Today's class started out by checking in with the students to make sure we were all on the same page with our lesson re-design assignment. We then made sure to record our personal wiki sites (both the fun and the lesson re-design) on the Intro to Ed Tech class wiki.
We then watched the CommonCraft video entitled 'Podcasting in Plain English'. Podcasting allows us to record things (classes, voices, lectures, etc) and post them on the internet. I've used podcasting in the past to record lectures from class and post them onto my class wiki for those students who needed to hear a lecture again or for students who missed class. As my lectures and teaching style has changed, I've been less likely to record my classes. It was a great tool for a lecture based class, but as my classes have become less lecture based, it's been less useful.
As a part of our discussion about podcasting, we were introduced to Audacity, which is software that can help you record and save podcasts. You need to download the software and then you can spend many happy hours recording podcasts.
We had a quick break and sang Happy Birthday to AnnMarie- and ate delicious cupcakes. It's always fun to have something to celebrate! ;)
We spent the rest of class working on our assignments and getting things together. Keri circulated and helped those students who needed more time. I worked on putting together my wiki, blog, and then started creating a Prezi for my lesson redesign. Good class!
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