Let's Give Them Something to Talk About!
Motivate Students
with
Audio and Video in the Classroom
Explore the wealth of existing free instructional audio and video resources. Quickly download or easily edit video and audio files that can be embedded into your curriculum. Customize existing online content to maximize instruction, collaborate, and save preparation time. Explore free user friendly tools to record your own video or audio files. This is great for blended learning that will increase student motivation.
ISTE Teacher Standards Addressed
Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
ISTE Student Standards Addressed
Creativity and Innovation
TEAM Strand: Motivating Students
Digital Citizenship Component: Creative Credit & Copyright, Privacy and Security, Internet Safety
Session Objectives
TLW:
Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
- design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
- demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations
- communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats
ISTE Student Standards Addressed
Creativity and Innovation
- apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes
- interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media
- communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats
TEAM Strand: Motivating Students
Digital Citizenship Component: Creative Credit & Copyright, Privacy and Security, Internet Safety
Session Objectives
TLW:
- become familiar with Playposit (Educanon) by completing an interactive video.
- experiment with the Educanon interface.
- explore various video resources on the internet such as Youtube, Teacher Tube, Kahn Academy and more.
- work through a presenter led Audacity tutorial.
- observe a short presentation on Cool Timer.
- display the ability to Tube Chop a video.
- install Screencastify and experiment with desktop screen capturing.
Playposit Formerly Known as Educanon
Embedded assessments encourage more active participation from students. Overall, engagement will depend on the depth and quality of both the videos and the assessments used. Educanon is an easy-to-use tool that lets teachers add interactivity to streaming video content from popular sites like YouTube.
Now let's practice making an interactive video! Need ideas for Video Containers?
- Put on the headphones provided for you and click on this link to complete the activity.
- An Educanon Video Tutorial located in the Rutherford County Video Tutorial.
- Data Analysis
- Creating Your Teacher Account
- Online Tutorials
Now let's practice making an interactive video! Need ideas for Video Containers?
Audacity is a popular audio editor and recorder software that is used to record and edit sounds.
Audacity should be loaded on the Rutherford County Schools Computer Image.
It is located in the Programs menu of the computer.
Using your the directions provided to you, let's explore Audacity together!
Audacity should be loaded on the Rutherford County Schools Computer Image.
It is located in the Programs menu of the computer.
Using your the directions provided to you, let's explore Audacity together!
10 Great Ways to Use Audacity with Your Students
Now share your ideas on how to use Audacity in your classroom.
Now share your ideas on how to use Audacity in your classroom.
Cool Timer by Harmony Hollow
CoolTimer should be loaded on the Rutherford County Schools Computer Image. It is located in the Programs menu of the computer.
TubeChop
TubeChop Video Tutorial located in the Rutherford County Schools Video Portal.