myths of web 2.0 in the classroom

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July 24, 2008 post

8th

Grade American

History at South

Valley Jr. High in

Liberty, Missouri

Graduate Instructor

at Park University

teaching “Technology

for the Classroom”

Currently serving as the

2007 / 2008

Missouri Teacher of the Year

A Whole New Mind

by Daniel Pink

The World Is Flat

by Thomas Friedman

Started my journey in spring

of 2005 when I purchased my

first MP3 player

Speaking of History podcast

and blog began in June 2005

visitors

from 145

countries

in past

two years

Speaking of History Podcast / Blog

Visitors - August 2007 to July 2008

162,879 podcast downloads

in 2008 to date

Edit audio with a free program

named AUDACITY

Teaching the Declaration of

Independence as a break up

letter activity podcast

StudyCasts - Record audio

review for upcoming test

Post MP3 file to the Internet

Students

listen at home

on Internet,

MP3 player,

or CD

- Record tests for students who

have modifications

- Books have been

recorded for

students with

reading disabilities

- Record young

students reading

for fluency

Currently part of a pilot using

Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player

Transfer pictures,

audio and video

podcasts with

wireless

connections –

studycasts,

presentation notes

AT&T Grant to

create historical

information about

Liberty using Guide

by Cell technology

Students will

narrate museum

artifact information

Boston Massacre LIVE! Newscast

Historical

perspective

and power of

media

Students

write the

scripts

Microsoft’s PhotoStory 3 – create

video from still pictures

TV commercials

from history

using

PhotoStory3

Create a TV

election ad for

Lincoln to help

him win the

presidency in

1860

Create a TV

commercial

supporting either

the Federalist or

Anti-Federalist

Students

understood the

subject more than

they ever had

before

Liberty Minutes

video project

3-5 minute

videos on local

historical topics

Hollywood Night

with parents and

guests

Need to be using Web 2.0 tools

to connect my classroom with

the rest of the world

Guerrilla Season Book Blog

Project – 2007 and 2008

350 Liberty students with parents,

students in California and Illinois,

home school students and the

author in Philadelphia

Donner Party Debate

Record class debate

with MP3 player

Send experts MP3

file of debate and

they respond with

comments – 2 pages

each

E-Mail an Expert

Teacher sends

the e-mail and 10

question limit

Archaeologist

answered during a

hurricane from her

laptop on kitchen

floor of her home

Classroom connection on the

Internet for parents and students

Online

assessment

Quia and

QuizStar

Immediate

data and

feedback on

tests and

pretests

South Valley Jr. High 8th

Grade

Social Studies test results:

-Highest score of any content area

- Largest yearly improvement

Eric Langhorst

8th

Grade American History

South Valley Junior High School

Liberty, Missouri

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