Creating+a+Digital+Classroom

=Creating a Digital Classroom=

Melissa Brown, Emily Mills, and Frieda Foxworth 12:00-12:45, E208

Standards, planning, assessment, classroom management, parent contacts...so much to do and so little time! This session will provide practical suggestions of ways to integrate technology into your curriculum to enhance instruction, motivate students, and improve parent communication, as well as providing options for using technology for differentiation and enrichment. Podcasting, blogging, and other Web 2.0 tools will be featured.

Digital Tools for Learning
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**Here are some resources for free podcasts available online: **
[|Apple Learning Interchange] [|How Stuff Works] (informational) [|Lunchbox Lessons] (science videos, sea creature informational videos, video books with text, writing videos) [|Free Learning Content A-Z] (listing of content by subject area) [|M3 - Math Movie Minute] (great example of student created instruction) [|Children's Fun Storytime Podcast] [|Mastery Maze] (more high school oriented) [|Lit2Go] (mp3 stories and poems) [|Meet the Author Interviews with Children's Books Authors & Illustrators] Storynory - Audio stories for kids Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing (each contains an advertisement)
 * iTunes U:**
 * iTunes Podcasts:**

**Educational podcasts for purchase:**
[|Raybook!] [|kids.audible.com]


 * Record a podcast on an iPod and load it into iTunes.
 * Record a podcast on a laptop in Audacity and export as an MP3.
 * Create a PowerPoint and convert it with Authorstream.
 * Create a video using Windows Movie Maker and use a converter such as Jodix or Zamzar.
 * Use SMART Notebook recorder to record a Notebook lesson and convert the .wmv file to an Mp4.


 * Create a Keynote Presentation, record narration, and export as an Mp4. (If you do this, add a blank slide at the beginning after you record, but before you export. It's a quirk, but necessary to get the file to play correctly on the iPod. )
 * Create a recording in GarageBand and export to iTunes.
 * Create a video with iMovie and export as an Mp4.