Teacher and Technology - Sept 18 2013

Teacher and Technology - Sept 18 2013

Lab

Video and Audio tools and formats (and places to upload your products)

Your own web space (make sure you cna upload files) or:

Audio - SoundCloud, Podbean, Podomatic, iPadio, Mixcloud

Video - Vimeo, TeacherTube, YouTube,

Audio - Recording with Audacity (PC and Mac) and Garageband (Mac only) and how to convert to mp3

Video - MovieMaker (PC) and iMovie (Mac) and exporting as mov or mp4

Class

Deadlines (not done with A17) and questions (the course outline has been updated)

Textbooks - you need one. Let me know if you cannot afford it. I have one I can lend out.

Shift Happens - are you ready?

From the RWL - groups of 3 or 4 (try to find two you have not worked with before)

The Brain -  “Will fast facts do to our brains, what fast food has done to our bodies?” R. Redekopp

Record and report:

• The most interesting or startling fact you came across
• Whether your group did more of R,W or L
• Thoughts on concentration - can you train yourself to ‘pay attention’?
• Do you multitask or just switch attention a lot?
• When is multitasking really possible without a significant loss?

Brain Research Summary -

Tech break!!!

Twitter and how you will use it - people and hashtags (groups or topics). (@rredekopp and #umtandt)

Important Idea #4 and 5

MetaTeachnition - are you practicing this?

ISTE Standards for teachers and students