Friday, August 8, 2008

A summer of presentations... now what?

Greetings!

It seems like it was forever ago when I got the iPoem idea from Karl Fisch (the guy who wrote "Did you know" and "Shift Happens").  Since then, the project has gone from a small class lesson, to a school-wide contest and us giving out 5 iPods to children!  I hope this year to see v.2 be much larger and have more participation.
This summer I have had the opportunity to present the program to three different groups of professionals and further tweak my ideas while teaching technology at a summer camp of 2nd-8th grade students at the local community college.


Some people have asked for some DIGITAL STORY TELLING resources.  I first teach the children how to use Photo Story 3.  Teach the program, then apply the project to the program--this takes an extra day, but it relieves the stress of doing both at the same time.
Photostory 3 is a free download from Microsoft that can be used in digital storytelling projects with excellent results. Photostory requires Microsoft XP and Windows Media Player 10. 
  1. Photostory3 Download | Microsoft 
  2. Windows Media Player 10 | Microsoft
An excellent PDF/print resource for teaching Photo Story 3, can be found here.  Thanks to Jakesonline.org!  On that Web site there are also screencasts that are great help, too!

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I also create Pod casts.  In my class, its called the "B-Cast" and they are hosted with the HCSB FirstClass Web Publishing folder, and then I submit them to iTunes for easy downloading.
  1. www.theknowledgesekers.com | My Class site 
  2. www.theknowledgeseekers.com/b-cast | Site for my Pod casting tutorials, vocabulary,etc. 
  3. audacity.sourceforge.net | Free audio recording/multi-tracking software!

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