish Podcasts and Vlogs
- Understand the value of these emerging technologies to education.
- Use Blogs, Podcasts, and Vlogs to enhance communication inside and outside their classroom.
Online Materials:
Freevlog
Blogger
Internet Archive
Wikipedia: Blog
Wikipedia: Vlog
Wikipedia: Podcasting
Wikipedia: Wiki
Education Podcast Network
Credit:
1 hour USOE credit
1 semester hour SUU credit
Points:
14 licensure points
Assignment:
During class, everyone creates a Web Log (blog) with two video posts (vlogs) and two audio posts (podcasts). Within 30 days of the last day of class, add two more posts - one of each type - to the blog. Write a one page paper on how these technologies can be used to improve communication in the classroom. The paper can be submitted as a post to the blog.
This class meets the following NETS for teachers:
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I. B,
II. A,
II. B,
II. C,
II. D,
II. E,
III. A,
III. B,
III. C,
III. D,
IV. A,
IV. B,
IV. C,
V. B,
V. C,
VI. A,
VI. B,
VI. C,
VI. D,
VI. E
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