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Apple 21st Century Learning

jzcolby — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:58:14 +0000

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about attending the Apple Tour of 21st-Century Learning. As I am going through the material we received, I feel I need to comment on all the great sites we talked about.

Apple Learning Interchange (ALI) is a social network for educators. You can find items as simple as a lesson idea to in-depth curriculum ideas.

Apple iTunes recently launched iTunesU available through the iTunes Store. This features free audio and video downloads from universities across the United States. Universities such as Stanford, Duke, MIT, Arizona State, and many more.

LearnOutLoud.com has picked out the best lectures, courses, and audio and video programs that are available through iTunesU. The University of South Florida has a free collection of stories and poems available in podcast format.

Lastly, we talked about the Framework for 21st Century Learning which contains a vision for 21st Century student success in the new global economy.

21st Century Learning with Apple

jzcolby — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:45:25 +0000

Attended a session sponsored by Apple yesterday entitled “Tour of 21st-Century Learning.” It was a great day. I knew about a lot of the tools but they not only focused on the tools, but focused on project-based learning with the tools and integrating areas of the curriculum. We, as students, did research that we posted on our wiki, then created a summary podcast and posted the podcast on our blog. We moved on to another session and did scientific research using digital probes and microscopes. With the microscopes, we took digital images and created an iPhoto book where we also posted the data from the digital probe. It was a great day and I had good company — Nancy and Beth.

Podcast: Second Life Tip 1

jzcolby — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:59:31 +0000

You heard about Second Life and have no clue what to do to get started.
(Podcast made in GarageBand)

http://www.plymouthschools.com/podcasts2007/colby/secondlifetip1.mp3

Slideshare + Podcast = Slidecast

jzcolby — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:41:10 +0000

Slideshare now has the capability to enter an mp3 url to accompany your slideshare presentation. So many cool tools. For instructions.

Thanks to Many

jzcolby — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:33:56 +0000

This could be my last post of the year on my blog so I wanted to thank the blogging community for all the great blog posts. I have only entered the world of Web 2.0 this past summer but I can’t begin to say how much I have learned. I subscribe to about 20 blogs in Bloglines and feel like I get a new education every day. There are some days when I feel like I have to stop reading all these blogs because I am learning so much and there is not enough time in the day and I am so excited about all these new tools I have discovered.

My favorite blog is Vicki Davis’ CoolCat Teacher Blog. She is truly inspiring and sometimes I wonder if she has time to sleep. Her blog contains so much good content — education, technical, and motivational. Thank you CoolCat. Recently she posted about Microsoft Photo Story 3 (a free download). Well, that day I downloaded the software, found an ambitious teacher (Mrs. Gal) in second grade, and we just finished our movie project yesterday — Holidays Around the World. The children researched their country, wrote about their country, and we then used the audio feature in Photo Story to record each student’s writing on their country. Thank you Vicki Davis for pointing this project out and thank you Mrs. Gal for taking on this project during this busy time.

I found another ambitious teacher in third grade who was working with her students on expression in voice and fluency when speaking. We thought – let’s do a podcast. The children took this on as an extra assignment and wrote down their thought/memory of the holiday. We then used GarageBand to record their audio and turned it into a podcast. Thank you Mrs. Thonus for your hard work in creating “Holiday Memories.”

Again, thank you to all who have contributed to this great community.

More on Podcasting…

jzcolby — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:00:15 +0000

Steve Sokoloski has listed some great references and examples of podcasting in an elementary school on his blog. I still have a lot to learn on podcasting. Hopefully after the holidays, these Web 2.0 tools will start coming together in an elementary environment. Finding that there are stumbling blocks to overcome when working with teachers, students, and Web 2.0 tools. But, I am persistent and will continue to try to work through them and initiate some great learning adventures.

Podcasting and Audacity

jzcolby — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:17:17 +0000

Wesley Fryer recently posted a link to his podcasting wiki which is a valuable resource for those interested in getting started on podcasting. He also posted a link to his handout on Audacity. I have started learning how to podcast — have been using GarageBand on the Macintosh. I now want to try my hand with Audacity which I have been hearing so much about. So, thanks to Mr. Fryer for his resources. On his wiki he mentioned the Belkin Tune Talk which connects to an iPod. My principal was kind enough to purchase this along with an iPod for our school and I have been experimenting with it. It works great. Now I have to transfer my knowledge to the students and teachers so they can have some fun too.

A Successful Podcast

jzcolby — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:11:19 +0000

I know to many people creating a podcast is not a major accomplishment; however, for me, it was a major accomplishment this week. With the help of my principal, teachers, and students, we collaborated on a great idea for our first podcast. We focused on our thematic unit worked on by all teachers and students at our school — Community. We created the podcast using Apple’s GarageBand software. The students loved it. We are looking forward to more podcasts in our future.