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Learn to create vodcasts for mastery learning with educational technology tools, applications, and implementation strategies in history and AP Chemistry. Discover hardware and software requirements and understand the benefits and challenges of vodcasting. Find out how to engage students and enhance learning outcomes through vodcasting.
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Vodcasting for Mastery Learning Jeff Noll – HS Science Instructional Coach Deb Wolf –Chemistry Roosevelt High School
Objectives • Describe the technology used to create educational vodcasts. • Identify the applications for educational vodcasting. • Evaluate the use of vodcasting for mastery learning.
History (disclaimer) • AP Chem • Woodland Park, CO • Implementation – Successes and struggles
What Do We Already Know? • iPods • YouTube • Screen capture
What Is Vodcasting? • Conjunction • Your voice and your screen • Easy-hardish? – Watch and See
What Do I Need? • Computer • Microphone • Software • Writing Implement
Microphone • Better – wired ($10-$40) • Best – Microsoft LifeChat ZX 6000 ($50ish) • Best – Samson C01U ($150ish)
Software • Better – SmartRecorder (free) • Better – Jing (free; 5 min max) • Best – Camtasia ($100)
Hardware – “Tablet” • SmartBoard – “Free” • Tablet - $79-$249
What Is The Minimum I Need? • SmartRecorder – Free • Microphone - $10-$50 • Storage space - Free to $$$$
Why Would I Want to Try it? • Peer pressure • Live recording • Precasting • Mastery learning
Is It Difficult To Do? • Define difficult • Record, pause, stop • We did . . . Now you do!
About Us • What do we teach? • Where do we teach?
More About Us • What is our favorite thing about students? • Where is our favorite place to eat in SF?
Even More About Us • We would like to draw you a pretty picture.
Thoughts? • Q N A
How Do I Get It To Students? • TeacherTube, Google Video, Blip TV, YouTube, Screencast.com, Itunes, Yahoo Video, Facebook, MySpace, etc. • Wikispaces, Ning, blog, K-12 Web Site, K-12 Media Storage, Blackboard, Moodle, WebCT, etc. • Mobile devices (iPod, PSP, cell phone) • DVD • Storage, storage, and more storage! • Web-based? • Storage v. Bandwidth
Why Would I Want To Do This? • Absences • Accommodations • Higher order cognitive skills • Differentiation • Constructive feedback • Parental involvement • Communicate at student’s level • Others?
Why Would I Not Want To Do This? • Technology implementation • Accessibility • Bandwidth vs. storage • Increased screen time • Time investment • Communicate at student’s level • Others?
Precasting in AP Environmental Science • Back to the wiki. . . • Accountability • Application lessons • Accessibility • Attitude/Apathy • Time
Summarize • What are two things that you think make vodcasting advantageous? • What are two things that you think make vodcasting disadvantageous?