I’m not a podcast enthusiast, saving my ears for the likes of RJD2, however I appreciate the potential, and am probably the last to discover podOmatic, a site that hosts and even creates your podcast for you, via an online recording feature. I had a go, and agree with the site’s view that Audacity is a better recording option. PodOmatic includes a very helpful section on tips. The site does seem to offer the most straightforward option for recording a classroom activity as a podcast. When I eventually feel the urge to commit myself in this direction I’ll give PodOmatic a proper trial.
Dec 152006
Following a post on my Google Earth blog, I reflected that it would be fun to give students named geographical features and get them to find a representative image which they process using the method described by the Artwork Earth post by S. Fjalar
I put togther a quick example gallery, using the first four terms that came to mind:
I made the above images very quickly using the first four words that sprang to mind. The exercise I envisage is more explicitly geographical than the Artwork Earth images. Elusive images (such as the barchan dune) could be given to students with better spatial understanding, therefore differentiating the exercise. The results could make a really good display, or used as a visual glossary of key terms.
Web 2.0 advent calendar
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Dec 102006
This Web 2.0 advent calendar offers an interesting collection of recent web-based tools, all of which look useful to teachers, with some familiar and unfamiliar applications that I look forward to exploring further.
Dec 032006
Doug Belshaw mentioned Splashr a while back, but I’ve only just had a look. It’s a very convenient tool for displaying Flickr images and while there are lots of different styles, I made this as an example of how it could be used on an interactive whiteboard in a “guess the location” context.
Update:
Here’s another example of a Splashr presentation illustrating a field trip to London.
Doug Belshaw added an interesting video featuring Splashr in the classroom to his blog. I really like his idea of using very brief video clips to illustrate innovative classroom ICT practice! Doug also presents a nice tutorial too.
Did you come to my talk? Here’s a link to the PPT on SlideShare.
Not all the links will work, so a copy of the original PPT and all the resources is available by request. I can send this either by email or CDROM.
Nov 112006
Jumpcut is a terrific web-based video editing application, that I discovered after Ollie Bray mentioned it on his blog. You upload movie clips and then edit and remix them. Here for example, is a short film that I created from some BBC Creative Archive footage.
The original clip is here. Why not remix it yourself?
The implications are fairly obvious; students can edit a short film as a homework assignment without requiring video editing software. Teachers can provide suitable source material. Audio clips and various effects can be added and the resulting movies tagged and shared via email, or embedded in websites. The BBC Creative Archive has been withdrawn at the end of its trial period while they consider the implications of the service. Hopefully it will be back soon.
Jumpcut is another sign that the day of a PC with zero applications installed, apart from a web browser, is approaching. Read My Uninstalled Life for more!
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