Friday 7 November 2014

Me as a techie student 2014 - Sharing XIII - 07/11

Dropbox
Information HERE.
Sharing and storing has been made so much easier with an online 'hard drive' which synchronizes all the files you have stored everywhere in only with place ONLINE.

Official website: https://www.dropbox.com/

Monday 3 November 2014

Me as a techie student 2014 - Sharing XII - 24/10

Podcasting
What is it? The method of distributing multimedia files over the Internet using syndication feeds,
Etymology? Blend = "iPod" + "broadcasting."
Postcast or Audio file? With a postcast, unlike and 'ordinary' audio, you can SUBSCRIBE to it (you'll be receiving the updates automatically, there's no need of going to the page every time you want to listen to it and you can listen to it wherever you want) and it's FREE to DOWNLOAD. However, it's a kind of postcast, i.e. the audio file is a larger concept.

Ideas for Using Podcasting from: http://podcasting-in-education.wikispaces.com/
  • Publish student work
  • Student project for assessment
  • Distribute school assignments
  • Peer teaching
  • Language classes
  • Create archive of class lectures
  • Interview guest experts
  • Create oral histories
  • Communicate with parents
  • Community outreach
  • Audio tours
  • Public safety messages
  • School happenings/performances
  • Professional development and personal learning
Podcasting in Education - Thriving experiences:

Authentic podcasts:
  • 'THE' place to get authentic, educational podcasts is the BBC 
  • You can find interesting interviews HERE
Teacher Podcasts:
ESL Pod “Taking Photographs” http://www.eslpod.com/website/index.php
Student Podcasts:
Kids Stories http://storynory.com/ (audiobooks)
How to make your own podcasts:
http://www.wikihow.com/Start-Your-Own-Podcast
http://tinyurl.com/243z65c
Want to make things easier? Try PODOMATIC: BLOG + POSTCAST at once, no need to record AND upload.


Screencasting
What is it? 'Impr Pant' + audio + video: https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7012.pdf
Ideas in the classroomhttp://www.schrockguide.net/screencasting.html...
Need tools? Why don't you try it out with Jing?! Easy and free... This is my trial: